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Definition of high noon in English: high noonnoun 1Midday. 正午 the glaring light of high noon Example sentencesExamples - Think of the bird chatter at sunrise, of the stillness at high noon.
- A citizens' posse was formed to arrest the mayor at his City Hall office at high noon August 16.
- By high noon, her skin was gray, her lips parched, and her head throbbing.
- Scooby is a four-year-old jack donkey who brays if not prays when the Angelus Bells toll at high noon and six o'clock.
- Jack woke up to the light of high noon streaming into the cave.
Synonyms midday, twelve noon, twelve midday, twelve o'clock, noontime, noontide, noonday, twelve hundred, twelve hundred hours, one-two-double-o 2An event or confrontation which is likely to decide the final outcome of a situation. 关键时刻 the high noon of the peace process Example sentencesExamples - Yesterday really was a high noon for the Lanarkshire club.
- Is it finally high noon for one of Turkey's most powerful business dynasties?
- The high noon of the Raj in the nineteenth century has been well documented but it is of more than passing interest to see how little some things have changed in the past half century.
Synonyms conflict, clash, brush, fight, battle, contest, encounter, head-to-head, face-off, engagement, tangle, skirmish, collision, meeting, duel, incident
Definition of high noon in US English: high noonnoun 1Midday. 正午 Example sentencesExamples - Think of the bird chatter at sunrise, of the stillness at high noon.
- By high noon, her skin was gray, her lips parched, and her head throbbing.
- Scooby is a four-year-old jack donkey who brays if not prays when the Angelus Bells toll at high noon and six o'clock.
- Jack woke up to the light of high noon streaming into the cave.
- A citizens' posse was formed to arrest the mayor at his City Hall office at high noon August 16.
Synonyms midday, twelve noon, twelve midday, twelve o'clock, noontime, noontide, noonday, twelve hundred, twelve hundred hours, one-two-double-o 2An event or confrontation which is likely to decide the final outcome of a situation. 关键时刻 the high noon of his quest for the presidential nomination 他寻求总统候选人提名的关键时刻。 Example sentencesExamples - Is it finally high noon for one of Turkey's most powerful business dynasties?
- The high noon of the Raj in the nineteenth century has been well documented but it is of more than passing interest to see how little some things have changed in the past half century.
- Yesterday really was a high noon for the Lanarkshire club.
Synonyms conflict, clash, brush, fight, battle, contest, encounter, head-to-head, face-off, engagement, tangle, skirmish, collision, meeting, duel, incident
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