プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
とうげ【峠】
&fRoman1;〔山道の〕a mountain pass
峠を越える
cross (over) a 「(mountain) pass [ridge/peak]
シンプロン峠
Simplon Pass
&fRoman2;〔最高潮〕
我々の仕事は峠を越した
We have finished the most difficult part of this job.／《口》 We are over the hump on this job.
病人は峠を越した
The patient has 「passed the crisis [turned the corner].／The patient is out of danger now.
暑さも峠を過ぎた［今が峠だ］
The heat has passed [reached] its peak.