climax

climax

noun

1. the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

Synonym: orgasmsexual climaxcoming

2. the decisive moment in a novel or play

e.g. 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

e.g. the climax of the artist's career
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

e.g. The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace

Synonym: culminate

1. (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.

climax的解释

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

2. (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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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. 达到性高潮
When someone climaxes, they have an orgasm.

climax

e.g. 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. 顶极群落：无论演替最初是在何种环境条件下发生,若时间足够长且无外界因素干扰,演替将会不断地向前进行,经过一系列的过渡阶段群落(称为演替系列),最终将达到一个与当地大气候及土壤等生态环境条件相适应的、组成和结构相对稳定的群落,即演替顶极群落(climax).

2. 顶点：哈米顿说一剧最有力的场面必须要具体的附属物,演剧者必设法使观众预先知道这附属物之存在,则至剧的顶点(climax)时观众才会以全力注意人物,而不致为附属物分心了.

3. 顶极：演替顶极(climax)植物群落演替学说中的一个概念. 由美国植物生态学家克莱门茨所提出,认为演替顶极是一定地区气候条件下的自然群落最终发展(演替)阶段,它与地区气候和其他环境因素间的相互关系处于平衡状态,是最中生和最稳定的群落.