high-water mark

短语

高水位线

词形变化

high-water marks 复数 high-water marks Antonym: low-water mark

别名

HWM

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mark, such as a line of seaweed, showing the highest level reached by a body of water.

  2. 2.

    The peak, apex or acme of something; the maximum level; the furthest or highest point.

    比喻 引申义

    The Gettysburg campaign was the high-water mark of the Confederacy's invasions of the North.

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