climax

noun

1. （重要事情或时刻的）高潮，极点，顶点
   the most exciting or important event or point in time
   1. to come to/reach a climax
      达到极点
   2. the climax of his political career
      他政治生涯的巅峰
2. （戏剧、音乐等通常接近结束时出现的）高潮
   the most exciting part of a play, piece of music, etc. that usually happens near the end
3. 性高潮
   the highest point of sexual pleasure

verb

1. 达成（或形成）极点（或顶点、高潮）
   to come to or form the best, most exciting, or most important point in sth
   1. The festival will climax on Sunday with a gala concert.
      星期天的音乐盛会将把这次会演推向高潮。
   2. The sensational verdict climaxed a six-month trial.
      那项引起轰动的裁决使长达六个月的审判达到了高潮。
2. 达到性高潮
   to have an orgasm

1. N-COUNT (通常临近结尾的)高潮，最精彩处
   The climax of something is the most exciting or important moment in it, usually near the end.
   1. For Pritchard, reaching an Olympics was the climax of her career...
      对普里查德来说，参加奥运会是她事业上的巅峰。
   2. It was the climax to 24 hours of growing anxiety...
      24小时里不断加重的焦虑在那一刻达到顶点。
   3. The last golf tournament of the European season is building up to a dramatic climax.
      欧洲赛季的最后一场高尔夫球锦标赛就要迎来最激动人心的时刻。
2. V-ERG (使)接近高潮;(使)达到顶点
   The event that climaxes a sequence of events is an exciting or important event that comes at the end. You can also say that a sequence of events climaxes with a particular event.
   1. The demonstration climaxed two weeks of strikes...
      游行示威将持续了两周的罢工推向了高潮。
   2. They've just finished a sell-out UK tour that climaxed with a three-night stint at Brixton Academy.
      他们刚刚结束在英国的巡回演出，演出场场爆满，最后在布里克斯顿学院进行的为期3天的演出将此次活动推向了高潮。
3. 性高潮
   A climax is an orgasm .
4. VERB 达到性高潮
   When someone climaxes, they have an orgasm.
   1. Often, a man can enjoy making love but may not be sufficiently aroused to climax.
      通常情况下，男人可能会享受鱼水之欢，但未必能完全达到高潮。

1. For Pritchard, reaching an Olympics was the climax of her career
   对普里查德来说，参加奥运会是她事业上的巅峰。
2. It was the climax to 24 hours of growing anxiety
   24小时里不断加重的焦虑在那一刻达到顶点。
3. The last golf tournament of the European season is building up to a dramatic climax.
   欧洲赛季的最后一场高尔夫球锦标赛就要迎来最激动人心的时刻。
4. The demonstration climaxed two weeks of strikes
   游行示威将持续了两周的罢工推向了高潮。
5. They've just finished a sell-out UK tour that climaxed with a three-night stint at Brixton Academy.
   他们刚刚结束在英国的巡回演出，演出场场爆满，最后在布里克斯顿学院进行的为期3天的演出将此次活动推向了高潮。
6. Often, a man can enjoy making love but may not be sufficiently aroused to climax.
   通常情况下，男人可能会享受鱼水之欢，但未必能完全达到高潮。
7. The business in hand was approaching some kind of climax.
   手头的生意似乎快到紧要关头了。
8. Lambing is the climax of the sheep farmer's year.
   一年之中，产羔期最令羊农高兴。
9. The climax came one sultry August evening.
   在8月一个闷热的夜晚，高潮到来了。
10. At the end of the stock brokerage also lifted to a climax.
    年末券商股的解禁高潮又至。
11. An enormous orchestral crescendo introduces the climax of the opera.
    管弦乐队的气势磅礴的渐强段落标志着歌剧高潮的到来。
12. The story reaches a climax in chapter eight.
    故事在第八章达到高潮。
13. This battle marked the climax of his career as a soldier.
    这场战役标志着他军人生涯的顶峰。
14. A drama begins with a prologue, but the prologue is not the climax.
    剧是必须从序幕开始的，但序幕还不是高潮。
15. Here comes the climax of the play.
    整场戏的高潮来了。
16. The revolutionary upsurge reached its climax in bitter street fighting.
    革命的浪潮在剧烈的巷战中达到了顶峰。
17. The climax of his career came when he won the Nobel prize.
    他的事业在他获得诺贝尔奖时达到了顶点。
18. This story reached a climax in this chapter.
    故事在这章节到了高潮。
19. This is coming towards the climax of their conversation.
    这快接近他们对话的高潮了。
20. Gulliver's Travels reaches a powerful climax in its fourth part.
    《格列佛游记》在第四部分达到了高潮。
21. The performance of the opera has come to its climax.
    歌剧的表演已经到达最高潮了。
22. The speech reached its climax.
    讲演达到了最高潮。
23. This passage foreshadows the climax of the story.
    这一段为故事的高潮作了铺垫。
24. The climax of this work was the development of trigonometry.
    三角术的发展是这项工作的高峰。
25. Coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot.
    发生于高潮后尤其是戏剧或叙述情节中。
26. This group of brilliant paintings reaches the climax of the painter's artistry.
    这批精彩的画达到了这位画家绘画艺术技巧的顶峰。
27. The meeting came to a climax by the appearance of a general.
    将军的出现使会议达到了高潮。
28. The play reached its climax in the second act.
    这部戏在第二幕达到了高潮。
29. The moment of climax is like being kicked in the stomach.
    高潮的时候像胃被踢了一脚。
30. It ought to be the climax.
    应该是高潮了。

noun

1. the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

   Synonym:    orgasmsexual climaxcoming

2. the decisive moment in a novel or play
   1. the deathbed scene is the climax of the play

   Synonym:    culmination

3. arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness

4. the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
   1. the climax of the artist's career
   2. in the flood tide of his success

   Synonym:    flood tide

5. the most severe stage of a disease

verb

1. end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
   1. The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace

   Synonym:    culminate