| 单词 | culminate |
| 释义 | culminate /kul"meuh nayt'/, v. , culminated, culminating. v.i. 1. to reach the highest point, summit, or highest development (usually fol. by in). 2. to end or arrive at a final stage (usually fol. by in): The argument culminated in a fistfight. 3. to rise to or form an apex; terminate (usually fol. by in): The tower culminates in a tall spire. 4. Astron. (of a celestial body) to be on the meridian, or reach the highest or the lowest altitude. v.t. 5. to bring to a close; complete; climax: A rock song culminates the performance. [1640-50; < LL culminatus (ptp. of culminare to come to a peak), equiv. to L culmin- (s. of culmen) peak, top + -atus -ATE1] |
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