high noon

英 [ˌhaɪ ˈnuːn]

美 [ˌhaɪ ˈnuːn]

n.  中午十二点整; 正午; 最重要的阶段; 决定性时刻

牛津词典

noun

• 中午十二点整；正午
  exactly twelve o'clock in the middle of the day
• 最重要的阶段；决定性时刻
  the most important stage of sth, when sth that will decide the future happens

柯林斯词典

• 同 noon
  High noonmeans the same as noon.
• N-UNCOUNT （新闻用语）紧要关头，关键时刻
  Journalists sometimes usehigh noonto refer to a crisis or event which is likely to decide finally what is going to happen in a conflict or situation.
  1. It looks like high noon for the nation's movie theaters, now we are in the age of the home video.
     我们现在正处在家庭录像大行其道的时代，这对国内的电影院来说似乎是个关乎生死存亡的关键时刻。

英英释义

noun

• the middle of the day
  Synonym:noontwelve noonmiddaynoondaynoontide

双语例句

• So just as in April 2009 the G20 got one step ahead of the global markets and prevented a great depression, so too Europe now needs its own high noon, in which it addresses its three challenges in one swoop.
  因此，正如g20在2009年4月先全球市场而动、避免了一场大萧条一样，欧洲现在也需要有自己的高潮时刻，一举化解自身面临的三大挑战。
• The Beijing-Shanghai high speed train was delayed again at noon on Tuesday due to a breakdown of the electricity supply.
  周二中午，京沪高铁因为电力供应故障而晚点。
• I was going to post a letter to one of my best high classmates in the UK in the break time at noon, diet coffee accompanied on my way to Dongshan post office.
  我要寄一封信去英国给我最好的高中同学，利用午休时间，赶到东山区邮局，斋啡与我同行。
• Next, the flowering season and sees the cotton wool time cotton and kapok corolla level air temperature to be high, the flowering season the time interval planting density high processing temperature was also noon high, otherwise early, late.
  其次，花期和吐絮期棉花冠层空气温度较高，花期中午时段种植密度高的处理温度也高，早、晚则反之。
• The light is soft and flattering at these times, whereas high noon or flash photography can illuminate a little too much.
  正午的阳光下和使用闪光灯拍出的照片都会过于明亮。
• It can be said that they have the support of loyal fans, Jay's career will be more sun at high noon.
  可以说有了这些忠实的歌迷的支持，周董的事业才会更加如日中天。
• The obvious midday depression of Pn of Zanhuang-jujube was mainly caused by the declined mesophyll photosynthetic capacity, but the high temperature>high water vapor pressure difference between leaf and air ( VPD) and stomatal limitation ( Ls) also contributed to it at noon.
  2赞皇大枣光合作用在晴天中午有明显的光合午休，主要原因为细胞的光合活性下降，但中午的高温、高VPD及气孔限制也有一定作用。
• He wrote this book at the high noon of his career.
  他这本书是在他事业的颠峰时期写的。
• The result showed that the daily variation process of Phragmites communis was fit to the single peak curve, namely high at noon while low at morning and night.
  结果表明：芦苇蒸发散日变化过程为单峰曲线变化，即中午高，早晚低；
• It may be effected synthetically by the low energy electron precipitation in cusp region, the high latitude plasma convection and the solar radiation, resulted in so called F region magnetic noon phenomena.
  最大值在0900UT（磁中午）附近，这是极隙区软电子沉降、极区等离子体对流和光辐射电离效应等诸多因素综合作用的结果，形成了所谓的磁中午异常。