A result, an outcome; a conclusion, a culmination; a pitch or peak of intensity, force, etc., typically attained gradually. In later use: esp. a…
| 单词 | θ118286 |
| 释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > to highest degree > reach highest degree of increase (8) to grow to a head1579 A result, an outcome; a conclusion, a culmination; a pitch or peak of intensity, force, etc., typically attained gradually. In later use: esp. a… to gather to a heada1616 To accumulate and come to a head, as purulent matter in the body. Hence, of a wound, a sore, a wounded finger, etc.: To develop a purulent swelling… to come to a head1655 to come to a head: (a) (of a boil, abscess, or spot) to form a head and come to the point where likely to burst; cf. sense 19a; (b) (of a… culminatea1662 figurative. (Chiefly from 1.) To reach its acme, or highest development. Const. in, to. climax1882 intransitive. To reach or come to a climax; to culminate. to reach a crescendo1925 colloquial (originally U.S.). The peak of an increase in volume, force, or intensity; a climax. Esp. in to reach a crescendo. to top off1970 intransitive. = to top out at phrasal verbs below. to top out1972 intransitive. To reach a peak, to cease rising. Cf. sense to top off 3 at phrasal verbs above and bottom, v. 7. |
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