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nounPlural apexes, Plural apices ˈeɪpɛksˈeɪpɛks 1The top or highest part of something, especially one forming a point. 顶点，最高点，尖端 屋顶最高点。 figurative the central bank is at the apex of the financial system 中央银行是金融系统中的最高机构。 Example sentencesExamples - The Kahri kingdom was built and founded throughout the forested hills, conformed to the contour of the land with the temple at its apex to top off the grand city.
- The monks chanting fills the half - ruined building, spiralling up to the apex of the ceiling, the monks themselves out of sight, doing their work.
- The evidence for this is a cruck, a pair of large and matching curved timbers reaching from the ground to the apex of the roof, a characteristic of medieval timber-framed buildings.
- These bones, whatever their true nature, are notable for extending thin lamina under the surface of the adjacent dermal bones, thus presumably adding stability to the apex of the skull roof.
- The left-hand wing houses an oval entrance porch that leads to a fine reception hall decorated in pink with Ionic columns, a marble fireplace and a lantern-style window high in the central apex of the ceiling.
- And if we look to our left from the upper deck of the bus our eyes are level with the apex of what appears to be the outline of a boat's prow pointing to the sky, or a slender Norman arch in grey stone.
- An archway's most important stone is the keystone, the wedge-shaped piece of rock at its apex.
- Crucks, great curving oak trunks arching from ground level to the apex of a building, were one of the classic ways in the Middle Ages of providing a basic framework for a building, and a means to support its roof.
- On a calm day, ventilation is mostly achieved by the stack effect, whereby warm air generated by the livestock rises and is expelled through the opening in the roof apex and is replaced by fresh air drawn in at the eave inlets.
- A monumental structure especially characteristic of ancient Egypt, often built as a royal tomb and usually made of stone, with a square base and sloping sides meeting centrally at an apex.
- Up in the heights of the room, Bross could barely pick out the small windows that lined the apex of the ceiling.
- Natural light floods in from a slot cut into the apex of the pitched roof and tactful spotlighting emphasizes particular pieces.
- The pitched roof of each shelter was 2.2 m above ground level at its apex and 1.5 m high along the sides and ends.
- The mountain range's east summit comes next and then the rocky perch that is the 3776 ft summit, the apex of the quartet of ridges.
- These, braced by a series of steel tendons, taper towards the apex of the roof.
- In most areas the original flat, bituminised felt covered roof had been overlain with a profiled metal decking set as a pitched roof with slopes falling from a central apex.
- I don't know if anyone's ever checked, but it's believed that he clambered up the dome of St Peter's, and scrawled his name at the apex, thus achieving the highest graffiti in the known world.
- They were clamped at their bases to a concrete ring beam and bent while still green, tied together in pairs at the apex of the roof.
- From this level on to the apex of the pyramid, it was then simply a matter of piling up more blocks.
- Much of it was subdued with shadows filling every corner reaching the apex of the vaulted ceiling.
Synonyms tip, peak, summit, pinnacle, top, highest point/part, crest, vertex rare fastigium - 1.1Geometry The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.
〔几何〕顶点 Example sentencesExamples - In contrast, Blake demonstrated that a triangle with a proximal apex and distal base is the most effective shape for rowing.
- In the methane molecule CH 4, for instance, the carbon atom is located at the center of a tetrahedron with the four hydrogen atoms located at the four apexes of the tetrahedron.
- Slopes increased from the apex to the base, although the data were more scattered at the base.
- It has an uneven shape, being wider at the apex than at the base.
- Spire angle is between 105-115 degrees with the apex markedly sharper.
- 1.2Botany The growing point of a shoot.
〔植〕芽苗的顶端 Example sentencesExamples - A shoot apex was considered dead if the terminal bud was absent or if it was dark-brown in colour, dehydrated or damaged.
- The plant blooms in April and inflorescences are produced at the apex of shoots.
- Shoot apices from three plants were dissected.
- In order to maintain the leaf area constant throughout growth, leafy shoot vegetative growth was arrested by cutting the terminal apex and new lateral shoots were removed.
- Excision of the apex releases lateral shoot buds; these were removed and collected as one sample.
2The highest point of achievement; a climax. the apex of his career was in 1966 when he hoisted aloft the World Cup for England 〈喻〉他高举世界杯时达到了他事业的顶峰。 Example sentencesExamples - Scared of progress and acceptance, they cling on to the notion that comedy achieved its apex twenty years ago, from whenever now is.
- This is the director at his apex, on top of the mountain and looking down on the minions of mendacity.
- They were the apex of human technological achievement.
- For a glorious 100-year period from the 16th century, Esfahan was the capital of Iran, a period when Persian art and architecture reached the apex of its achievement.
- Those figures are dwarfed by the estimated 350% achieved in Ireland, where many believe the apex has been reached.
- The apex of his career was his 1994 performance at the Oscar Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, which brought him global recognition.
- It's not easy to reach the apex of anything in life without dedication and perseverance.
- The apex of my career was a trip to Russia with a team from Sherwood Park in April 1993.
