peak 音标拼音: [p'ik]
n . 山顶,顶点,帽舌
a . 最高的
vi . 到达最高点,消瘦,缩小
vt . 使竖起
山顶,顶点,帽舌最高的到达最高点,消瘦,缩小使竖起
peak 峰值;波峰
PK
peak 尖峰传输率
peak 峰
peak n 1 :
the most extreme possible amount or value ; "
voltage peak "
[
synonym : {
extremum }, {
peak }]
2 :
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [
synonym :
{
flower }, {
prime }, {
peak }, {
heyday }, {
bloom }, {
blossom },
{
efflorescence }, {
flush }]
3 :
the highest level or degree attainable ;
the highest stage of development ; "
his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty ";
"
the artist '
s gifts are at their acme "; "
at the height of her career "; "
the peak of perfection "; "
summer was at its peak ";
"...
catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame "; "
the summit of his ambition "; "
so many highest superlatives achieved by man "; "
at the top of his profession " [
synonym : {
acme }, {
height },
{
elevation }, {
peak }, {
pinnacle }, {
summit }, {
superlative },
{
meridian }, {
tiptop }, {
top }]
4 :
the top or extreme point of something (
usually a mountain or hill ); "
the view from the peak was magnificent "; "
they clambered to the tip of Monadnock "; "
the region is a few molecules wide at the summit " [
synonym : {
peak }, {
crown }, {
crest },
{
top }, {
tip }, {
summit }]
5 :
a V shape ; "
the cannibal '
s teeth were filed to sharp points "
[
synonym : {
point }, {
tip }, {
peak }]
6 :
the highest point (
of something ); "
at the peak of the pyramid " [
synonym : {
vertex }, {
peak }, {
apex }, {
acme }]
7 :
a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes ; "
he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead " [
synonym :
{
bill }, {
peak }, {
eyeshade }, {
visor }, {
vizor }]
v 1 :
to reach the highest point ;
attain maximum intensity ,
activity ; "
That wild ,
speculative spirit peaked in 1929 ";"
Bids for the painting topped out at $
50 million "
[
synonym : {
top out }, {
peak }] [
ant : {
bottom out }]
Peag \
Peag \ (
p [=
e ]
g ),
n . [
Written also {
peage }, {
peak },
{
peeke }.] [
Prob .
of North American Indian origin ,
by shortening of wampumpeag . --
RHUD .]
A kind of aboriginal shell money ,
or wampum ,
of the Atlantic coast of the United States ; --
originally applied only to polished white cylindrical beads .
See also {
wampum }.
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Peak \
Peak \ (
p [=
e ]
k ),
n . [
OE .
pek ,
AS .
peac ,
perh of Celtic origin ;
cf .
Ir .
peac a sharp -
pointed thing .
Cf . {
Pike }.]
1 .
A point ;
the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point ;
as ,
the peak ,
or front ,
of a cap . "
Run your beard into a peak ." --
Beau . &
Fl .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The top ,
or one of the tops ,
of a hill ,
mountain ,
or range ,
ending in a point ;
often ,
the whole hill or mountain ,
esp .
when isolated ;
as ,
the Peak of Teneriffe .
[
1913 Webster ]
Silent upon a peak in Darien . --
Keats .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Naut .)
(
a )
The upper aftermost corner of a fore -
and -
aft sail ; --
used in many combinations ;
as ,
peak -
halyards ,
peak -
brails ,
etc .
(
b )
The narrow part of a vessel '
s bow ,
or the hold within it .
(
c )
The extremity of an anchor fluke ;
the bill . [
In the last sense written also {
pea }
and {
pee }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Fore peak }. (
Naut .)
See under {
Fore }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Peak \
Peak \,
v .
t . (
Naut .)
To raise to a position perpendicular ,
or more nearly so ;
as ,
to peak oars ,
to hold them upright ;
to peak a gaff or yard ,
to set it nearer the perpendicular .
[
1913 Webster ]
Peak \
Peak \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Peaked } (
p [=
e ]
kt );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Peaking }.]
1 .
To rise or extend into a peak or point ;
to form ,
or appear as ,
a peak .
[
1913 Webster ]
There peaketh up a mighty high mount . --
Holand .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Hence :
To achieve a maximum of numerical value ,
intensity of activity ,
popularity ,
or other characteristic ,
followed by a decline ;
as ,
the stock market peaked in January ;
his performance as a pitcher peaked in 1990 ;
sales of the XTX model peaked at 20 ,
000 per year .
[
PJC ]
3 .
