apex

英 [ˈeɪpeks]

美 [ˈeɪpeks]

n.  顶点; 最高点

复数：apices　

TOEFLGRETEM8医学

BNC.11192 / COCA.13391

牛津词典

noun

• 顶点；最高点
  the top or highest part of sth
  1. the apex of the roof/triangle
     房顶；三角形的顶点
  2. At 37, she'd reached the apex of her career.
     她在37岁时达到了事业的巅峰。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （机构、体系的）最高地位，最高职位
  The apex ofan organization or system is the highest and most important position in it.
  1. At the apex of the party was its central committee.
     该党的最高权力机构是中央委员会。
• N-COUNT 尖端；顶点
  The apex ofsomething is its pointed top or end.
  1. ...the apex of the pyramid.
     金字塔的顶端

英英释义

noun

• the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
  Synonym:solar apexapex of the sun's way
• the highest point (of something)
  1. at the peak of the pyramid
  Synonym:vertexpeakacme

双语例句

• The Nazi regime represents the apex of oppression and intimidation.
  纳粹统治代表了压迫与恫吓的极点。
• The apex of his career was when he hoisted aloft the world cup.
  他高举世界杯时达到了他事业的顶峰。
• The apex of the flames licked the crimson sky.
  火焰的舌尖舔卷着绯红色的天空。
• Seeds numerous, ovoid, 3-4 mm, surface maculate, apex acute.
  种子多数，卵球形，3-4毫米，表面具斑点，先端锐尖。
• A straight line joining the apex and a point on the base.
  连接顶点和底面上的一个点的直线。
• It has leaf primordia and a shoot apex.
  它有叶原基和一个苗端。
• Auscultation: heart sounds normal, but soft pan systolic murmur at apex radiating to axilla.
  听诊：心音正常，但心尖问及收缩前柔和杂音，向腋窝放射。
• Nuts ellipsoid to cylindrical, ca. 2 mm long, smooth, apex beaked.
  坚果椭球形至长圆柱形，长约2毫米，光滑，顶端具喙。
• The deviational survey unit measures the parameters of the apex angle and the azimuthal angle of the bore hole;
  测量单元用于测量钻孔的顶角与方位角等参数；
• ( of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex.
  （指植物的胚珠）珠孔完全直向顶点。