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CUSP

CUSP

abbr.

  • 易混淆的单词:cusp  
  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

1. PHRASE 介于两个状态之间的;将要进入特定状态的 If you say that someone or something is on the cusp, you mean they are between two states, or are about to be in a particular state. 
  • I am sitting on the cusp of middle age...

    我将步入中年。

  • Mr Short's behaviour is only on the cusp of acceptability.

    肖特先生的行为勉强能接受。

Noun

1. point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)

2. a thin triangular flap of a heart valve

3. small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth