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cusp

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n.尖头,尖端

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cusp


/kʌsp; kʌsp/
n pointed end where two curves meet (两弧线相交所形成的)尖端
*the cusp of a crescent/a leaf 月牙[叶子]的尖端.

cusp


n
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: cuspis 'point']
[C]technical
the point formed where two curves join
be on the cusp of sth [singular]
to be at the time when a situation or state is going to change
 The country was on the cusp of economic expansion.
on the cusp
someone who was born on the cusp was born near the time when one star sign ends and another begins