- Its shares are approaching their apex and mere pennies away from their year-high of 712p.
- Are we the apex, the best evolution can do, the highest possible achievement of nature?
- In retrospect, it seems ever more likely that our mid-Nineties aging into the Coen Brothers coincided with the apex of their careers.
- The image of the man atop a tank was the apex of his career, the grand gesture for which he will be remembered in history.
- Though the opposition was by no means in the same class, the context and quality of his innings was reminiscent of his solo stands against the Australians six seasons ago - the indisputable apex of his career.
- With Kirchner's move from Dresden to Berlin in 1911, city life became an important subject in his oeuvre and the apex of his artistic career.
- The film was, for me, the apex of that ‘frivolous’ part of his career, balancing the comedy with enough drama to tug at those heartstrings.
- Masons viewed Solomon's temple as the apex of achievement and patterned their own Lodges after its design.
- He's at the apex of his career in terms of popularity, and he's just getting better with age.
- The drive to war is inseparably bound up with domestic policies aimed at enriching a financial oligarchy at the apex of society, through constant attacks on the living standards of working people.
- That was the apex of a political career that proved a woman could thrive in the Westminster men's club.
- They are at the apex of their respective careers.
Synonyms climax, culmination, culminating point, apotheosis peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith, acme, apogee, high point, highest point, height, crowning moment, high water mark 3Motorsports
The point in turning a corner when the vehicle is closest to the edge of the track. 〔赛车〕拐弯时离赛道边缘最近的点 Example sentencesExamples - The tyre degradation is also quite severe, because the drivers are often braking under lateral acceleration so you need a well-balanced car that is going to hit the chosen apexes in the corners.
- With the aid of traction control, a driver can simply get to the apex of a corner and plant their right foot on the floor.
- You want to take the latest apex into the corner that you can, which means you want to run right into the edge of the debris and then turn it into the middle of the track.
- Most drivers maximize speed through track tactics, memorizing apexes, shifts and brake points.
- Good front end grip is key for all the twisty corners, and you need to be quick through the apexes.
verbapexes ˈeɪpɛksˈeɪpɛks 1no object Reach a high point or climax. 达到顶峰（或高潮） melodic lines build up to the chorus and it apexes at the solo 优美的唱词逐渐发展到大合唱，在独唱时达到了高潮。 Example sentencesExamples - In Argentina, differentiation on the basis of race starts with a color continuum apexing at ‘White,’ while ‘Black’ constitutes the base of the social pyramid.
- The hours and hours and hours of travel finally apexed with a few more hours and hours of travel which led to a couple more hours and hours of travel until I finally arrived in Seattle, the home of ‘really cold rain.’
- Montana law, which allowed miners to pursue veins of ore that ‘apexed’ on their claims, regardless of where they led, handed judges enormous power-and enormous opportunity for corruption.
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with object Turn (a corner) very close to the edge of the track. 〔赛车〕拐弯时离赛道边缘最近的点 he understands when to apex a corner Example sentencesExamples - The left hander is taken in 3rd gear at around 160 kph, and we will then be back on the power as soon as possible as we take 2, lifting only briefly to apex at around 220 kph.
- Check for wannabes trying their luck down the inside and apex the slightly cambered Castrol Corner, a 90-degree right hander onto the 650m back straight.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin, 'peak, tip'. noun ˈeɪpɛksˈeɪpɛks mass nounA system of reduced fares for scheduled airline flights and railway journeys which must be booked and paid for before a certain period in advance of departure. Example sentencesExamples - There will be no change on Apex fares for South Wales customers, although there will be a rise of 2.5 per cent elsewhere.
- These will replace the current First and Standard Class Off-Peak, Apex, SuperAdvance and Leisure First tickets.
- Off peak tickets, including Apex, Advance and SuperAdvance, are also going up by an average of three per cent.
- Last month, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh took a First Great Western train from London to Chippenham, on an Apex fare of £39.70.
- Fares will remain roughly the same with an Apex return fare at £16 for advance bookings.
Origin1970s: from A dvance P urchase Ex cursion. nounˈeɪpɛksˈāpeks 1The top or highest part of something, especially one forming a point. 顶点，最高点，尖端 the living room extends right up into the apex of the roof figurative the apex of his career was when he hoisted aloft the World Cup 〈喻〉他高举世界杯时达到了他事业的顶峰。 Example sentencesExamples - The Kahri kingdom was built and founded throughout the forested hills, conformed to the contour of the land with the temple at its apex to top off the grand city.
- On a calm day, ventilation is mostly achieved by the stack effect, whereby warm air generated by the livestock rises and is expelled through the opening in the roof apex and is replaced by fresh air drawn in at the eave inlets.
- The evidence for this is a cruck, a pair of large and matching curved timbers reaching from the ground to the apex of the roof, a characteristic of medieval timber-framed buildings.
- In most areas the original flat, bituminised felt covered roof had been overlain with a profiled metal decking set as a pitched roof with slopes falling from a central apex.
