peak

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 pēk

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
    — A less risky method is to lift your whisk or beater to check the condition of the peaks of the egg whites; the foam should be just stiff enough to stand up in well-defined, unwavering peaks.
  2. Alternative form of peag (“wampum”). alt-of,alternative,uncountable
  3. The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
    — The stock market reached a peak in September 1929.
  4. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
    — They reached the peak after 8 hours of climbing.
  5. The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
    — To the South we observed a large plain some ten miles wide, with snowy peaks rising on the farther side. In front was a hill projecting into the plain, on which stood a mani wall; and this latter discovery made me feel quite confident that I was on the high road to Lhassa.
  6. visor (horizontal part of a cap sticking out in front and shading the wearer's eyes) UK
  7. The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
    — peak-halyards
  8. The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
  9. The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
  10. A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
  11. Something of exceptional quality. Internet,uncountable
    — There's so much peak on this website!
动词 v.
  1. Misspelling of pique. alt-of,misspelling
  2. To become sick or wan. intransitive
  3. To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular. transitive
  4. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly. intransitive
    — Dwindle, peak, and pine.
  5. To exceed the maximum signal amplitude of (a piece of equipment), resulting in clipping of the signal. transitive
  6. To reach a highest degree or maximum. intransitive
    — Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay.
  7. To pry; to peep slyly. intransitive
  8. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak. intransitive
    — There peaketh up a mightie high mounte.
  9. To reach the highest level of success or greatness in one's lifetime. intransitive
  10. To reach the point of strongest effect from a drug. intransitive
  11. Ellipsis of peak trans. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — I came to this via sport but the thing that really peaked me was this.
形容词 adj.
  1. At the greatest extent; maximum.
    — peak oil, Peak TV
  2. Maximal, quintessential, archetypical, strictly with positive connotations; representing the culmination of its type. slang
    — Knowing obscure 19th-century slang is peak nerd.
  3. Bad. Multicultural-London-English,dated
    — When they're tryna get the girl to the crib and she leaves, it's peak / Tryna keep it discreet and she tweets, it's peak / See me rolling with 20 man deep, it's peak / Yo rudeboy, pull up, repeat, it's peak
  4. Unlucky; unfortunate. Multicultural-London-English,dated
    — You didn't get a spot? That's peak.
  5. Very good or high-quality. Internet
    — That movie last night was so peak.

词形变化

peaks plural peaks present,singular,third-person peaking participle,present peaked participle,past peaked past more peak comparative most peak superlative peaks present,singular,third-person peaking participle,present peaked participle,past peaked past peaks present,singular,third-person peaking participle,present peaked participle,past peaked past

词汇关系

近义词
culminate
衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From earlier peake, peek, peke, from Middle English pek (in place names), itself an alteration of pike, pyke, pyk (“a sharp point, pike”), from Old English pīc, piic (“a pike, needle, pin, peak, pinnacle”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz (“peak”).
Cognate with Dutch piek (“pike, point, summit, peak”), Danish pik (“pike, peak”), Swedish pik (“pike, lance, point, peak”), Norwegian pik (“peak, summit”). More at pike.
词源 2
Unknown. Perhaps related to Etymology 1 above in the sense of "becoming pointed" through emaciation.
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