peak
noun /piːk/
/piːk/
- [usually singular] the point when somebody/something is best, most successful, strongest, etc.
顶峰；高峰 - Traffic reaches its peak between 8 and 9 in the morning.
上午 8、9 点钟之间是交通高峰期。 - the peaks and troughs of married life
婚后生活的起起伏伏 - at the peak of something She's at the peak of her career.
她正处在事业的巅峰。 - Membership of the club has fallen from a peak of 600 people in 2006.
该俱乐部的会员人数已从2006年的峰值600人下降。
Topics Successc1, Moneyc1- Her performance is just past its peak.
她的表演已经过了巅峰期。 - Production is rising back towards its 2008 peak.
产量正回升至2008年的峰值。 - The crisis was now at its peak.
危机正处在最严重的时刻。 - The graph shows two very sharp price peaks.
该图显示出两个非常明显的价格高峰。 - The influx of tourists has reached its summer peak.
涌入的游客人数达到了夏日的最高峰。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- all-time
- seasonal
- summer
- …
- rise to
- rise towards/toward
- hit
- …
- hours
- period
- season
- …
- at a/the/your peak
- peak of
- in peak condition
- peaks and troughs
- Traffic reaches its peak between 8 and 9 in the morning.
- enlarge imagethe pointed top of a mountain; a mountain with a pointed top
山峰；峰峦 - a mountain peak
山峰 - snow-capped/jagged peaks
积雪覆盖的／嶙峋怪异的群峰 - The climbers made camp halfway up the peak.
登山者在半山腰设置营地。 - We looked up at the rocky peaks towering above us.
我们抬头看高高耸立在我们上方岩石嶙峋的山峰。
Homophones peak | peek | piquepeak peek pique/piːk//piːk/- peak noun
- Mount McKinley is the highest peak in North America.
麦金利山是北美最高的山峰。
- Mount McKinley is the highest peak in North America.
- peak verb
- Birdsong tends to peak in the spring mating season.
鸟鸣往往在春季交配季节达到顶峰。
- Birdsong tends to peak in the spring mating season.
- peek verb
- I have to peek out from behind a cushion when watching horror films.
看恐怖片要从靠垫后面往外偷看。
- I have to peek out from behind a cushion when watching horror films.
- peek noun
- She sneaked a peek at her watch.
她偷偷看了一眼手表。
- She sneaked a peek at her watch.
- pique noun
- He smashed his racket in a fit of pique.
他一气之下打碎了球拍。
- He smashed his racket in a fit of pique.
- pique verb
- He knew the cutting remark would pique his friend's vanity.
他知道尖刻的话会激起他朋友的虚荣心。
- He knew the cutting remark would pique his friend's vanity.
WordfinderTopics Geographyc1- altitude
- foothill
- mountain
- peak
- precipice
- ridge
- slope
- summit
- valley
- volcano
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- lofty
- towering
- …
- climb
- conquer
- scale
- …
- loom
- rise
- tower
- …
- on a/the peak
- a mountain peak
- any narrow and pointed shape, edge, etc.
尖形；尖端；尖头 - Whisk the egg whites into stiff peaks.
把蛋清搅成硬尖状。 - He combed his hair into a peak.
他把头发梳成一个高峰。
- Whisk the egg whites into stiff peaks.
- enlarge image(British English)(North American English bill, visor)the stiff front part of a cap that sticks out above your eyes
帽舌；帽檐
词源mid 16th cent.: probably a back-formation from peaked, variant of dialect picked ‘pointed’.