词源

自1647年起可考，源自中世紀拉丁語 ， (“给...加冕”)的过去分词，源自拉丁語 (“顶点”)，早期形式 (“顶峰”)，源自原始意大利語 ，源自原始印歐語词根 (“展现；顶”)，其亦派生出英語 和。

发音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈkʌl.mɪnˌeɪt/
• 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈkʌl.məˌneɪt/

• （英国）音频：

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• （美国）音频：

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动词

(第三人稱單數簡單現在時，現在分詞，一般過去時及過去分詞)

1. (不及物，天文學，指天体) 达到最高点
2. (不及物) 登顶，达到顶峰 （可指物理上的顶峰，也可指比喻义）

   近義詞：

   • 1667, , “Book 3”, 出自 , London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版為 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     As when his beams at noon / Culminate from the equator.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 1875, James Dwight Dana, Manual of Geology:

     The type of Cycads culminated in the Mesozoic

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

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   • 2019 October, Tony Miles and Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, 出自 Modern Railways，頁號 53:

     This culminates in a timetable change in December 2020, at which point EMR will introduce a sixth train each hour out of St Pancras.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

3. (不及物，比喻義) 达到高潮，达到关键点，（尤指）结果，告终，收场
   • 2006 9月 12, “President Bush’s Reality”, 出自 New York Times‎:

     Mr. Bush has been marking the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11 with a series of speeches about terrorism that culminated with his televised address last night.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   Their messy breakup culminated in a restraining order.

   他们闹的一场分手最后以限制令收场。

   The class will culminate with a rigorous examination.

   这堂课最后会有一场严格的考试。

4. (美國，軍事，指进攻) 停滞，不再取得突破
   • 2014 8月 15, Major Kevin R. Kilbride, Military Assistance Advisory Group-Vietnam (1954-1963): The Battle Of Ap Bac, Pickle Partners Publishing, →ISBN:

     Approaching from the south on foot, elements of the CG battalion were first to come into contact and their attack culminated because the rate and accuracy of the VC small arms fire. The CG battalions attempted two assaults to penetrate […]

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 2014 8月 15, Major Bryan L. Woodcock, 91st Infantry In World War I--Analysis Of An AEF Division's Efforts To Achieve Battlefield Success [Illustrated Edition], Pickle Partners Publishing, →ISBN，頁號 33:

     As a result, the attack culminated the first day without additional artillery support. The towns of Eclisfontaine and Epinonville were not held on the first day as originally directed in the Corps plan.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

5. (及物) 以...告终，以...收场
   • 2010 9月 7, “By the skin of her teeth”, 出自 The Economist:

     The announcement by Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott in Canberra culminated more than a fortnight of intensive political horse-trading.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

形容词

(無比較級)

1. (解剖學) 顶部的

延伸阅读

• “culminate”, Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, OCLC 800618302
• “culminate”, The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, OCLC 867766587

动词

1. 的屈折变化形式：
   1. 第二人稱複數現在時直陳式
   2. 第二人稱複數命令式

动词

1. 的第二人稱單數voseo命令式與 的合詞