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

• 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。
• From between the arcades, the eye glanced up to a bit of blue sky or a passing cloud; and beheld the sun-gilt pinnacles of the abbey towering into the azure heaven.
  从拱廊之间向上望去，可以瞥见一抹蓝天，或一朵游云，还有那镀着阳光，伸向碧空的寺顶尖塔，也巍然在目。
• A sickle-shaped creature was darting toward Chimney Rock, two sandstone pinnacles that cap a long, narrow rock platform.
  一只状如镰刀的精灵箭一般地飞向烟囱岩。烟囱岩是两截尖锥形砂岩，如帽子形状盖在一个狭长的岩石台基上。
• "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。
• This section of the river makes a unique traditional Chinese painting with its clear water and clusters of pinnacles. In 2600 BC, the Indus Valley was verdant, forested, and teeming with wildlife.
  这一段河流风光绮丽，碧水萦回，石峰林立，构成一幅锦绣画卷。公元前2600年，印度河流域文明碧草丛生，充满着野生动物。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。