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zenith n.天顶；极点 zenith (n.) "point of the heavens directly overhead at any place," late 14c., from Old French cenith (Modern French zénith), from Medieval Latin cenit, senit, bungled scribal transliterations of Arabic samt "road, path," abbreviation of samt ar-ras, literally "the way over the head." Letter -m- misread as -ni-.The Medieval Latin word could as well be influenced by the rough agreement of the Arabic term with classical Latin semita "sidetrack, side path" (notion of "thing going off to the side"), from se- "apart" + *mi-ta-, suffixed zero-grade form of PIE root *mei- (1) "to change" (see mutable). Figurative sense of "highest point or state" is from c.1600. 【记】z 是26个字母中最后一个 z + ith 第z个→最后一个→极点；Zen 禅，禅宗的目的是悟到最高境界→天顶【相关】nadir 天底, 最底点

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['zeniθ] 【英】 n.天顶 (the highest point of the celestial sphere)；极点(the highest point)【考】 反义词：nadir(最低 点); lowest point(最低点)【记】 参考:nadir(最低点)【例】 the zenith of one's career n. 天顶; 最高点【记】读: ze你死, 从zenith上掉下来你就会死.【反】nadir(n 天底; 最低点); lowest point(最低点)

单词	zenith
音标	['zeniθ]
解释	n.天顶；极点
红宝书	【英】 n.天顶 (the highest point of the celestial sphere)；极点(the highest point) 【考】反义词：nadir(最低点); lowest point(最低点) 【记】参考:nadir(最低点) 【例】 the zenith of one's career
字源	zenith (n.) "point of the heavens directly overhead at any place," late 14c., from Old French cenith (Modern French zénith), from Medieval Latin cenit, senit, bungled scribal transliterations of Arabic samt "road, path," abbreviation of samt ar-ras, literally "the way over the head." Letter -m- misread as -ni-. The Medieval Latin word could as well be influenced by the rough agreement of the Arabic term with classical Latin semita "sidetrack, side path" (notion of "thing going off to the side"), from se- "apart" + mi-ta-, suffixed zero-grade form of PIE root mei- (1) "to change" (see mutable). Figurative sense of "highest point or state" is from c.1600.
不择手段背单词	n. 天顶; 最高点【记】读: ze你死, 从zenith上掉下来你就会死. 【反】nadir(n 天底; 最低点); lowest point(最低点)
趣味全助记	【记】z 是26个字母中最后一个 z + ith 第z个→最后一个→极点；Zen 禅，禅宗的目的是悟到最高境界→天顶【相关】nadir 天底, 最底点

Zenith Latin Highest Point Lowest Point(最低点 French Medieval