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

• 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。
• 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。
• Basalt Pinnacles, Scotland: On Skye's Trotternish Peninsula, basalt pinnacles loom over the Sound of Raasay.
  苏格兰：玄武岩尖塔，在斯开岛的特洛登尼许半岛，玄武岩尖塔俯瞰着拉塞海峡。
• Because of the symmetrical shell structure of the icosahedron, the distribution of the ionic kinetic energy features some pinnacles.
  由于正二十面体的对称壳层结构，离子动能分布具有尖峰结构。
• Bryce Canyon National Park lies in Southern Utah; is famous for thousands of spires, fins, pinnacles, and mazes shaped by erosion.
  布赖斯峡谷国家公园位于美国犹他州的南部，因其自然侵蚀而形成的千奇百怪的地形而闻名。
• 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。
• 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
• Below and beyond him is an ocean of white mist, pierced by peaks and pinnacles.
  在他前方下面就是一片白雾海洋，间中山峰和顶尖穿透雾海。
• "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。
• But Ian's answer reminded me that when we think about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, a pinnacle of sheer delight. And those pinnacles seem to get rarer the older we get.
  但是伊恩的话启发了我，当我们考虑幸福的时候，我们通常想到一些不同寻常的事情和愉快无比的时刻，而随着年龄的增长，这种时刻是越来越少。