- The mountain range's east summit comes next and then the rocky perch that is the 3776 ft summit, the apex of the quartet of ridges.
- From this level on to the apex of the pyramid, it was then simply a matter of piling up more blocks.
- These, braced by a series of steel tendons, taper towards the apex of the roof.
- Up in the heights of the room, Bross could barely pick out the small windows that lined the apex of the ceiling.
- An archway's most important stone is the keystone, the wedge-shaped piece of rock at its apex.
- The monks chanting fills the half - ruined building, spiralling up to the apex of the ceiling, the monks themselves out of sight, doing their work.
- Natural light floods in from a slot cut into the apex of the pitched roof and tactful spotlighting emphasizes particular pieces.
- And if we look to our left from the upper deck of the bus our eyes are level with the apex of what appears to be the outline of a boat's prow pointing to the sky, or a slender Norman arch in grey stone.
- Crucks, great curving oak trunks arching from ground level to the apex of a building, were one of the classic ways in the Middle Ages of providing a basic framework for a building, and a means to support its roof.
- Much of it was subdued with shadows filling every corner reaching the apex of the vaulted ceiling.
- The pitched roof of each shelter was 2.2 m above ground level at its apex and 1.5 m high along the sides and ends.
- A monumental structure especially characteristic of ancient Egypt, often built as a royal tomb and usually made of stone, with a square base and sloping sides meeting centrally at an apex.
- These bones, whatever their true nature, are notable for extending thin lamina under the surface of the adjacent dermal bones, thus presumably adding stability to the apex of the skull roof.
- The left-hand wing houses an oval entrance porch that leads to a fine reception hall decorated in pink with Ionic columns, a marble fireplace and a lantern-style window high in the central apex of the ceiling.
- They were clamped at their bases to a concrete ring beam and bent while still green, tied together in pairs at the apex of the roof.
- I don't know if anyone's ever checked, but it's believed that he clambered up the dome of St Peter's, and scrawled his name at the apex, thus achieving the highest graffiti in the known world.
Synonyms tip, peak, summit, pinnacle, top, highest part, highest point, crest, vertex - 1.1Geometry The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.
〔几何〕顶点 Example sentencesExamples - Slopes increased from the apex to the base, although the data were more scattered at the base.
- It has an uneven shape, being wider at the apex than at the base.
- Spire angle is between 105-115 degrees with the apex markedly sharper.
- In contrast, Blake demonstrated that a triangle with a proximal apex and distal base is the most effective shape for rowing.
- In the methane molecule CH 4, for instance, the carbon atom is located at the center of a tetrahedron with the four hydrogen atoms located at the four apexes of the tetrahedron.
- 1.2Botany The growing point of a shoot.
〔植〕芽苗的顶端 Example sentencesExamples - The plant blooms in April and inflorescences are produced at the apex of shoots.
- In order to maintain the leaf area constant throughout growth, leafy shoot vegetative growth was arrested by cutting the terminal apex and new lateral shoots were removed.
- A shoot apex was considered dead if the terminal bud was absent or if it was dark-brown in colour, dehydrated or damaged.
- Shoot apices from three plants were dissected.
- Excision of the apex releases lateral shoot buds; these were removed and collected as one sample.
- 1.3 The highest level of a hierarchy, organization, or other power structure regarded as a triangle or pyramid.
（等级制领导体系、组织、机构或其他权力结构中，由下至上形成的金字塔式结构中的）最高层领导 the central bank is at the apex of the financial system 中央银行是金融系统中的最高机构。
verbˈeɪpɛksˈāpeks [no object]Reach a high point or climax. 达到顶峰（或高潮） melodic lines build up to the chorus and it apexes at the solo 优美的唱词逐渐发展到大合唱，在独唱时达到了高潮。 Example sentencesExamples - In Argentina, differentiation on the basis of race starts with a color continuum apexing at ‘White,’ while ‘Black’ constitutes the base of the social pyramid.
- The hours and hours and hours of travel finally apexed with a few more hours and hours of travel which led to a couple more hours and hours of travel until I finally arrived in Seattle, the home of ‘really cold rain.’
- Montana law, which allowed miners to pursue veins of ore that ‘apexed’ on their claims, regardless of where they led, handed judges enormous power-and enormous opportunity for corruption.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin, ‘peak, tip’. nounˈeɪpɛksˈāpeks A system of reduced fares for scheduled airline flights and railroad journeys that must be booked and paid for before a certain period in advance of departure. Example sentencesExamples - These will replace the current First and Standard Class Off-Peak, Apex, SuperAdvance and Leisure First tickets.
- Last month, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh took a First Great Western train from London to Chippenham, on an Apex fare of £39.70.
- Fares will remain roughly the same with an Apex return fare at £16 for advance bookings.
- There will be no change on Apex fares for South Wales customers, although there will be a rise of 2.5 per cent elsewhere.
- Off peak tickets, including Apex, Advance and SuperAdvance, are also going up by an average of three per cent.
Origin1970s: from A dvance P urchase Ex cursion. |