Peakname

• 1

  A surname.

peaknoun詞源 1/piːk/

• 1

  A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

  • 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.
• 2

  The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.

  • The stock market reached a peak in September 1929.
  • 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.
• 3

  geographynatural-sciencesThe top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.

  • They reached the peak after 8 hours of climbing.
• 4

  geographynatural-sciencesThe whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.

  • 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.
• 5

  businessclothingfashionvisor (horizontal part of a cap sticking out in front and shading the wearer's eyes)

• 6

  nauticaltransportThe upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.

  • peak-halyards
  • peak-brails
• 7

  nauticaltransportThe narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.

• 8

  nauticaltransportThe extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.

peakverb詞源 1/piːk/

• 1

  nauticaltransportTo raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.

• 2

  computingengineeringmathematicsTo exceed the maximum signal amplitude of (a piece of equipment), resulting in clipping of the signal.

• 3

  To reach a highest degree or maximum.

  • Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay.
• 4

  To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.

  • There peaketh up a mightie high mounte.
• 5

  To reach the highest level of success or greatness in one's lifetime.

• 6

  To reach the point of strongest effect from a drug.

peakadj詞源 1/piːk/

• 1

  At the greatest extent; maximum.

  • peak oil, Peak TV
• 2

  slangMaximal, quintessential, archetypical, strictly with positive connotations; representing the culmination of its type.

  • Knowing obscure 19th-century slang is peak nerd.
  • These icons are simply unmatched and timeless. They can’t even get away from them to this day, they just flattened them. Vista was peak design and we’ve regressed since then.
• 3

  Bad.

  • 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
  • Tempting, but I think it's actually something I need to do. Like, I get what they did was peak, but I have to take some responsibility, you know?
• 4

  Unlucky; unfortunate.

  • You didn't get a spot? That's peak.
• 5

  Very good or high-quality.

  • That movie last night was so peak.
  • [Siri:] Joz said, team, these apricots are peak. Have they always been this good? Why has no one told me?

peakverb詞源 2/piːk/

• 1

  To become sick or wan.

• 2

  To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.

  • Dwindle, peak, and pine.
• 3

  To pry; to peep slyly.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• peak trans
• peag
• pique