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单词 apogee
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ap•o•gee /ˈæpəˌdʒi/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Astronomythe point in the orbit of the moon or of an artificial satellite at which it is farthest from the earth.Compare perigee.
  2. the most exalted point:the apogee of artistic development.
See -geo-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ap•o•gee  (apə jē′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Astronomythe point in the orbit of a heavenly body, esp. the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth. Cf. perigee.
  2. the highest or most distant point;
    climax.
  • Greek apógaion (diástema) off-earth (distance), neuter of apógaios (adjective, adjectival), equivalent. to apo- apo- + gáïos of the earth, derivative of gaîa, variant of the earth
  • Latin
  • alteration (after French apogée) of earlier apogaeum 1585–95
ap′o•geal, ap′o•gean, ap′o•geic, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
apogee /ˈæpəˌdʒiː/ n
  1. the point in its orbit around the earth when the moon or an artificial satellite is at its greatest distance from the earth
  2. the highest point
Etymology: 17th Century: from New Latin apogaeum (influenced by French apogée), from Greek apogaion, from apogaios away from the earth, from apo- + gaia earth

ˌapoˈgean adj
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