n. 山峰, 巅, 山顶, 顶点, 尖峰, 帽舌

a. 最高的, 最大值的

vi. 到达最高点, 消瘦, 变憔悴, 逐渐缩小

vt. 使竖起, 使达到最高点

[化] 峰; 峰值; 最大值

[医] 峰

[经] 最高的, 高峰的; 高峰

Peak \Peak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Peaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Peaking}.]
1. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear
as, a peak.

There peaketh up a mighty high mount. --Holand.

2. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look
thin or sicky. ``Dwindle, peak, and pine.'' --Shak.

3. [Cf. {Peek}.] To pry; to peep slyly. --Shak.

{Peak arch} (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.


Peak \Peak\, v. t. (Naut.)
To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as,
to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard,
to set it nearer the perpendicular.


Peak \Peak\, n. [OE. pek, AS. peac, perh of Celtic origin; cf.
Ir. peac a sharp-pointed thing. Cf. {Pike}.]
1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates
in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. ``Run your
beard into a peak.'' --Beau. & Fl.

2. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or
range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or
mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe.

Silent upon a peak in Darien. --Keats.

3. (Naut.)
(a) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; --
used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards,
peak-brails, etc.
(b) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within
it.
(c) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. [In the
last sense written also {pea} and {pee}.]

{Fore peak}. (Naut.) See under {Fore}.

Peag \Peag\, n. [Written also {peage}, {peak}, {peeke}.] [Prob.
of North American Indian origin, by shortening of wampumpeag.
--RHUD.]
A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic
coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to
polished white cylindrical beads. See also {wampum}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]