meridian 详细解释
meridian
[mə'ridiən]
n.子午线, 经线, 顶点, 正午
adj.子午线的, 正午的, 顶点的
n.
1. 【天】【测】子午线, 经线[C]
Every place on the same meridian has the same longitude.
同一经线上的地方其经度相同。
2. (太阳等天体对地面而言的)最高点[the S]
3. 顶点; 全盛期[the S]
He was at the meridian of his power then.
那时他获得了最高权力。
a.
1. 顶点的; 全盛期的
meridian fame
最高名誉
2. 【天】【测】子午线的, 经线的
the meridian circle
子午环
3. (太阳等天体对地面而言的)最高点的
the meridian hour
正午时刻
词形变化
名词复数：meridians
词义辨析
同义参见:
英英释义
名词 meridian:
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
同义词：acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top
a town in eastern Mississippi
an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator
形容词 meridian:
of or happening at noon
being at the best stage of development- Robert Browning
同义词：prime
补充
meridianmeridian英:[məˈridiən] 美:[məˈrɪdiən]n.1.子午圈, 子午线All places on the same meridian have the same longitude.在同一子午线上的地方都有相同的经度。2.顶点; (权力, 成就等的)全盛时期He is now at the meridian of his intellectual power.他现在正值智力全盛期。例句
1. the meridian moon.月在中天。 2. the Greenwich meridian格林尼治子午线