apex

英 [ˈeɪpeks]

美 [ˈeɪpeks]

n.  顶点; 最高点

复数：apices　

TOEFLGRETEM8医学

BNC.11192 / COCA.13391

牛津词典

noun

• 顶点；最高点
  the top or highest part of sth
  1. the apex of the roof/triangle
     房顶；三角形的顶点
  2. At 37, she'd reached the apex of her career.
     她在37岁时达到了事业的巅峰。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （机构、体系的）最高地位，最高职位
  The apex ofan organization or system is the highest and most important position in it.
  1. At the apex of the party was its central committee.
     该党的最高权力机构是中央委员会。
• N-COUNT 尖端；顶点
  The apex ofsomething is its pointed top or end.
  1. ...the apex of the pyramid.
     金字塔的顶端

英英释义

noun

• the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
  Synonym:solar apexapex of the sun's way
• the highest point (of something)
  1. at the peak of the pyramid
  Synonym:vertexpeakacme

双语例句

• A pointed arch; usually has a joint ( instead of a keystone) at the apex.
  一种尖角拱；在顶点通常有一个接合点（而不是拱心石）。
• Seedless orange enclosing a small secondary fruit at the apex.
  顶点处又装了一个小水果的无籽橙子。
• To find out the clinical characters and therapeutic effect of orbital apex syndrome caused by orbital pseudotumor.
  目的探讨眼眶炎性假瘤所致的眶尖综合征的临床特点和治疗等。
• ( botany) of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex.
  （植物学）树叶或花从底部到顶部连续发展或开放。
• When you come here [ he points to the apex], that's where the buck stops.
  当你到这个位置的时候（他指着顶点），这就是最高点了。
• Auscultation: heart sounds normal, but soft pan systolic murmur at apex radiating to axilla.
  听诊：心音正常，但心尖问及收缩前柔和杂音，向腋窝放射。
• An arch with a pointed apex.
  有一个尖锐的顶点的拱。
• Rotating the disc of the compound rest with an angle equal to half the apex angle of the cone.
  将复式刀架盘旋转一个等于圆锥体顶角一半的角度。
• At this point he reached the apex of his political career.
  至此，赵氏政治地位达到了一生中的顶峰。
• At the apex of the party was its central committee.
  该党的最高权力机构是中央委员会。