cusp

noun

/kʌsp/

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[countable] (specialist) a pointed end where two curves meet（兩曲線相交的）尖點，會切點，交點
- the cusp of a leaf葉尖
[singular] the time of change between two different states（黃道十二宮的）兩宮會切的時辰
- on the cusp of something two girls on the cusp of adulthood兩個即將成年的女孩
- on the cusp between A and B He was on the cusp between small acting roles and moderate fame.他這個配角演員現在已是小荷初露尖尖角。
[singular] the time when one sign of the zodiac ends and the next begins（黃道十二宮的）兩宮會切的時辰
- on the cusp between A and B I was born on the cusp between Virgo and Libra.我生於室女宮和天秤宮會切的時辰。

Word Originlate 16th cent. (in sense (2)): from Latin cuspis ‘point or apex’.