English Dictionary

acme

/ˈæk.mi/

noun

A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period. / A paragon: a person or thing representing such a high point.

Mount Everest is the acme of the Himalayas.

意味（1）

A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.

The Latin tong, euen whan it was, as the Grecians say, in ακμη, that is, at the hiest pitch of all perfitenesse.

意味（2）

A paragon: a person or thing representing such a high point.

The few words of advice she gave him as to escaping political embarrassments, struck him as the acme of wisdom, and as indicating an interest in his well-being of the kindest description;...

意味（3）

(rare) Full bloom or reproductive maturity.

He must be one that can instruct your youth,

He must be one that can instruct your youth, And keep your acme in the state of truth

意味（4）

(medicine) Synonym of crisis, the decisive moment in the course of an illness.

意味（5）

Alternative letter-case form of Acme, particularly as a threading format.