English-Thai Dictionary

climax

N จุดสำคัญ สูงสุด ของ เหตุการณ์  peak apex highest point jud-sam-kan-sung-sud-kong-hed-kan

 

climax

VI มาถึง จุดสำคัญ สูงสุด ของ เหตุการณ์  ma-tuang-jud-sam-kan-sung-sud-kong-hed-kan

 

climax

VT ทำให้ ถึง จุดสำคัญ สูงสุด ของ เหตุการณ์  tan-hai-tuang-jud-sam-kan-sung-sud-kong-hed-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLIMAX

n. 1. Gradation; ascent; a figure of rhetoric, in which a sentence rises as it were, step by step; or in which the expression which ends one member of the period, begins the second, and so on, till the period is finished; as in the following: When we have practiced good actions a while, they become easy; and when they are easy, we begin to take pleasure in them; and when they please us, we do them frequently; and by frequency of acts, they grow into a habit.
2. A sentence, or series of sentences, in which the successive members or sentences rise in force, importance or dignity, to the close of the sentence or series.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CLIMAX

Cli "max, n. Etym: [L., from Gr. Ladder, Lean, v. i.]

 

1. Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent. Glanvill.

 

2. (Rhet.)

 

Defn: A figure of which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each sicceeding one rise "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. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

climax

cli max |ˈklīˌmaks ˈklaɪˌmæks | ▶noun the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex: the climax of her speech | a thrilling climax to the game. • an orgasm. • Ecology the final stage in a succession in a given environment, at which a plant community reaches a state of equilibrium: [ as modifier ] : a mixed hardwood climax forest. • Rhetoric a sequence of propositions or ideas in order of increasing importance, force, or effectiveness of expression. ▶verb [ no obj. ] culminate in an exciting or impressive event; reach a climax: the day climaxed with a gala concert. • [ with obj. ] bring (something ) to a climax: the sentencing climaxed a seven-month trial. • have an orgasm. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in rhetoric ): from late Latin, from Greek klimax ‘ladder, climax. ’ The sense ‘culmination ’ arose in the late 18th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

climax

cli ¦max |ˈklʌɪmaks | ▶noun the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; the culmination: she was nearing the climax of her speech | a thrilling climax to the game. • an orgasm. • Ecology the final stage in a succession in a given environment, at which a plant community reaches a state of equilibrium. • Rhetoric a sequence of propositions or ideas in order of increasing importance, force, or effectiveness of expression. ▶verb [ no obj. ] culminate in an exciting or impressive event; reach a climax: the day climaxed with a gala concert. • [ with obj. ] bring (something ) to a climax: three goals in the last two minutes climaxed a thrilling game. • have an orgasm. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in rhetoric ): from late Latin, from Greek klimax ‘ladder, climax ’. The sense ‘culmination ’ arose in the late 18th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

climax

climax noun the climax of his career: peak, pinnacle, height, high (est ) point, top; acme, zenith; culmination, crowning point, crown, crest; highlight, high spot, high-water mark. ANTONYMS nadir. ▶verb the event will climax with a concert: culminate, peak, reach a pinnacle, come to a crescendo, come to a head.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

climax

climax noun 1 the climax of his career came when he captained Palace to promotion: peak, pinnacle, height, high point, highest point, summit, top; acme, zenith, apex, apogee, apotheosis; culmination, crowning point, crown, crest; crescendo, finale, denouement; highlight, high spot, best part, high water mark. ANTONYMS nadir; anticlimax. 2 orgasm, sexual climax; ejaculation. ▶verb 1 the event will climax with a gala concert: culminate, peak, come to a climax, reach a pinnacle, come to a crescendo; result, end, come to a head. 2 have an orgasm, reach /achieve orgasm; ejaculate; informal come, feel the earth move, get one's rocks off; Brit. informal come off; literary die.

 

Spanish Dictionary

clímax

clímax nombre masculino 1 Punto de mayor complejidad e intensidad en una historia o situación, en especial en una obra literaria o musical :la película alcanza su clímax cuando el asesino entra en la habitación de su víctima; la campaña electoral llegará hoy a su clímax, cuando se enfrenten en el debate los dos máximos aspirantes a la presidencia; la tragedia griega estaba orientada estrechamente a la construcción de un clímax catártico .2 Punto culminante o de mayor satisfacción de la excitación sexual en las zonas erógenas o sexuales .SINÓNIMO orgasmo .3 lit Figura retórica que consiste en disponer palabras, cláusulas o períodos según su orden de importancia o según la fuerza o intensidad de su significado siguiendo una gradación ascendente; es frecuente en las enumeraciones .4 biol Estado óptimo de una comunidad biológica dadas las condiciones del medio, en la que se produce un relativo equilibrio, y que constituye el desarrollo culminante de una sucesión natural .El plural es clímax .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

climax

cli max /kláɪmæks /名詞 複 ～es /-ɪz /C 〖通例単数形で 〗1 (出来事などの )最高潮 , 頂点 , クライマックス ; (小説 映画などの )山場 ▸ reach [come to ] a climax クライマックスに達する .2 性的絶頂 (感 ), オルガズム .3 〘修辞 〙漸層法 〘文勢を徐々に高め最後に頂点に持っていく 〙.4 〘生態 〙極相 .動詞 自動詞 1 «…で » 最高潮 [クライマックス ]に達する «with , in » ▸ The movie climaxes with a gun-fight .その映画は銃撃戦でクライマックスを迎える .2 〈人が 〉性的絶頂 [オルガズム ]に達する .他動詞 …を最高潮 [クライマックス ]に持っていく .