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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You had to keep moving forward no matter what. Ride into town, gunfight at high noon, then off into the sunset.
  你得一直向前，不管是往什么地方走，驶进小镇，在正午拔枪决斗，然后消逝在夕阳之下。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。