apex
英 ['e?peks]
美['ep?ks]
- n. 頂點；尖端
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?apexes;
中文詞源
apex 頂點
來自拉丁語。
英文詞源
- apex (n.)
- c. 1600, from Latin apex "summit, peak, tip, top, extreme end;" probably related to apere "to fasten, fix," hence "the tip of anything" (one of the meanings in Latin was "small rod at the top of the flamen's cap"), from PIE *ap- "to take, reach." Proper plural is apices.
雙語例句
- 1. At the apex of the party was its central committee.
- 該黨的最高權(quán)力機構(gòu)是中央委員會。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The apex of the flames licked the crimson sky.
- 火焰的舌尖舔卷著緋紅色的天空。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The Apex fare is ￡195 return.
- 優(yōu)惠往返機票價格為195英鎊。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He reached the apex of power in the early 1930 s.
- 他在三十年代初達到了權(quán)力的頂峰.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Spring was the real apex of the year; summer was bathos.
- 春天是一年四季中真正的頂點, 而夏天是高潮后的低潮.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》