To acquire sharpness of figure or features ;
hence ,
to look thin or sickly . "
Dwindle ,
peak ,
and pine ." --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 . [
Cf . {
Peek }.]
To pry ;
to peep slyly . [
archaic ] --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Peak arch } (
Arch .),
a pointed or Gothic arch .
[
1913 Webster ]
269 Moby Thesaurus words for "
peak ":
acme ,
acme of perfection ,
all ,
allophone ,
alp ,
alveolar ,
apex ,
apico -
alveolar ,
apico -
dental ,
apogee ,
articulation ,
aspiration ,
assimilation ,
be poised ,
bilabial ,
bill ,
billow ,
boom ,
bore ,
bottoming out ,
break ,
breakers ,
brim ,
brow ,
business cycle ,
business fluctuations ,
bust ,
cacuminal ,
cap ,
capstone ,
ceiling ,
cerebral ,
check ,
chop ,
choppiness ,
chopping sea ,
climax ,
cloud nine ,
cog ,
comb ,
comber ,
consonant ,
consummate ,
consummation ,
continuant ,
cooling off ,
crag ,
crash ,
crest ,
crisis ,
crown ,
culmen ,
culminate ,
culmination ,
dash ,
decline ,
dental ,
depression ,
diphthong ,
dirty water ,
dissimilation ,
downturn ,
droop ,
dwindle ,
eagre ,
ebb and flow ,
economic cycle ,
economic expansion ,
economic growth ,
edge ,
elevation ,
eminence ,
end ,
epenthetic vowel ,
expanding economy ,
expansion ,
explosive ,
extreme ,
extreme limit ,
extremity ,
fade ,
fail ,
fang ,
flag ,
frost ,
glide ,
glottal ,
glottalization ,
gravity wave ,
ground swell ,
growth ,
guttural ,
harrow ,
head ,
heave ,
heaven ,
heavens ,
heavy sea ,
heavy swell ,
height ,
high growth rate ,
high noon ,
high point ,
highest degree ,
highest pitch ,
highest point ,
hill ,
hilltop ,
ice ,
jag ,
knoll ,
labial ,
labialization ,
labiodental ,
labiovelar ,
languish ,
laryngeal ,
last word ,
lateral ,
lift ,
limit ,
lingual ,
liquid ,
lofty peak ,
lop ,
lose strength ,
low ,
manner of articulation ,
market expansion ,
maximum ,
meridian ,
modification ,
monophthong ,
morphophoneme ,
mount ,
mountain ,
mountaintop ,
mute ,
nasal ,
ne plus ultra ,
nib ,
no place higher ,
noon ,
nth degree ,
occlusive ,
outtop ,
overarch ,
overtop ,
palatal ,
parasitic vowel ,
peaking ,
pecten ,
perfection ,
pharyngeal ,
pharyngealization ,
phone ,
phoneme ,
pic ,
pico ,
pike ,
pine ,
pink ,
pink of perfection ,
pinnacle ,
pitch ,
plosive ,
point ,
pole ,
popple ,
precipice ,
projection ,
prosperity ,
prothetic vowel ,
rake ,
ratchet ,
recession ,
recovery ,
retroflex ,
ridge ,
riffle ,
ripple ,
rise ,
rise and fall ,
roll ,
roller ,
roof ,
rough water ,
run down ,
sawtooth ,
scend ,
sea ,
segmental phoneme ,
semivowel ,
send ,
seventh heaven ,
sink ,
sky ,
slowdown ,
slump ,
smash ,
snag ,
snaggle ,
sonant ,
sonority ,
speech sound ,
spire ,
sprocket ,
spur ,
steeple ,
stop ,
summit ,
surd ,
surf ,
surge ,
surmount ,
swell ,
syllabic nucleus ,
syllabic peak ,
syllable ,
the whole ,
tidal bore ,
tidal wave ,
tide wave ,
tip ,
tip -
top ,
tooth ,
top ,
top off ,
top out ,
tor ,
toss ,
transition sound ,
triphthong ,
trough ,
tsunami ,
ultimate ,
undulate ,
undulation ,
upmost ,
upper extremity ,
uppermost ,
upturn ,
utmost ,
utmost extent ,
uttermost ,
velar ,
vertex ,
very top ,
visor ,
vocable ,
vocalic ,
vocoid ,
voice ,
voiced sound ,
voiceless sound ,
voicing ,
vowel ,
waste ,
waste away ,
water wave ,
wave ,
wavelet ,
weaken ,
white horses ,
whitecaps ,
wilt ,
wither ,
wither away ,
zenith
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