apex
英 ['e?peks]
美['ep?ks]
- n. 顶点；尖端
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复数:?apexes;
中文词源
apex 顶点
来自拉丁语。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. At the apex of the party was its central committee.
- 该党的最高权力机构是中央委员会。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The apex of the flames licked the crimson sky.
- 火焰的舌尖舔卷着绯红色的天空。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The Apex fare is ￡195 return.
- 优惠往返机票价格为195英镑。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He reached the apex of power in the early 1930 s.
- 他在三十年代初达到了权力的顶峰.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Spring was the real apex of the year; summer was bathos.
- 春天是一年四季中真正的顶点, 而夏天是高潮后的低潮.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》