プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
とうげ【峠】
I 〔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
II 〔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.