apex

英 [ˈeɪpeks]

美 [ˈeɪpeks]

n.  顶点; 最高点

复数：apices　

TOEFLGRETEM8医学

BNC.11192 / COCA.13391

牛津词典

noun

• 顶点；最高点
  the top or highest part of sth
  1. the apex of the roof/triangle
     房顶；三角形的顶点
  2. At 37, she'd reached the apex of her career.
     她在37岁时达到了事业的巅峰。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （机构、体系的）最高地位，最高职位
  The apex ofan organization or system is the highest and most important position in it.
  1. At the apex of the party was its central committee.
     该党的最高权力机构是中央委员会。
• N-COUNT 尖端；顶点
  The apex ofsomething is its pointed top or end.
  1. ...the apex of the pyramid.
     金字塔的顶端

英英释义

noun

• the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
  Synonym:solar apexapex of the sun's way
• the highest point (of something)
  1. at the peak of the pyramid
  Synonym:vertexpeakacme

双语例句

• At this point he reached the apex of his political career.
  至此，赵氏政治地位达到了一生中的顶峰。
• Seedless orange enclosing a small secondary fruit at the apex.
  顶点处又装了一个小水果的无籽橙子。
• Leaf apex acute, shortly acuminate, or obtuse.
  先端锐尖的叶，短渐尖，或钝。
• The apex of his career was when he hoisted aloft the world cup.
  他高举世界杯时达到了他事业的顶峰。
• You have reached the apex of earthly honour.
  你已经达到世界上荣誉的顶点。
• An arch with a pointed apex. make a sharp explosive noise.
  有一个尖锐的顶点的拱。发出尖锐的爆炸的声。
• Joy and Felicity form two sides of a triangle that has Bliss at its apex.
  “快乐”和“幸福”形成三角形的两边，“极乐”在它的顶点。
• It has leaf primordia and a shoot apex.
  它有叶原基和一个苗端。
• ( botany) of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex.
  （植物学）树叶或花从底部到顶部连续发展或开放。
• Wardlaw reproduced to the same scale photographs of the vegetative shoot apex of many primitive and advanced land plants.
  沃德劳以同样的放大倍数复制了许多原始的和进化的陆生植物营养茎尖的照片。