pinnacle

🇬🇧 UK/'pinәkl/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

The highest point of achievement or success; a tall pointed rock or mountain peak; a slender spire on a building.

顶峰,极点;尖峰;小尖塔

v.

To place at the highest point; to furnish with pinnacles.

置于顶点;建小尖塔

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
pinnacleother
=pinnacle

Common Collocations

  • 1.pinnacle of success成功的顶峰
  • 2.reach the pinnacle登上顶峰
  • 3.at the pinnacle处于巅峰
  • 4.pinnacle of one's career事业的顶峰

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Winning the Nobel Prize represented the pinnacle of her scientific career.

  • 2.

    The climbers rested briefly on a rocky pinnacle before descending the mountain.

  • 3.

    Gothic cathedrals are adorned with delicate stone pinnacles that soar toward the sky.

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