| 单词 | pinnacle |
| 释义 | pinnacle /pin"euh keuhl/, n. , v. , pinnacled, pinnacling. n. 1. a lofty peak. 2. the highest or culminating point, as of success, power, fame, etc.: the pinnacle of one's career. 3. any pointed, towering part or formation, as of rock. 4. Archit. a relatively small, upright structure, commonly terminating in a gable, a pyramid, or a cone, rising above the roof or coping of a building, or capping a tower, buttress, or other projecting architectural member. See illus. under imbrication. v.t. 5. to place on or as on a pinnacle. 6. to form a pinnacle on; crown. [1300-50; ME pinacle < MF < LL pinnaculum gable, equiv. to L pinn(a) raised part of a parapet, lit., wing, feather (see PINNA) + -aculum; see TABERNACLE] Syn. 2. apex, acme, summit, zenith. 3. needle. Ant. 2. base. |
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