峠

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

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.

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