| 单词 | the height of |
| 释义 | the height ofthe height of 1 MOSTthe busiest or most extreme part of a period or activity 某事物最繁忙的时候[季节]；某事物的高潮[顶点] SYN peak the height of the tourist season 旅游旺季的高峰期 Examples from the Corpus the height of something• As the height of summer passes, the method must change again.• Such is Wotan, who raises up his favourites, only to cast them down at the height of their glory.• He was in his mid-fifties, at the height of his skills and powers, and he went back to the plant.• He decided to kill of the beloved character while still at the height of his popularity.• The defense budget is higher than it was at the height of the Cold War.• At the height of his career his whole estate, including his patrimony, was probably worth rather more than £1,300 a year.• At the height of the crisis, Johnson had been besieged by liberal critics.• We wanted to avoid the height of the tourist season.• What's excessive or disgusting to a vicar's wife may be the height of pleasure to a pop star's.• This answer reaches the height of absurdity. → the height of something at height(2) 2 VERYto be extremely fashionable, stupid etc 是最时髦的/愚蠢的/奢侈的等 Flared trousers were considered to be the height of fashion in those days. 喇叭裤那时被认为是最时髦的服装。 Examples from the Corpus be the height of fashion/stupidity/luxury etc• All these artists were the height of fashion in the middle years of the 19C.• The stunning luminous display and thickly padded, genuine leather wristband are the height of fashion in any setting. → be the height of fashion/stupidity/luxury etc at height(4) |
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