pinnacle /'pinakl; 'pmakl/ n 1 tall, pointed ornament built on to a roof or buttress. (屋頂上的)尖頂; 尖塔?!?the illus at church. 參看 church 之插圖。 2 high, slender mountain peak. 尖搴; 高里。 3 (fig) highest point: (喻)最高點(diǎn); 頂點(diǎn): at the ~ of his fame. 在他聲望最高的時(shí)候。 vt set (as) on a ~; supply with ~s. 置于尖頂上; 筑尖頂于; 建尖塔于。