cli·max /ˈklaɪˌmæks/
 高潮,極點,層進法(vi.)(vt.)(使)達到頂點,(使)達到高潮


 cli·max /ˈklaɪˌmæks/ 名詞
 極期,情慾高潮,(演替)頂極,頂極群落


 Cli·max n.
 1. Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
 2. Rhet. A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness.
    =\“Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience, and experience hope” -- a happy climax.\=   --J. D. Forbes.
 3. The highest point; the greatest degree.
    We must look higher for the climax of earthly good.   --I. Taylor.
 To cap the climax, to surpass everything, as in excellence or in absurdity. [Colloq.]

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 climax
      n 1: the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or
           developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist's
           career"; "in the flood tide of his success" [syn: {flood
           tide]
      2: the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene
         is the climax of the play" [syn: culmination]
      3: the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
         [syn: orgasm, sexual climax, coming]
      4: the most severe stage of a disease
      5: arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
      v : end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The
          meeting culminated in a tearful embrace" [syn: culminate]