Crest



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.山顶, 浪尖; 羽饰, 鸡冠
• ［英］ n.山顶, 浪尖 ( top ( as of a hill or wave) ; 羽饰, 鸡冠 ( showy feathers on the head of a bird)
• ［类］ crest : wave / summit ( peak)  : mountain ( 浪尖和浪 / 山顶和山)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English creste, from Anglo-French, from Latin crista; probably akin to Latin crinis hair
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird — see bird illustration
  • b. the plume or identifying emblem worn on a knight's helmet; also the top of a helmet
  • c.
    • (1) a heraldic representation of the crest
    • (2) a heraldic device depicted above the escutcheon but not upon a helmet
    • (3) coat of arms 2a
  • d. a ridge or prominence on a part of an animal body
• 2. something suggesting a crest especially in being an upper prominence, edge, or limit: as
  • a. peak; especially the top line of a mountain or hill
  • b. the ridge of a roof
  • c. the top of a wave
• 3.
  • a. a high point of an action or process and especially of one that is rhythmic
  • b. climax, culmination t the crest of his fame
• ? crestal adjective
• ? crestless adjective

II. verb

• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to furnish with a crest; also crown
  • 2. to reach the crest of <crested the hill and looked around
• intransitive verb
  • to rise to a crest <waves cresting in the storm

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