climax

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n. 高潮, 极点, 层进法 v. (使)达到顶点, (使)达到高潮

发音

US /ˈklaɪ.mæks/

词形变化

climaces climaxes 复数 climaxes climaces 复数 climaxed climaxes 三单 climaxing climaxing 现在分词 climaxed 过去式 climaxed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

高潮;顶点;层进法;极点

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    An instance of such an ascending series.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  3. 3.

    The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.

    高潮

    可数 不可数 语言学
  4. 4.

    A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series

    The final term of a rhetorical climax.

    可数 不可数
  6. 6.

    A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series

    The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.

    可数 不可数 生物
  7. 7.

    A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series

    The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.

    高潮

    可数 委婉 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).

    及物/不及物
  2. 2.

    To form the climax to; to be the climax of.

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词源

From Latin clīmax, from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”), from κλίνω (klínō, “to lean, slant”).

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