peak

I 1. [piːk]

nome

1) (of mountain) picco m., cima f., vetta f., sommità f.

2) (of cap) visiera f.

3) (of inflation, demand) picco m., punta f.; (of price) valore m. massimo; (on a graph) picco m.

4) fig. (of career, empire, creativity) culmine m., apice m.; (of fitness, form) meglio m., top m.

at its peak — al culmine

in the peak of condition — al meglio della forma

to be past its o one's peak — essere in declino

5) (busiest time) ora f. di punta; tel. tariffa f. intera

2.

modificatore [figure, risk, level, price] massimo; [fitness, form, performance] eccellente, ottimo

II [piːk]

verbo intransitivo [inflation, rate] raggiungere un picco, un massimo (at di); fig. [career, interest] raggiungere l'apice, il culmine

to peak too early — [runner] scattare, spomparsi troppo presto; [prodigy] perdersi per strada; (in career) bruciarsi troppo presto

- peak out

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[pi:k] 1. noun

1) (the pointed top of a mountain or hill: snow-covered peaks.) picco

2) (the highest, greatest, busiest etc point, time etc: He was at the peak of his career.) culmine, apice

3) (the front part of a cap which shades the eyes: The boy wore a cap with a peak.) visiera

2. verb

(to reach the highest, greatest, busiest etc point, time etc: Prices peaked in July and then began to fall.) (essere al massimo)

- peaked

- peaky

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I 1. [piːk]

nome

1) (of mountain) picco m., cima f., vetta f., sommità f.

2) (of cap) visiera f.

3) (of inflation, demand) picco m., punta f.; (of price) valore m. massimo; (on a graph) picco m.

4) fig. (of career, empire, creativity) culmine m., apice m.; (of fitness, form) meglio m., top m.

at its peak — al culmine

in the peak of condition — al meglio della forma

to be past its o one's peak — essere in declino

5) (busiest time) ora f. di punta; tel. tariffa f. intera

2.

modificatore [figure, risk, level, price] massimo; [fitness, form, performance] eccellente, ottimo

II [piːk]

verbo intransitivo [inflation, rate] raggiungere un picco, un massimo (at di); fig. [career, interest] raggiungere l'apice, il culmine

to peak too early — [runner] scattare, spomparsi troppo presto; [prodigy] perdersi per strada; (in career) bruciarsi troppo presto

- peak out