English Dictionary

cusp

/kʌsp/

noun

A sharp point or pointed end. / (figuratively) An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.

The hiker carefully climbed to the cusp of the mountain.

意味（1）

A sharp point or pointed end.

意味（2）

(figuratively) An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.

Newcastle were 11 points adrift of Spurs following their 5-0 mauling at the hands of the north London club in February.

Newcastle were 11 points adrift of Spurs following their 5-0 mauling at the hands of the north London club in February. But a sixth successive Premier League win puts them on the cusp of European football next season as they surged 15 points clear of seventh-placed Everton, who have five games left to play.

意味（3）

(geometry) A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point.

意味（4）

(architecture) A point made by the intersection of two curved lines or curved structures, a common motif in Gothic architecture.

意味（5）

(astrology) A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.

意味（6）

(dentistry) Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.

意味（7）

(anatomy) A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.

意味（8）

A point of transition.

I see freight returning in a big way. The 2016 reconnection of the Helwith Bridge quarries can produce up to three heavy trains a day. The nearby and much bigger Horton quarry is also on the cusp of rail reconnection.