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cusp n.尖头；尖端；交点；[天]月角 (1) 尖头皮鞋据说起源于法国。(2) 我们正处于全球教与学变革尖端。(3) 我所极目的世界，处于有趣的基础科学的尖端。(4) 此时正是秋冬之交。 The word comes from Latin cuspis, "point." You'll see lots of cusps in Gothic churches — a point where two arches meet, or where decorative curves meet to form a point. The little points that stick out on the surface of your teeth that are flat on top — the ones you use for grinding — are also called cusps. Those teeth right behind your canine teeth but before your molars have two cusps, and they're called bicuspids.

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英 [kʌsp] 美 [kʌsp] (1) Cusp leather shoes were allegedly traceable from France.(2) We are on the cusp of a global revolution in teaching and learning.(3) The world occured for me on the cusp of magic and elementary science.(4) We are just on the cusp between autumn and winter. A cusp in geometry is the point where two curves meet. It's a kind of transition. If you're on the cusp of manhood, you’re not quite grown up, but you’re definitely not a little boy anymore either. 1[PHRASE 短语]介于两个状态之间的；将要进入特定状态的 If you say that someone or something is on the cusp, you mean they are between two states, or are about to be in a particular state.   [PHR after v]I am sitting on the cusp of middle age...我将步入中年。Mr Short's behaviour is only on the cusp of acceptability.肖特先生的行为勉强能接受。

英语单词	cusp
英美音标	英 [kʌsp] 美 [kʌsp]
中文释义	n.尖头；尖端；交点；[天]月角
英语例句	(1) Cusp leather shoes were allegedly traceable from France. (2) We are on the cusp of a global revolution in teaching and learning. (3) The world occured for me on the cusp of magic and elementary science. (4) We are just on the cusp between autumn and winter.
中文例句	(1) 尖头皮鞋据说起源于法国。 (2) 我们正处于全球教与学变革尖端。 (3) 我所极目的世界，处于有趣的基础科学的尖端。 (4) 此时正是秋冬之交。
vocabulary简明	A cusp in geometry is the point where two curves meet. It's a kind of transition. If you're on the cusp of manhood, you’re not quite grown up, but you’re definitely not a little boy anymore either.
vocabulary扩展	The word comes from Latin cuspis, "point." You'll see lots of cusps in Gothic churches — a point where two arches meet, or where decorative curves meet to form a point. The little points that stick out on the surface of your teeth that are flat on top — the ones you use for grinding — are also called cusps. Those teeth right behind your canine teeth but before your molars have two cusps, and they're called bicuspids.
柯林斯解释	1 [PHRASE 短语]介于两个状态之间的；将要进入特定状态的 If you say that someone or something is on the cusp, you mean they are between two states, or are about to be in a particular state. [PHR after v] I am sitting on the cusp of middle age... 我将步入中年。 Mr Short's behaviour is only on the cusp of acceptability. 肖特先生的行为勉强能接受。

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