cul.mi.nate
culminate的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [ˈkʌlməˌneit]
KK音标发音: [ˈkʌlməˌnet]
culminate的词性:
v.intr.(不及物动词)
1. To reach the highest point or degree; climax:
达到高潮:到达最高点或程度;达到高潮:
habitual antagonism that culminated in open hostility.
在公开敌对中达到高潮的习惯性对抗
2. To come to completion; end:
到达终点;告终:
Years of waiting culminated in a tearful reunion.
多年的等待最终以含泪团聚而结局
3. Astronomy To reach the highest point above an observer's horizon. Used of stars and other celestial bodies.
【天文学】 中天:到达观察者视域之外的最高点。用于指恒星和其它天体
culminate的词性:
v.tr.(及物动词)
4. To bring to the point of greatest intensity or to completion; climax:
使到达高潮:使达到最极端或终点;使到达高潮:
The ceremony culminated a long week of preparation.
经过长长一个星期的准备,典礼终于开始了
culminate的词源:
5. Late Latin culmin3re culmin3t-
后期拉丁语 culmin3re culmin3t-
6. from Latin culmen culmin- [summit] * see kel- 2
源自 拉丁语 culmen culmin- [顶点] *参见 kel- 2
culminate的词性:
n.(名词)