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culminate

英 ['kʌlmɪneɪt] 美['kʌlmɪnet]
  • vi. 到绝顶;达到高潮;达到顶点
  • vt. 使结束;使达到高潮

英英释意


1. end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage;
"The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
2. bring to a head or to the highest point;
"Seurat culminated pointillism"
3. reach the highest or most decisive point
4. of a celestial body: reach its highest altitude or the meridian
5. rise to, or form, a summit;
"The helmet culminated in a crest"