extreme

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ɪkˈstɹiːm/|/ɛkˈstɹiːm/    美 /ɪkˈstɹim/|/ɛkˈstɹim/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The greatest or utmost point, degree, or condition.
    — Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.[…]But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.
  2. Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
    — extremes of temperature
  3. One of the last moments of life. obsolete,plural,plural-only
  4. A drastic expedient.
    — Some people go to extremes for attention on social media.
  5. Hardships, straits. obsolete,plural,plural-only
    — a farther paſſion feeds my thoughts, With ceaſeleſſe and diſconſolate conceits, Which dies my lookes so liueleſſe as they are, And might, if my extreames had ful euents, Make me the gaſtly counterfeit of death.
  6. Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
    — At the extreme edges, the coating is very thin.
  2. In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
    — He has an extreme aversion to needles, and avoids visiting the doctor.
  3. Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
    — His extreme love of model trains showed in the rails that criscrossed his entire home.
  4. Drastic, or of great severity.
    — I think the new laws are extreme, but many believe them necessary for national security.
  5. Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
    — Television has begun to reflect the growing popularity of extreme sports such as bungee jumping and skateboarding.
  6. Ultimate, final or last. archaic
    — the extreme hour of life
副词 adv.
  1. Extremely. archaic
    — In the empty and extreme cold theatre.

词形变化

extremer comparative more extreme comparative extremest superlative most extreme superlative extream alternative,obsolete extreame alternative,obsolete xtreme alternative,informal,nonstandard extremes plural extream alternative,obsolete extreame alternative,obsolete xtreme alternative,informal,nonstandard more extreme comparative most extreme superlative extream alternative,obsolete extreame alternative,obsolete xtreme alternative,informal,nonstandard

词汇关系

近义词
extreme ferocious exquisite intense almighty greatest highest maximal maximum passing raging ultimate utmost uttermost
反义词
intermediate least
下位词
furthest largest most outermost outmost See also :Category:English superlative adjectives
衍生词
antiextreme extremal extreme day trip extreme energy extremeless extreme metal extremeness extreme point extreme prejudice extreme programmer extreme programming extreme ratio extreme risk law extreme risk protection order extreme skiing extreme sport extreme ultraviolet extreme value theorem extremify extremisation extremization extremize extremogram extremophile extremophilia extremotolerant in the extreme nonextreme overextreme superextreme terminate with extreme prejudice unextreme

词源

词源 1
Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French extreme, from Latin extrēmus, the superlative of exter.
词源 2
Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French extreme, from Latin extrēmus, the superlative of exter.
词源 3
Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French extreme, from Latin extrēmus, the superlative of exter.
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