English Dictionary

extreme

/ɪkˈstɹiːm/

noun

The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition. / Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale. / (obsolete, plural only) One of the last moments of life. / A drastic expedient.

He reached the extreme of exhaustion after running a marathon.

意味（1）

The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition.

Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.[…]But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.

意味（2）

Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.

extremes of temperature

意味（3）

(obsolete, plural only) One of the last moments of life.

意味（4）

A drastic expedient.

Some people go to extremes for attention on social media.

意味（5）

(obsolete, plural only) Hardships, straits.

a farther paſſion feeds my thoughts,

With ceaſeleſſe and diſconſolate conceits,

Which dies my lookes so liueleſſe as they are,

And might, if my extreames had ful euents,

a farther paſſion feeds my thoughts, With ceaſeleſſe and diſconſolate conceits, Which dies my lookes so liueleſſe as they are, And might, if my extreames had ful euents, Make me the gaſtly counterfeit of death.

意味（6）

(mathematics) Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.