英语释义

1. a pointed or projecting part of a garment especially the visor of a cap or hat
The cap's peak shades his eyes.

2. promontory
a steep rocky peak

3. a sharp or pointed end
the peak of a roof

4. the top of a hill or mountain ending in a point
the fog hung … heavily on the peak of the hill
— H. D. Skidmore

5. a prominent mountain usually having a well-defined summit

6. something resembling a mountain peak
Beat the cream until it forms stiff peaks.

7. the upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail

8. the narrow part of a ship's bow or stern or the part of the hold in it

9. the highest level or greatest degree
a singer at the peak of her popularity

10. a high point in a course of development especially as represented on a graph
The graph shows that murders in the city reached a peak two years ago.

11. widow's peak

12. to reach a maximum (as of capacity, value, or activity) —often used with out

13. to cause to come to a peak, point, or maximum

14. being at or reaching the maximum
peak levels peak output peak performance operating at peak strength/efficiency Wang thinks that groundwater was jolted free by the quake. The water then trickled down into the streams and reached a peak outpour about 30 days later.
— Thomas Sumner Air-conditioning is also one of the main contributors to peak electric power demand …
— Shane Cashman also of, relating to, or being a period of maximum intensity or activity
And because women, as a whole, leave later for work than men, they tend to travel right smack-dab in the peak hours of congestion (and even more so in the afternoon peak hours, which is partially why those tend to be worse.)
— Tom Vanderbilt

15. being at the height of popularity, use, or attention —used before the name of a product, person, cultural trend, etc.
Just when you think we've surely reached peak bourbon, someone else ups the ante. No longer is it enough to have the oldest, the rarest, or the most expensive whiskey, or even to pick a personal barrel from a distillery.
— Dana McMahanAll this is to say, we are at peak Wes Anderson—or rather, we have been for a very, very long time. We have to ask: why is this style so easy to send up? And why is it so hard to dislodge?
— Louis Wise

16. to grow thin or sickly

17. to dwindle away

18. to set (a gaff, a yard, etc.) nearer the perpendicular

19. to hold (oars) with blades well raised

20. the pointed top of a mountain

21. a tall mountain with a pointed or narrow top

22. something that looks like a pointed top of a mountain

23. at the highest point or level

24. filled with the most activity

25. a prominent mountain
We saw a snowy peak rising from the plain.

26. the pointed top of a hill or mountain
I climbed all the way to the peak.

27. a sharp or pointed end
The roof rises to a peak.

28. the highest point of development
He is at the peak of his career.

片语

Peaking time峰化时间

peaking operation调峰运行

peak acceleration[地物] 峰值加速度；最大加速度值

peak value[电] 峰值

at the peak of在…高峰期

peak season[贸易] 旺季

power peaking功率尖峰

peak shaving峰值负载抑制；[经] 高峰调节

peak hour[交] 高峰时间；峰荷时间

local peaking局部峰值

absorption peak[光] 吸收峰；辐射吸收

peak flow洪峰；最大流量

peak power[电] 峰值功率，巅值功率

peaking network峰化网络

peak voltage[电] 峰值电压；[电] 峰压；[电] 最大电压

peak time（收听广播、收看电视的）[交] 高峰时间

Hill Peaking超越巅峰

peak area[分化] 峰面积

peak stress峰值应力

Peaking Lights表演者

peak load最大负载

peak height[分化] 峰高

stagger peaking差调巅

peak period波峰周期；尖峰期

peak performance最佳表演；最佳性能

peak pressure[力] 峰值压力；巅峰压力；[力] 最大压力

peak reverse voltage反峰电压；反向峰值电压

peaking inductance峰化电感

peak current[电] 峰值电流；[分化] 峰电流

英汉例句

• a city’s water usage varies throughout the day, usually peaking in the early morning when many people are showering and washing.

  城市一天用水量变化不断，通常情况下，早晨人们洗漱的时候达到高峰值。

• we couldn’t do it if we were just peaking all the time, just as life as we know it would end if the sun always stayed at what appears to us as its highest point of strength.

  如果我们一直处于生命的高峰点，我们就不会去做，就如同如果太阳永远处于在我们看来的最高点，那么生命就会结束一样。

• smaller schemes include ones by welsh power, which wants to construct an 850mw plant at fleetwood in lancashire, and trafford peaking power is developing one in manchester.

  更小些的建厂计划还包括威尔士电力公司在兰开夏州弗利特伍德的850mw电厂和traffordpeakingpower公司準备在曼彻斯特建的一个电厂项目。

• without the stimulus, they saw the unemployment rate — then 7.2 percent — rising above 8 percent in 2009 and peaking at 9 percent next year.

  没有这些刺激，他们认为失业率（那时7.2%）在2009年上升到8%以上，在明年达到顶峰：9个百分点。

• if people charge during the day, when electric load is highest, power companies may have to build peaking natural gas plants.

