climax

英 [ˈklaɪmæks]

美 [ˈklaɪmæks]

n.  (重要事情或时刻的)高潮，极点，顶点; (戏剧、音乐等通常接近结束时出现的)高潮; 性高潮
v.  达成(或形成)极点(或顶点、高潮); 达到性高潮

复数：climaxes　过去式：climaxed　现在分词：climaxing　第三人称单数：climaxes　过去分词：climaxed　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.6990 / COCA.10683

牛津词典

noun

• （重要事情或时刻的）高潮，极点，顶点
  the most exciting or important event or point in time
  1. to come to/reach a climax
     达到极点
  2. the climax of his political career
     他政治生涯的巅峰
• （戏剧、音乐等通常接近结束时出现的）高潮
  the most exciting part of a play, piece of music, etc. that usually happens near the end
• 性高潮
  the highest point of sexual pleasure

verb

• 达成（或形成）极点（或顶点、高潮）
  to come to or form the best, most exciting, or most important point in sth
  1. The festival will climax on Sunday with a gala concert.
     星期天的音乐盛会将把这次会演推向高潮。
  2. The sensational verdict climaxed a six-month trial.
     那项引起轰动的裁决使长达六个月的审判达到了高潮。
• 达到性高潮
  to have an orgasm

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (通常临近结尾的)高潮，最精彩处
  Theclimax ofsomething is the most exciting or important moment in it, usually near the end.
  1. For Pritchard, reaching an Olympics was the climax of her career...
     对普里查德来说，参加奥运会是她事业上的巅峰。
  2. It was the climax to 24 hours of growing anxiety...
     24小时里不断加重的焦虑在那一刻达到顶点。
  3. The last golf tournament of the European season is building up to a dramatic climax.
     欧洲赛季的最后一场高尔夫球锦标赛就要迎来最激动人心的时刻。
• V-ERG (使)接近高潮;(使)达到顶点
  The event thatclimaxesa sequence of events is an exciting or important event that comes at the end. You can also say that a sequence of eventsclimaxes witha particular event.
  1. The demonstration climaxed two weeks of strikes...
     游行示威将持续了两周的罢工推向了高潮。
  2. They've just finished a sell-out UK tour that climaxed with a three-night stint at Brixton Academy.
     他们刚刚结束在英国的巡回演出，演出场场爆满，最后在布里克斯顿学院进行的为期3天的演出将此次活动推向了高潮。
• 性高潮
  Aclimaxis anorgasm.
• VERB 达到性高潮
  When someoneclimaxes, they have an orgasm.
  1. Often, a man can enjoy making love but may not be sufficiently aroused to climax.
     通常情况下，男人可能会享受鱼水之欢，但未必能完全达到高潮。

英英释义

noun

• the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
  Synonym:orgasmsexual climaxcoming
• the decisive moment in a novel or play
  1. the deathbed scene is the climax of the play
  Synonym:culmination
• arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
• the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
  1. the climax of the artist's career
  2. in the flood tide of his success
  Synonym:flood tide
• the most severe stage of a disease

verb

• end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
  1. The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace
  Synonym:culminate

双语例句

• Gulliver's Travels reaches a powerful climax in its fourth part.
  《格列佛游记》在第四部分达到了高潮。
• It ought to be the climax.
  应该是高潮了。
• The climax came one sultry August evening.
  在8月一个闷热的夜晚，高潮到来了。
• This group of brilliant paintings reaches the climax of the painter's artistry.
  这批精彩的画达到了这位画家绘画艺术技巧的顶峰。
• Coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot.
  发生于高潮后尤其是戏剧或叙述情节中。
• For Pritchard, reaching an Olympics was the climax of her career
  对普里查德来说，参加奥运会是她事业上的巅峰。
• This is coming towards the climax of their conversation.
  这快接近他们对话的高潮了。
• Often, a man can enjoy making love but may not be sufficiently aroused to climax.
  通常情况下，男人可能会享受鱼水之欢，但未必能完全达到高潮。
• The business in hand was approaching some kind of climax.
  手头的生意似乎快到紧要关头了。
• The play reached its climax in the second act.
  这部戏在第二幕达到了高潮。