apex

FREQ #24016

n. 顶, 尖端, 最高潮 [医] 尖, 尖端

发音

其它 /ˈeɪ.pɛks/

词形变化

apexes apices 复数 apices apexes 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

    顶点

    顶端

    尖端

    the apex of the building

    Drone cameras show that his car reached the apex first.

  2. 2.

    The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

    The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.

    顶点

    数学
  3. 3.

    The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

    The pointed fine end of something.

    The lowest part of the human heart.

    医学
  4. 4.

    The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

    The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support.

    叶尖

    生物 植物学
  5. 5.

    The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

    The growing point of a shoot.

    生物 植物学
  6. 6.

    The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

    The point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.

    天文
  7. 7.

    The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

    The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.

    物理
  8. 8.

    The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

    The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.

    美国 商务 采矿
  9. 9.

    The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

    A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.

    媒体 印刷
  10. 10.

    The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

    A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/.

    媒体 印刷
  11. 11.

    The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

    A sharp upward point formed by two strokes that meet at an acute angle, as in "W", uppercase "A", and closed-top "4", or by a tapered stroke, as in lowercase "t".

    媒体 印刷
  12. 12.

    The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

    The part of a corner where the racing line is nearest the inside of the bend.

    体育
  13. 13.

    The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.

    巅峰

    极致

    极点

    绝顶

    比喻

    the apex of civilization

  14. 14.

    The top of the food chain.

    定语 生物
  15. 15.

    A conical priest cap.

  16. 16.

    An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a triangular corner fence.

  17. 17.

    The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

    The pointed fine end of something.

    The deepest part of a tooth's root.

    医学

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词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der. Proto-Italic *apeks Latin apexbor. English apex Borrowed from Latin apex (“point, tip, summit”).

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