pinnacle

英 ['pɪnəkl] 美 ['pɪnəkl]

• n. 小尖塔；尖峰；高峰
• vt. 造小尖塔；放置高处

英英释义

Noun:

1. (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower

2. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development;

   "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"
   "the artist's gifts are at their acme"
   "at the height of her career"
   "the peak of perfection"
   "summer was at its peak"
   "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"
   "the summit of his ambition"
   "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"
   "at the top of his profession"
   

3. a lofty peak

Verb:

1. surmount with a pinnacle;

   "pinnacle a pediment"
   

2. raise on or as if on a pinnacle;

   "He did not want to be pinnacled"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I can see the small pinnacle from here.
   我能从这儿看到那个小尖塔。

经典引文

• Points of roofs and pinnacles along the skyline.

  出自： C. Brooks

词汇搭配

• pinnacle nut 六角槽顶螺母...
• pinnacle reef 宝塔礁
• coral pinnacle 珊瑚尖峰
• reef pinnacle 礁石塔
• underwater rock pinnacle 水下尖礁

近反义词

【近义词】

• peak 尖端
• acme 顶点
• summit 顶点
• apex 顶点
• zenith 顶点
• top 顶部
• spire (教堂的)尖塔...
• crown 王冠
• vertex [几何]顶点
• height 高度
• high point 增高齿顶
• crest 浪尖
• terminal 末端
• glory 光荣
• ridge 脊
• prime 最好的
• altitude 高度
• pink 粉红色的
• elevation 提升
• tiptop 绝顶
• superlative 最上的
• meridian 子午线