Peak

[piːk] or [pik]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); 'the view from the peak was magnificent'; 'they clambered to the tip of Monadnock'; 'the region is a few molecules wide at the summit'.

編輯:珀西--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

(n.) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe.

(n.) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.

(n.) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.

(n.) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.

(v. i.) To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.

(v. i.) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky.

(v. i.) To pry; to peep slyly.

(v. t.) To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as, to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard, to set it nearer the perpendicular.

厄玛編輯

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Top (of a mountain), summit, crest, crown, pinnacle.

v. n. [1]. Grow thin or lean, become emaciated.[2]. Sneak, make a mean figure.

伯纳德錄入

解釋/意思:

n. a point: the pointed end of anything: the top of a mountain: (naut.) the upper outer corner of a sail extended by a gaff or yard also the extremity of the gaff.—v.i. to rise upward in a peak: to look thin or sickly.—v.t. (naut.) to raise the point (of a gaff) more nearly perpendicular.—adjs. Peaked pointed: ending in a point: having a thin or sickly look; Peak′ing sickly pining sneaking; Peak′ish having peaks: thin or sickly looking; Peak′y (Tenn.) having or showing peaks.

錄入:赛斯