Climax



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解释

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• n. 顶点, 高潮
• ［英］ n. 顶点, 高潮 ( most significant event or point in time)
• ［例］ the climax of his political career

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek klimax, literally, ladder, from klinein to lean
• Date: circa 1550
• 1. a figure of speech in which a series of phrases or sentences is arranged in ascending order of rhetorical forcefulness
• 2.
  • a. the highest point ; culmination <the climax of a distinguished career
  • b. the point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action (as of a play)
  • c. orgasm
  • d. menopause
• 3. a relatively stable ecological stage or community especially of plants that is achieved through successful adaptation to an environment; especially the final stage in ecological succession
• Synonyms: see summit
• ? climaxless adjective

II. verb

• Date: 1835
• transitive verb
  • to bring to a climax <climaxed his boxing career with a knockout
• intransitive verb
  • to come to a climax riot climaxing in the destruction of several houses

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