pinnacles

英 [ˈpɪnəklz]

美 [ˈpɪnəkəlz]

n.  顶点; 顶峰; 鼎盛时期; (建筑物)小尖顶; (尤指山顶的)尖岩，兀立岩石
pinnacle的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 尖锥形石；尖岩
  Apinnacleis a pointed piece of stone or rock that is high above the ground.
  1. A walker fell 80ft from a rocky pinnacle.
     一位徒步者从一块80英尺高的尖锥形岩石上摔了下来。
• N-COUNT 顶峰；极点；顶点
  If someone reachesthe pinnacle oftheir career orthe pinnacle ofa particular area of life, they are at the highest point of it.
  1. John Major has reached the pinnacle of British politics...
     约翰·梅杰已攀上了英国政界的顶峰。
  2. She was still a screen goddess at the pinnacle of her career.
     她仍然是一位处于事业巅峰期的银幕女神。
  3. ...trophies that represent the pinnacle of sporting achievement.
     代表体育界最高成就的奖杯

双语例句

• And by its shape she saw clearly that it was a shadow of towers and pinnacles, minarets and domes.
  看形状她才明白那原来是高塔、尖塔、叫拜楼和圆顶的影子。
• A sickle-shaped creature was darting toward Chimney Rock, two sandstone pinnacles that cap a long, narrow rock platform.
  一只状如镰刀的精灵箭一般地飞向烟囱岩。烟囱岩是两截尖锥形砂岩，如帽子形状盖在一个狭长的岩石台基上。
• The complicated picture often includes hundred of summit pinnacles, thousands of sides, and its structure is numerous and jumbled, thus needing to simplify in analysing and processing.
  复杂图常常包含有成百个顶点、上千条边，结构庞杂，在分析处理中需进行简化。通常的作法是按顶点的空间分布对原始图进行分块，但分块的准则并非单一。
• Basalt Pinnacles, Scotland: On Skye's Trotternish Peninsula, basalt pinnacles loom over the Sound of Raasay.
  苏格兰：玄武岩尖塔，在斯开岛的特洛登尼许半岛，玄武岩尖塔俯瞰着拉塞海峡。
• We took a side trip to a geological wonder called the Stone Forest, a natural forest of strangely shaped stone pinnacles.
  途中我们顺便参观了地质奇观“石林”，那是由各种奇形怪状的尖形石头构成的天然地貌。
• Result: For the 66 suicide deaths reported, the rate of male versus female is 2.67:1. The curve of age shows two pinnacles.
  结果：自杀已遂的66例人口中，男女比为2.67：1。自杀死亡年龄分布曲线呈双峰，男性自杀死亡高峰期滞后于女性。
• The pinnacles of the Himalayas were visible above the clouds.
  喜马拉雅山的山顶显现在云端之上。
• Bryce Canyon National Park lies in Southern Utah; is famous for thousands of spires, fins, pinnacles, and mazes shaped by erosion.
  布赖斯峡谷国家公园位于美国犹他州的南部，因其自然侵蚀而形成的千奇百怪的地形而闻名。
• Below and beyond him is an ocean of white mist, pierced by peaks and pinnacles.
  在他前方下面就是一片白雾海洋，间中山峰和顶尖穿透雾海。
• "Thousands of pinnacles stand towering around; a river winds its way aBout the city." This is a vivid description of Guilin scenery.
  千峰环野立，一水抱城流，这是对桂林山水的真实写照。