| [/krest; krɛst/] n 用法:
1 tuft of feathers on a bird's head 羽冠. 用法:
2
(a) top of a slope or hill 坡顶; 山顶.
(b) white top of a large wave 浪尖; 波峰. =>illus at surfing 见surfing之插图. 用法:
3 design above the shield on a coat of arms, often represented on a seal or on notepaper （盾形纹章上方的）饰章（常用於印信或信笺）:
the family crest, ie one above the family's coat of arms 家族饰章（标记於家族的盾形纹章上方的）. 用法:
4 (a) decorative tuft or plume formerly worn on top of a soldier's helmet （旧时军人头盔顶上的）羽饰.
(b) (fig rhet 比喻, 修辞) helmet 头盔. 用法:
5 (idm 习语) on the crest of a `wave at the point of greatest success, happiness, etc 在最成功、 最得意的时候:
After its election victory, the party was on the crest of a wave. 该党在选举获胜後如日中天. crest 2
v 用法:
1 [Tn] reach the crest of (a hill, etc) 达到（山等）的顶端:
As we crested the hill, we saw the castle. 我们登上山顶, 看见了城堡. 用法:
2 [I] (of a wave) form into a crest （指波浪）形成浪尖. |