一、详细释义:


adj.

最高的;最大值的


例句:

Women in that age group attempted drug-related suicide at a peak rate of 10.9% in October.

同一年龄段的妇女,与毒品有关的企图自杀率在10月份达到最大值,占10.9%。


例句:

The way I see it, you're getting peak value for something that is going to eventually disappear.

在我看来,当你在追求某件事物的最大值时,它却在慢慢地消失。


n.

顶峰,高峰;山峰 [C]


例句:

The mountaineers succeeded in climbing the north face of the mountain to the top peak.

登山队员们成功地从这座山的北坡爬上了顶峰。


例句:

We have a precipitous climb to the peak.

我们向着陡峭山顶攀登。


顶点;尖端 [C]


例句:

Itinerant ranching reached its peak in the 1880s.

1880年代,巡回大牧场达到了顶点。


例句:

It is tempting to write this off as just another cyclical peak.

人们禁不住会认为,这不过是又一个周期性顶点。


帽舌;帽檐 [C]


例句:

He wore a black cap with the peak pulled down low over his eyes.

他带一顶黑帽子,帽舌拉得低低的一直盖到眼睛。


例句:

The man touched the peak of his cap.

那名男子摸了摸他的帽舌。


v.

(使)达到高峰,达到最高值 [I,T]


例句:

The crisis peaked in July 1974.

那场危机在1974年7月达到巅峰。


例句:

His career peaked during the 1970's.

他的事业在20世纪70年代达到顶峰。


消瘦;变憔悴 [I]


例句:

He began to peak and pine.

他日渐消瘦。


例句:

He began to peak and pine because of grief.

他因悲哀而日渐消瘦。


二、词义辨析:


hill,mount,mountain,range,peak,volcano

这些名词均含有“山”之意。 hill通常指小的土山、石山或浅丘。有时也指高山,复数表群山。 mount常用于地名之前, 即一般放在专用名词前,书面用词。 mountain通常指比hill高而陡的高山、山岳。但这种区别不是绝对的,“大”与“小”常常是相对而言。 range形成的山脉或岭。 peak指山峰,也可指山顶。 volcano特指主要由喷出的熔岩和火山灰堆积而成的圆锥形火山。


三、相关短语:


mountain peak

山峰


peak season

旺季


widow's peak

n. 额头的V型发尖


四、参考例句:


Primary school enrolment will peak this year.

今年小学入学人数将达到最高峰。


Identify your peak hour of productivity.

了解你的效率高峰时段。


Tourism is at its peak in August.

八月是旅游高峰。


Traffic is very heavy at peak hours.

在高峰时间交通非常拥挤。


Leonids don't peak over your longitude.

狮子座流星雨极大期不会在你的那个经度出现。


The peak seems to touch the sky.

山峰似乎已触及天空。


Many mountaineers have reached that mountain peak.

许多登山家都登上过那座大山的顶峰。


Tourism is at its peak in august.

八月是旅游高峰。


This is the peak time for dinner.

这是晚餐高峰时间。


He began to peak and pine.

他日渐消瘦。