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読み方 ちょうじょう

形容詞相当語句

1

（＝幾重にも重なれる）one on top of another:（=する） to be piled one on another

• 山岳重畳す
  The mountains rise one upon another.

2

（＝この上も無い満足）（to be） gratified （with something）

用例

• 無事にすんで重畳
  I am glad nothing came of the affair.

• それは重畳
  I am glad of it.

読み方 ちょうじょう

名詞

One's superiors; one's seniors

読み方 ちょうじょう

名詞

1

（＝いただき）the summit （of a mountain）; the top （of a hill）

用例

• 頂上に宮がある
  There stands a shrine at the summit―at the top.

• 木の頂上に烏が止まっている
  There is a crow at the top of the tree.
• 山の頂上に達する
  to gain the summit of a mountain

2

（＝絶頂）（to be at） the summit, the height, the zenith （of prosperity, fortune, power, etc.）; a climax

用例

• その時は暴風雨が頂上に達しておった
  Then the storm was at its height.

• 女皇の治世に英国は繁栄の頂上に達しておった
  In the reign of Queen Victoria, Enland was at the summit of her prosperity―at the zenith of her prosperity―The prosperity of England was then at its height―at its summit―at its zenith.
• その頃は平家の勢力は頂上に達した
  The Taira family was then at the height of its power―at the summit of its power―at the zenith of its power―The power of the Tairas was then at its height―at its summit―at its zenith.
• 今は暑い頂上だ
  The heat is now at its height
  We are in the height of the hot season
  This is the hottest time of the year.
• 今は日の長い頂上だ
  The days are now at their longest.
• 彼の乱暴は頂上に達した
  His violence has reached a climax.