核心畫面

Standing at the shore watching the water climb. It rises, it stops, and that stopping moment is the top. High tide is that top: the moment and the level together, with the fall already built into the picture.

可以想成站在海邊看水位。海水慢慢升上來,升到不能再升,就停在那裡。high tide 指的就是那個頂點:那個時間,同更多收起可以想成站在海邊看水位。海水慢慢升上來,升到不能再升,就停在那裡。high tide 指的就是那個頂點:那個時間,同時也是那個高度。一種想法是:這個畫面裡最重要的不是「高」,而是「到頂了」。到了頂,接下來就是退。這個「到頂之後會退」的味道,一直跟著這個詞走,連它用在人和事情上的時候也還在。

From the picture

比喻上的最高峰

把海的頂點借去講人和事:一段時期漲到最高,然後也會退。這是概念上的借用,不是在說這個意思從航海術語演變而來。

noun · C1

The time when something is at its strongest, best or most successful, before it starts to go down again.

全盛時期

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noun · B1

The time when the sea has risen as far as it goes, or the highest level the water reaches at that time.

滿潮/漲潮