Word · Frequency #11208
culminations
某事物的最高点或高潮
culminations is the plural of culmination.
the highest point or climax of something
- 1.
The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
天体达到最高点；穿越子午线；过境
（天文学中）天体在观察者地平线上方的最高天文点；天体达到最高点；穿越子午线；过境；顶点；高潮；最高点
In use
The festival was the culmination of weeks of planning and effort.
Receiving the scholarship was the culmination of his academic dreams.
The culmination of the eclipse occurred at exactly 3:14 PM.
the culmination of sth
The festival was the culmination of months of planning.
这个节日是数月筹备的顶点。
reach a culmination
Tensions reached a culmination with the protest.
紧张局势在抗议中达到高潮。
serve as the culmination of sth
Connections
Collocations
- upper culmination
- 上中天；天体经过子午线时达到的最高位置
- The star reaches its upper culmination when it crosses the meridian.这颗恒星穿过子午线时达到上中天。
- lower culmination
- 下中天；天体经过子午线时位于较低的位置
- The lower culmination of a star may occur below the horizon.恒星的下中天可能发生在地平线以下。
- at culmination
- 在中天；在最高点
- The instrument measures a star's altitude at culmination.这台仪器测量恒星在中天时的高度。
- culmination altitude
- 中天高度；天体过中天时的高度
- The culmination altitude of the Sun varies throughout the year.太阳的中天高度全年都会变化。
- reach culmination
- 到达中天；达到最高点
- The Moon reaches culmination at different times each night.月亮每晚到达中天的时间都不同。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记culmination：开头'cul'像'column'(柱)，柱顶即最高点；天体过中天也达顶点。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：astronomy、celestial navigation、scientific writing 该释义为天文学术语，通常用于学术或专业语境（如天文观测、科技文献），比较正式，口语中较少见。
Grammar Note
可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all share the -ation ending, pronounced /ˈeɪʃən/, and rhyme with culmination. Beware of lookalikes such as 'mention' /ˈmenʃən/ and 'question' /ˈkwestʃən/, which also end in -tion but have different vowel or consonant sounds, so they do not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
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