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单词 culmination
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cul•mi•na•tion  (kul′mə nāshən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the act or fact of culminating.
  2. that in which anything culminates;
    the culminating position or stage;
    highest point;
    acme.
  3. Astronomythe position of a celestial body when it is on the meridian.
  • Medieval Latin culminātiōn-, stem of culminātiō; see culminate, -ion
  • 1625–35
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged climax, zenith, peak, summit.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
culmination /ˌkʌlmɪˈneɪʃən/ n
  1. the final, highest, or decisive point
  2. the act of culminating
  3. the highest or lowest altitude attained by a heavenly body as it crosses the meridian
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cul•mi•nate /ˈkʌlməˌneɪt/USA pronunciation   v. [+ in + object], -nat•ed, -nat•ing. 
  1. to reach the highest development:His career culminated in the winning of the Nobel prize.
  2. to arrive at a final stage after a long development:Their disagreement culminated in a quarrel.
cul•mi•na•tion/ˌkʌlməˈneɪʃən/USA pronunciation  ; n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cul•mi•nate  (kulmə nāt′),USA pronunciation v., -nat•ed, -nat•ing. 
v.i. 
  1. to reach the highest point, summit, or highest development (usually fol. by in).
  2. to end or arrive at a final stage (usually fol. by in):The argument culminated in a fistfight.
  3. to rise to or form an apex;
    terminate (usually fol. by in):The tower culminates in a tall spire.
  4. Astronomy(of a celestial body) to be on the meridian, or reach the highest or the lowest altitude.

v.t. 
  1. to bring to a close;
    complete;
    climax:A rock song culminates the performance.
  • Late Latin culminātus (past participle of culmināre to come to a peak), equivalent. to Latin culmin- (stem of culmen) peak, top + -ātus -ate1
  • 1640–50

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