词族 · pinnacle
中文词源
pinnacle 顶点，顶峰
来自古法语pinacle,顶点，来自拉丁语pinnaculum,山峰，峰顶，来自pinna,箭，尖刺，来自PIE*spei,尖刺，词源同spike,pin.
英语词源
- pinnacle
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pinnacle: see pin
- pinnacle (n.)
- c. 1300, "mountain, peak, promontory," from Old French pinacle "top, gable" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin pinnaculum "peak, pinnacle, gable," extended form (via diminutive suffix, but not necessarily implying smallness) of Latin pinna "peak, point," (see pin (n.1)). Figurative use is attested from c. 1400.
权威例句
- 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. Even among seasoned mountaineers Pinnacle Ridge is considered quite a tough proposition.
- 即使在经验丰富的登山者中，平纳克尔峰也被认为是很难攀登的。
- 3. 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。
- 4. the pinnacle of her career
- 她事业的顶峰
- 5. Now he is at the very pinnacle of his career.
- 现在他正值一生中的顶峰时期.