crest

/krest/ uk　 词频 #7472

英语专业八级英语专业四级

crest 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 冠, 饰毛, 头盔的顶部

vi. 到达绝顶

vt. 加以顶饰

英文释义

n. the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave

n. (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet

n. a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal

v. reach a high point

crest 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 crest 在自然语境里怎么用：

Rising from the outskirts of Albuquerque, you ascend the 10,378-foot crest of the Sandia Mountains.

—— Albuquerque To Santa Fe And Back: Aerial Adventures & Rail Journey

Moreover, the cresting circadian wave always produces the unpleasant feeling of grogginess due to a circadian sleep inertia.

—— Good Sleep, Good Learning (2012)

Here, the yellow circadian crest line is thrown into some confusion in the period from Feb 20 to 23.

—— Good Sleep, Good Learning (2012)

As waves grow, they become steeper up to a geometric limit, at which point they crest and tumble forward.

—— What It Would Be Like to Surf Five Distant Planets

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