apex

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
    — the apex of the building
  2. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.; The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.
  3. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.; The pointed fine end of something.; The lowest part of the human heart.
    — B.P. 118/68. Grade I diastolic murmur best heard over apex. Patient well and had no complaints referable to heart. Origin of the diastolic murmur is open to conjecture.
  4. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.; The pointed fine end of something.; The deepest part of a tooth's root.
  5. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.; The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support.
  6. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.; The growing point of a shoot.
  7. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.; The point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.
  8. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.; The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
  9. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.; The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface. US
  10. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.; A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.
  11. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.; A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/.
  12. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.; A sharp upward point formed by two strokes that meet at an acute angle, as in "W", uppercase "A", and closed-top "4", or by a tapered stroke, as in lowercase "t".
  13. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.; The part of a corner where the racing line is nearest the inside of the bend.
  14. An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a triangular corner fence.
  15. The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc. figuratively
    — the apex of civilization
  16. The top of the food chain. attributive
  17. A conical priest cap.

词形变化

apices plural apexes plural

词汇关系

近义词
acme apex zenith apogee apotheosis ascendance capstone climax coronation crown culmination extreme fastigium high note high point high tide high-water mark midday Mount Everest outblossom paroxysm perihelion pinnacle summa summit
反义词
bathos lowest ebb nadir slough of despond trough
上位词
moment
衍生词
antapex apexcardiogram apexcardiography apex court apexed apex fallacy apexification apex predator base over apex orbital apex syndrome periapex subapex
相关词
apical mother of all

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der.
Proto-Italic *apeks
Latin apexbor.
English apex
Borrowed from Latin apex (“point, tip, summit”).
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