English Dictionary

high-water mark

名詞

直訳 広義 比喩的用法

(literally) A mark, such as a line of seaweed, showing the highest level reached by a body of water.

日本語の意味

最高水位の印：水が到達した最大の高さを示す目印。例えば、海藻の線などがその例として挙げられる。 / 高水位印：自然現象における水の最高点を記録するための目印。

After the storm, a dark band of seaweed on the rocks marked the high-water mark.

嵐の後、岩の上にできた暗い海藻の帯が最高水位線を示していた。

意味（1）

(literally) A mark, such as a line of seaweed, showing the highest level reached by a body of water.

This imposing structure, which not only carries the single track branch line but also the gas main supplying the Forest of Dean area, cost £200,000 when it was built in 1879, and at its highest point is 70ft above the high-water mark.

意味（2）

(by extension, figuratively) The peak or apex of something; the maximum level; the furthest or highest point.

The Gettysburg campaign was the high-water mark of the Confederacy's invasions of the North.

high-water marks （ plural ）