pinnacle

• n. 高峰；小尖塔；尖峰；極點
• vt. 造小尖塔；置于尖頂上；置于高處

來自古法語pinacle,頂點，來自拉丁語pinnaculum,山峰，峰頂，來自pinna,箭，尖刺，來自PIE*spei,尖刺，詞源同spike,pin.

pinnacle

pinnacle: see pin

pinnacle (n.)

c. 1300, "mountain, peak, promontory," from Old French pinacle "top, gable" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin pinnaculum "peak, pinnacle, gable," extended form (via diminutive suffix, but not necessarily implying smallness) of Latin pinna "peak, point," (see pin (n.1)). Figurative use is attested from c. 1400.

1. John Major has reached the pinnacle of British politics.

約翰·梅杰已攀上了英國政界的頂峰。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Even among seasoned mountaineers Pinnacle Ridge is considered quite a tough proposition.

即使在經驗豐富的登山者中，平納克爾峰也被認為是很難攀登的。

來自柯林斯例句

3. A walker fell 80ft from a rocky pinnacle.

一位徒步者從一塊80英尺高的尖錐形巖石上摔了下來。

來自柯林斯例句

4. the pinnacle of her career

她事業的頂峰

來自《權威詞典》

5. Now he is at the very pinnacle of his career.

現在他正值一生中的頂峰時期.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》