pinnacle

noun · verbB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

pinnacles

1.
The highest point.
Đồng nghĩa: acme, peak, summit, zenith
2.
(geology) A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
3.
(figuratively)An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
Đồng nghĩa: acme, apex, zenith, apogee, apotheosis, ascendance, capstone, climax, coronation, crown, culmination, Everest, extreme, fastigium, high note, high point, high tide, high-water mark, midday, outblossom, paroxysm, perihelion, pinnacle, summa, summit
4.
(architecture) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

pinnacles

V_ing/Gerund

pinnacling

V_ed/pp

pinnacled

1.
(transitive)To place on a pinnacle.
2.
(transitive)To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.

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Đồng nghĩa

acme peak summit zenith apex apogeeapotheosisascendancecapstoneclimax coronation crown culminationEverestextremefastigiumhigh notehigh pointhigh tidehigh-water mark

Trái nghĩa

nadir

Cùng gốc / liên quan

Pinnacle SwampThe Pinnacles

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English -, borrowed from Old French pinacle, pinnacle, from pinnāculum (a peak, pinnacle), from Latin pinna (a pinnacle); see pin. panache.