cul.mi.nate
v.intr.(不及物动词)
cul.mi.nat.ed,cul.mi.nat.ing,cul.mi.nates
To reach the highest point or degree; climax:
达到高潮:到达最高点或程度;达到高潮:
例句:
habitual antagonism that culminated in open hostility.
在公开敌对中达到高潮的习惯性对抗
To come to completion; end:
到达终点;告终:
例句:
Years of waiting culminated in a tearful reunion.
多年的等待最终以含泪团聚而结局
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
v.tr.(及物动词)
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:
例句:
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
来源:
Late Latin culmin3re culmin3t-
后期拉丁语 culmin3re culmin3t-
from Latin culmen culmin- [summit] * see kel- 2
源自 拉丁语 culmen culmin- [顶点] *参见 kel- 2
【引伸】
cul.mina.tion
n.(名词)