单词 | tipping point |
释义 | tipping pointnounthe point at which an issue, idea, product, etc., crosses a certain threshhold and gains significant momentum, triggered by some minor factor or change. the point in a situation at which a minor development precipitates a crisis: Every infected person brings us closer to the tipping point, when the outbreak becomes an epidemic. Physics. the point at which an object is no longer balanced, and adding a small amount of weight can cause it to topple. Words nearby tipping pointtipper, Tipperary, tipper truck, tippet, Tippett, tipping point, tipple, tippler, tippy, tippytoe, tip sheet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for tipping pointtipping point / (ˈtɪpɪŋ) / nounthe crisis stage in a process, when a significant change takes place Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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