pinnacle

pinnacle
noun
  1. a high pointed piece of rock
    尖锥形岩石
    ■a small pointed turret built as an ornament on a roof
    (屋顶上作装饰的)小尖塔;尖顶
    ■the most successful point; the culmination
    顶峰,巅峰,极点,顶点
    he had reached the pinnacle of his career.
    他已经达到了事业的巅峰。
verb
[with obj.](poetic/literary)
  1. set on or as if on a pinnacle
    (诗/文)把…置于尖顶之上
    ■form the culminating point or example of
    构成…的巅峰,是…的典范
派生
pinnacled
adjective
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin pinnaculum, diminutive of pinna 'wing, point'
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