apex

['eipeks]

n. 顶点, 最高点, 尖端

例句与用法:

The growing apex or main shoot of a shrub or tree.

顶枝灌木或乔木的生长顶端或主要新梢

Either of the sides of an arch, curving down from the apex to an impost.

梁腋,拱腋拱门上任意一个从拱顶到拱墩间的部分

词形变化:

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详细释义:

n.[C]

1. 顶, 顶点

at the apex of the mountain

在山顶

2. 尖端

the apex of the tongue

舌尖

3. 【喻】顶峰; 最高潮

He reached the apex of power in the early 1930s.

他在三十年代初达到了权力的顶峰。

4. 【美】【矿】脉尖, 脉顶