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

• This is the only time all year when the Sun is at high noon in your chart acting like a spotlight on you.
  太阳正午的时候位于狮子座星盘，好像在关注你一样，这是全年仅有的一次。
• After the work was finished, it was high noon by the time we arrived back at our hotel.
  当完成工作返回旅馆时，已是正午了。
• 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。
• The results showed that the diurnal variation of Choerospondias axillaries transpiration rate appeared in parabola, low in the morning and evening, and high at noon.
  结果表明，蒸腾速率具有明显的早晚低、中午高的日变化特征，但在不同日期蒸腾速率日变化曲线存在一定差异，且在旱季晚间23：30后仍有茎流现象。
• The diurnal change of transpiration intensity of wheat showed that the low intensity in morning and evening and high at noon, keeping up with the diurnal change of the sap flow of poplars.
  小麦蒸腾强度日进程呈现早晚低、中午高的变化趋势，与杨树蒸腾的日进程一致，胁地段内存在着明显的水分竞争；
• 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。
• We reluctantly left our air-conditioned Hotel and walked oat into the stifling heat of high noon.
  我们不情愿地离开了有空调的宾馆，走进晌午那令人窒息的酷热之中。
• The Sun continues to be in high noon in your chart making others notice you.
  太阳仍处你星盘正中，别人会注意到你的。
• Another theory holds that the brain evolved to vent heat so we could hunt at high noon, when the lions slept.
  另一个理论是，脑部演化增大后可供散热之需，让我们能顶著正午的大太阳，趁狮子睡觉时出猎。
• Today, I say the real thing at the high tide just before noon.
  今天，我说的是真正的高潮才刚刚中午。