外博词典，懂英语单词快速记忆法的在线英语词典
常用短语
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顶极群落（在不受骚扰的情况下能生长的所有植物）
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达到顶点(或高潮)
场景例句
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The music builds up to a rousing climax.
音乐逐渐达到了令人振奋的高潮。
《牛津词典》
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The climax came one sultry August evening.
高潮在8月一个闷热潮湿的夜晚到来了。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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He used climax and word repetition in the speech.
他在演讲中运用了层进法和词句重复。
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近义词
- n. 顶点，最高点
- n. 高潮
同义词辨析
单词家谱
climax （高潮）：“逐层递进”的修辞手法
英语单词climax来自希腊语klimax（阶梯），来自动词klinein（倾斜），与单词climate（气候）同源。klimax原本指的是“逐层递进”这种修辞手法。进入英语后，词义从“达成目标的连续步骤”演变至“逐步上升的步骤”，再到“程度或成就的最高顶点”。OED认为这种词义演变应归因于人们对该词古典含义的无知。在19世纪80年代，在一些节育倡导者的推动下，该词还可以表示“性高潮”，以代替书面语orgasm一词。
climax 高潮
来自PIE*klei，倾斜，词源同lean，incline.-ax，表示最高级，词源同apex，next，approximate.
climax 高潮，顶点
来源于希腊语klimax(梯子)
climax (n.)
1580s, in the rhetorical sense ("a chain of reasoning in graduating steps from weaker to stronger"), from Late Latin climax (genitive climacis), from Greek klimax "propositions rising in effectiveness," literally "ladder," from suffixed form of PIE root *klei- "to lean."
Originally in rhetoric an arrangement of successive clauses so that the last important word of one is repeated as the first important word of the next, as in Romans v.3-5: "... but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed ...." Compare anadiplosis. From the rhetorical meaning, the word evolved through "series of steps by which a goal is achieved," to "escalating steps," to (1789) "high point of intensity or development," a usage credited by the OED to "popular ignorance."
The meaning "sexual orgasm" is recorded by 1880 (also in terms such as climax of orgasm), and is said to have been promoted from c. 1900 by birth-control pioneer Marie Stopes (1880-1958) and others as a more accessible word than orgasm (n.).
climax (v.)
1835, "to reach the highest point, culminate," from climax (n.). For erotic sense, see the noun. Related: Climaxed; climaxing.
