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Apex N Latin Peak 顶点 Eipeks N.顶点,最高点 英

单词 apex
音标 ['eipeks]
解释 n.顶点,最高点
红宝书 【英】 n. 顶点,最高点(the highest point; peak; vertex, summit)
字源 apex (n.)
c.1600, from Latin apex "summit, peak, tip, top, extreme end;" probably related to apere "to fasten, fix," hence "the tip of anything" (one of the meanings in Latin was "small rod at the top of the flamen's cap"), from PIE *ap- "to take, reach." Proper plural is apices.
不择手段背单词 n. 最高点, 顶点; 舌尖 = crest = fastigium = vertex
【例】She was at the apex of her fortunes 她红运到顶.
【记】apex读: APEC. 领导人非正式会议(峰会)是亚太经合组织APEC最高级别的会议. 每年召开一次, 在各成员间轮流举行. 2001年的举办地是上海. Ape猩猩, x: 猩猩会用X解方程了, 这就是它们的最高境界.
趣味全助记 【记】a + peak, peaks 山顶 e=ea, x=k
【相关】vertex 顶点, max 极值,acme 顶点, apogee 远地点

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