pinnacles

英 [ˈpɪnəklz]

美 [ˈpɪnəkəlz]

n.  顶点; 顶峰; 鼎盛时期; (建筑物)小尖顶; (尤指山顶的)尖岩，兀立岩石
pinnacle的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 尖锥形石；尖岩
  Apinnacleis a pointed piece of stone or rock that is high above the ground.
  1. A walker fell 80ft from a rocky pinnacle.
     一位徒步者从一块80英尺高的尖锥形岩石上摔了下来。
• N-COUNT 顶峰；极点；顶点
  If someone reachesthe pinnacle oftheir career orthe pinnacle ofa particular area of life, they are at the highest point of it.
  1. John Major has reached the pinnacle of British politics...
     约翰·梅杰已攀上了英国政界的顶峰。
  2. She was still a screen goddess at the pinnacle of her career.
     她仍然是一位处于事业巅峰期的银幕女神。
  3. ...trophies that represent the pinnacle of sporting achievement.
     代表体育界最高成就的奖杯

双语例句

• Five stone pinnacles stand tall and magnificent.
  五座石峰雄伟挺拔。
• A model of water resources computation for Karst pinnacles and depressions
  喀斯特峰林洼地水资源计算模型
• "Thousands of pinnacles stand towering around; a river winds its way aBout the city." This is a vivid description of Guilin scenery.
  千峰环野立，一水抱城流，这是对桂林山水的真实写照。
• And by its shape she saw clearly that it was a shadow of towers and pinnacles, minarets and domes.
  看形状她才明白那原来是高塔、尖塔、叫拜楼和圆顶的影子。
• We took a side trip to a geological wonder called the Stone Forest, a natural forest of strangely shaped stone pinnacles.
  途中我们顺便参观了地质奇观“石林”，那是由各种奇形怪状的尖形石头构成的天然地貌。
• This section of the river makes a unique traditional Chinese painting with its clear water and clusters of pinnacles. In 2600 BC, the Indus Valley was verdant, forested, and teeming with wildlife.
  这一段河流风光绮丽，碧水萦回，石峰林立，构成一幅锦绣画卷。公元前2600年，印度河流域文明碧草丛生，充满着野生动物。
• The pinnacles of the Himalayas were visible above the clouds.
  喜马拉雅山的山顶显现在云端之上。
• Perched on a peak in the Bavarian Alps, the gray granite castle rises to towers, turrets and pinnacles and contains many paintings with scenes from Richard Wagner operas admired by Ludwig.
  耸立于巴伐利亚阿尔卑斯山脉的一座山峰上。灰色花岗岩城堡由塔楼、炮台、尖顶组成，其中收藏了许多为路德维希所欣赏的理查德•瓦格纳歌剧的场景绘画。
• From between the arcades, the eye glanced up to a bit of blue sky or a passing cloud; and beheld the sun-gilt pinnacles of the abbey towering into the azure heaven.
  从拱廊之间向上望去，可以瞥见一抹蓝天，或一朵游云，还有那镀着阳光，伸向碧空的寺顶尖塔，也巍然在目。
• Result: For the 66 suicide deaths reported, the rate of male versus female is 2.67:1. The curve of age shows two pinnacles.
  结果：自杀已遂的66例人口中，男女比为2.67：1。自杀死亡年龄分布曲线呈双峰，男性自杀死亡高峰期滞后于女性。