Pinnacle

['pɪnək(ə)l] or ['pɪnəkl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower.

(noun.) a lofty peak.

(verb.) raise on or as if on a pinnacle; 'He did not want to be pinnacled'.

(verb.) surmount with a pinnacle; 'pinnacle a pediment'.

布什校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An architectural member, upright, and 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, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc.

(n.) Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.

(v. t.) To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.

錄入:玛丽埃塔

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Turret, minaret.[2]. Top, summit, apex, acme, zenith, highest point, culminating point, utmost height.

整理:萨莎

解釋/意思:

n. a slender turret: a high point like a spire: the highest point of a mountain &c.—v.t. to build with pinnacles: to place on a pinnacle.

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