• n. 高峰；小尖塔；尖峰；極點(diǎn)
• vt. 造小尖塔；置于尖頂上；置于高處

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ)pinacle,頂點(diǎn)，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)pinnaculum,山峰，峰頂，來(lái)自pinna,箭，尖刺，來(lái)自PIE*spei,尖刺，詞源同spike,pin.

pinnacle

pinnacle: see pin

pinnacle (n.)

c. 1300, "mountain, peak, promontory," from Old French pinacle "top, gable" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin pinnaculum "peak, pinnacle, gable," extended form (via diminutive suffix, but not necessarily implying smallness) of Latin pinna "peak, point," (see pin (n.1)). Figurative use is attested from c. 1400.

1. John Major has reached the pinnacle of British politics.

約翰·梅杰已攀上了英國(guó)政界的頂峰。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. Even among seasoned mountaineers Pinnacle Ridge is considered quite a tough proposition.

即使在經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的登山者中，平納克爾峰也被認(rèn)為是很難攀登的。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. A walker fell 80ft from a rocky pinnacle.

一位徒步者從一塊80英尺高的尖錐形巖石上摔了下來(lái)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. the pinnacle of her career

她事業(yè)的頂峰

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

5. Now he is at the very pinnacle of his career.

現(xiàn)在他正值一生中的頂峰時(shí)期.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》