apex

英 [ˈeɪpeks]

美 [ˈeɪpeks]

n.  顶点; 最高点

复数：apices　

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BNC.11192 / COCA.13391

牛津词典

noun

• 顶点；最高点
  the top or highest part of sth
  1. the apex of the roof/triangle
     房顶；三角形的顶点
  2. At 37, she'd reached the apex of her career.
     她在37岁时达到了事业的巅峰。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （机构、体系的）最高地位，最高职位
  The apex ofan organization or system is the highest and most important position in it.
  1. At the apex of the party was its central committee.
     该党的最高权力机构是中央委员会。
• N-COUNT 尖端；顶点
  The apex ofsomething is its pointed top or end.
  1. ...the apex of the pyramid.
     金字塔的顶端

英英释义

noun

• the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
  Synonym:solar apexapex of the sun's way
• the highest point (of something)
  1. at the peak of the pyramid
  Synonym:vertexpeakacme

双语例句

• Leaf apex acute, shortly acuminate, or obtuse.
  先端锐尖的叶，短渐尖，或钝。
• You have reached the apex of earthly honour.
  你已经达到世界上荣誉的顶点。
• A pointed arch; usually has a joint ( instead of a keystone) at the apex.
  一种尖角拱；在顶点通常有一个接合点（而不是拱心石）。
• The deviational survey unit measures the parameters of the apex angle and the azimuthal angle of the bore hole;
  测量单元用于测量钻孔的顶角与方位角等参数；
• A straight line joining the apex and a point on the base.
  连接顶点和底面上的一个点的直线。
• The apex of his career was when he hoisted aloft the world cup.
  他高举世界杯时达到了他事业的顶峰。
• ( of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex.
  （指植物的胚珠）珠孔完全直向顶点。
• Repairing the flat apex and broad alar nose by bilateral nasal vestibule approach needlepoint stitch that produces zigzag lines.
  双侧鼻前庭切口入路鼻尖低平鼻翼宽大整复术产生锯齿形缝线形状的一种针尖缝制方法。
• Joy and Felicity form two sides of a triangle that has Bliss at its apex.
  “快乐”和“幸福”形成三角形的两边，“极乐”在它的顶点。
• It has leaf primordia and a shoot apex.
  它有叶原基和一个苗端。