英和和英

読み方 とうげ

名詞

A ridge; a mountain pass:（物事の峠）the height; the crest:（病の峠）the crisis

用例

• 峠を越す
  to cross a pass―cross a ridge―（広く物事に言えば）―pass the crest―pass the worst―（病なら）―pass the crisis

• 物価騰貴は峠を越した
  We have passed the crest of high prices.
• 彼の道楽も峠を越したろう
  He must have passed the crest of riotous living.
• 病人は今日が峠だ
  The invalid passes the crisis today
  He is in a critical state today.
• この二三日が峠だ
  These few days will be the crisis of his illness.
• もう峠を越した
  He has passed the crisis―turned the corner―The worst is over.
• 碓水峠
  the Usui Pass