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語源

From Latin cuspis (“a point, spear, pointed end”); first used in astrology. Doublet of cuspid and cuspis.

発音

• IPA: /kʌsp/
• (Northern England) IPA: /kʊsp/
• 韻: -ʌsp

名詞

cusp (plural cusps)

1. A sharp point or pointed end.
2. (figuratively) An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.
   • 2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Newcastle were 11 points adrift of Spurs following their 5-0 mauling at the hands of the north London club in February.
     But a sixth successive Premier League win puts them on the cusp of European football next season as they surged 15 points clear of seventh-placed Everton, who have five games left to play.

3. (geometry) A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point.
4. (architecture) A point made by the intersection of two curved lines or curved structures, a common motif in Gothic architecture.
5. (astrology) A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.
6. (dentistry) Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.
7. (anatomy) A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.
8. A point of transition.
   • 2021 October 20, Mark Rand, “S&C: a line fit for tourists... and everyone?”, in RAIL, number 942, page 40:

     I see freight returning in a big way. The 2016 reconnection of the Helwith Bridge quarries can produce up to three heavy trains a day. The nearby and much bigger Horton quarry is also on the cusp of rail reconnection.

同意語

• (sharp point, pointed end): ord

派生語

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動詞

cusp (third-person singular simple present cusps, present participle cusping, simple past and past participle cusped)

1. (slang) To behave in a reckless or dangerous manner.

参照

• “cusp”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

アナグラム

• PCUs, cups, UPCs, CPSU, USCP, CPUs, Cups, UCPs, scup, CUPS, UPSC