高潮 [gāo cháo]

• • （最高潮位） high tide; high water; spring tide; flood:

    The ship departed on the high water.

    这条船在高潮时离港。

  • （事物高度发展的阶段; 矛盾发展的顶点） upsurge; climax; high tide; culmination; upsurge; culmen; top; summit:

    initiate a new movement to promote production;

    掀起生产的新高潮

    The fifth scene was the climax of the play.

    第五场是全剧的高潮。

• 短语:
  • 高潮滨线 high-tide shoreline;
  • 高潮不等 high-water inequality;
  • 高潮间隙 establishment; tidal epoch; retard of the tide;
  • 高潮面[位] high water level;
  • 高潮停潮 {海} high water stand;
  • 高潮位线 floodmark;
  • 高潮线 floodmark; landwash; {海} high-water line