早期形式peake、peek、peke,源自中古英語 *peke、*pek(可考作peked,是piked的变体),变换自pike、pyke、pyk (“尖端”),源自古英語 pīc、piic (“针,尖刺,顶端,锥”),源自原始日耳曼語 *pīkaz (“顶”)。同源词有荷蘭語 piek (“顶峰”)、丹麥語 pik (“矛,尖端”)、瑞典語 pik (“矛,尖端”)、挪威語 pik (“尖端,顶峰”)。还见pike。
peak (複數 peaks)
- 端,顶端,尖端
2002, Joy of Cooking: All About Cookies, →ISBN,第 29 頁:A less risky method is to lift your whisk or beater to check the condition of the peaks of the egg whites; the foam should be just stiff enough to stand up in well-defined, unwavering peaks.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- (某段时间内数值的)顶峰,最高值
- 近義詞:apex、pinnacle;亦參見Thesaurus:apex
The stock market reached a peak in September 1929.- 证券市场在1929年9月达到了最高值。
2012年10月23日, David Leonhardt, New York Times, retrieved 24 October 2012:By last year, family income was 8 percent lower than it had been 11 years earlier, at its peak in 2000, according to inflation-adjusted numbers from the Census Bureau.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- (地理學) (山,丘等的)顶峰
- 近義詞:summit、top
They reached the peak after 8 hours of climbing.- 他们爬了8个小时以后到了山顶。
- (地理學) (整座)山,丘 (尤指独立时的)
1898, Arnold Henry Savage Landor, 章號 62, 出自 In the Forbidden Land:To the South we observed a large plain some ten miles wide, with snowy peaks rising on the farther side. In front was a hill projecting into the plain, on which stood a mani wall; and this latter discovery made me feel quite confident that I was on the high road to Lhassa.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- (航海) (纵帆的)最上端
peak-halyards- (請為本使用例添加中文翻譯)
peak-brails- (請為本使用例添加中文翻譯)
- (航海) 船首狭窄部分
- (航海) 锚爪顶部尖端部分
- Bragg peak
- crosspeak
- Darke Peak
- forepeak
- ghost peak
- High Peak
- hoddy-peak
- hoddy peak
- Luton peak
- off-peak
- peak-bagging
- peak bagging
- peak body
- Peak Dale
- Peak District
- peak flow
- peak flow meter
- Peak Forest
- peak hour
- peakless
- peaklike
- peak of eternal light
- peak organisation
- peak season
- peak shaving
- peak vehicle requirement
- peakwise
- Pikes Peak
- stiff peak
- widow's peak
- → 波蘭語: пик
- → 俄語: пик (pik) (用于час пик (čas pik))
peak (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 peaks,現在分詞 peaking,一般過去時及過去分詞 peaked)
- (及物,航海) 将...拉至垂直 (挽钩)
- (不及物)
- 达到顶端,达到顶峰
Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay.- 史学家们对罗马帝国达到顶峰,最终走向灭亡的时刻争论不休。
- 达到尖端
- Template:RQ:Livy Holland Romane Historie
- (gender-critical) 使...接受性别批判主义或排跨基女观点(略自peak trans)
2019年8月4日, Alison Weir (@WeirAlison), Twitter[1]:I came to this via sport but the thing that really peaked me was this.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
2019年8月31日, MrsMiggins (@MrsMiggins13), Twitter[2]:My friend peaked me last year, at the GRA [Gender Recognition Act] consultation.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
2021年11月22日, DefendingMySisters (@DefendingMy), Twitter[3]:Solidarity from Spain, @jk_rowling. Thank you for peaking so many people all over the world.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- 有關使用本詞的更多用例,請參閱Citations:peak。
peak (比較級 more peak,最高級 most peak)
- 峰值的,最大值的,顶峰的
peak oil, Peak TV- 石油峰值,(美国的)电视黄金时代
- (俚語) 最完全的,最典型的,最有代表性的
Knowing obscure 19th-century slang is peak nerd.- 知道19世纪的生僻俚语简直是宅得不能再宅了。
- (多元文化倫敦) 坏的,差的
- 近義詞:參見Thesaurus:bad
2015, “Its Peak”, 演出者 Tinie Tempah (featuring Stormzy and Bugzy Malone):When they're tryna get the girl to the crib and she leaves, it's peak / Tryna keep it discreet and she tweets, it's peak / See me rolling with 20 man deep, it's peak / Yo rudeboy, pull up, repeat, it's peak- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- (多元文化倫敦) 倒霉的
- 近義詞:參見Thesaurus:unlucky
You didn't get a spot? That's peak.- 你没抢到位置?真倒霉。
- (網路用語) 牛屄的,强的
That movie last night was peak!- 昨晚那部电影太牛屄了。
peak (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 peaks,現在分詞 peaking,一般過去時及過去分詞 peaked)
- (不及物) 生病,面色变苍白
- (不及物) 瘦削
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, 出自 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, 出版於 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:Dwindle, peak, and pine.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- (不及物) 窥探
peak (不可數)
- peag (“贝壳念珠”)的另一種寫法。
peak (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 peaks,現在分詞 peaking,一般過去時及過去分詞 peaked)
- pique的拼寫錯誤。