  如果人们在白天充电，那时电路负荷最高，电力公司可能不得不建造高峰期天然气电站。

• her second album, 「back to black」 was peaking in america, though to the headliner, this seemed irrelevant.

  尽管她的第二张专辑《重返黑暗》在美国高居榜首，我们今天要讲的与此并无关联。

• consider an example where the both the report and transaction servers require more processor power because of peaking workloads.

  考虑一个例子，由于工作负载激增，报表分区和事务分区都请求更多处理器资源。

• they see the shiny metal peaking in the second quarter of 2012 at around $1, 850, only to moderate its rise and end the year around $1, 800.

  他们预计金价将于2012年第二季度达到最高价位——每盎司1850美元左右，然后在2012年年底时适度回调至每盎司1800美元左右。

• also peaking during adolescence (and perhaps aggrieving the ancientry the most) is risk-taking.

  冒险在青春期也达到最高峰（也许还有最激烈地冒犯传统）。

• colombia suffered a surge in kidnappings, peaking first in the early 1990s and then at a higher level at the end of the decade.

  哥伦比亚过去发生大量绑架事件，先在1990年代初达到高峰，后来更在1990年代底创下更高水平。

• it also helps explain why america has suffered such a sharp fall in prices after the bust despite peaking lower than many other countries (see chart 4).

  影子库存也有助于解释为什么美国房价峰值在远低于其他国家（见图4）的情况下就经历了如此剧烈的下跌。

• we will not, under any circumstances, accept an agreement which stipulates a peaking order for our emissions.

  我们将不会在任何情况下接受一个强制为我们设定排放峰值的协议。

• gilmore has joined the growing ranks of elite runners who have found that maintaining a higher volume during the taper period can give you a better chance of peaking on race day.

  gilmore已经进入了成长中的优秀选手的行列，他们发现在减量阶段保持更高的训练量可以让他们更有机会在比赛中达到顶峰。

• he points to research showing that old brains can grow new nerve connections, to surveys that indicate happiness peaking at 85, to all the creative potential he has witnessed in the elderly.

  他指出研究显示老年人的脑袋也能生长出新的神经连接，而且调查显示幸福指数在八十五岁到达最高峰，他指出了他在老年人身上所看到的所有创造潜力。

• since then it has run a string of deficits, peaking at 9.3% of gdp in 2009.

  自那以后，葡萄牙遭遇一连串赤字，而在2009年，赤字的顶峰达至gdp的9.3%。

• for centuries, we’ve been using high-density fossil fuels, but peaking oil supplies and climate concerns have given new life to green technologies.

  数百年来，我们一直在使用高密度的化石燃料，但峰值的石油供应和对气候的关注给了绿色能源技术新的生命。

• in addition, the expectation is that this ir will also consume less memory (if implemented properly, of course) – with memory peaking only during optimization phases.

  我们还希望这个ir消耗更少内存（如果实现得当的话，这是理所应当的）——只有在优化阶段才出现内存峰值。

• the same pattern kept turning up: the percentage of children born to unwed mothers, teenage mothers and mothers who hadn't completed high school kept peaking in january every year.

  同样的模式不断出现：未婚妈妈、未成年妈妈和教育程度在高中以下的妈妈生育的孩子比例在每年1月达到高峰。

• blanchard expects the recovery to be sluggish with unemployment in the major economies peaking only at the end of 2010.

  布兰查德表示，经济复苏的步伐将非常迟缓，主要经济体的失业状况要等到2010年底才会达到高峰。

• when the wind is blowing, it is usually the cheapest peaking power available, so it keeps the natural gas plants shut off.

  当起风的时候，风力通常是最廉价的可用调峰能源，如此一来天然气发电厂就可以关闭。

• because if you try to aim for peaking later, you might not make it to that.

  因为如果你尝试以后再达到巅峰，你也许会做不到。

• the effects of the salvinorin a were remarkably strong, consistent and fast-acting, peaking about two minutes after inhalation, and nearly disappearing by 20 minutes.

  salvinorina的作用效果非常强烈，稳定，且快速，大约吸入两分钟后达到顶峰，20分钟后基本失效。

• the electricity they need to meet the peaks in energy demand is generated by what are known as peaking plants, usually powered by natural gas.

  为了满足能源需求峰值，他们所需的电力则来自于通常以天然气为发电能源的调峰发电厂。

• the ccc said: "the choice of peaking year was more determined by what we thought might be possible if a global deal was achieved in 2009.

  气候变化委员会说：“峰值年份的选择更取决于我们所认为的2009年全球有可能取得的成就。

• every year, a massive phytoplankton bloom spreads across the north atlantic, moving from south to north and peaking in the late spring.

  每年，大量的浮游植物爆发蔓延横跨北大西洋，它们由南向北移动，并且在春季后期达到顶峰。

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