1.CF[countableC] technical the point formed where two curvesjoin 〔两条曲线相交的〕尖点,交点
2be on the cusp of something[singular] to be at the time when a situation or state is going to change 处于某事即将发生变化的时刻
The country was on the cusp of economic expansion.
该国正处于经济扩张的当口。
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be on the cusp of something• With plans to add another 100 staff by April, it is on the cusp of breaking into the bigleague.• They will be on the cusp ofpuberty.
3.on the cuspROAsomeone who was born on the cusp was born near the time when one starsign ends and another begins 〔占星术〕两宫会切时段
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on the cusp• They will be on the cusp of puberty.• Sing Sing seems constantly on the cusp of chaos.• With plans to add another 100 staff by April, it is on the cusp of breaking into the bigleague.• Claude Cheever, a young man on the cusp of 20.• Death becomes him, for ever frozen in time as a complex and charismatic 24-year-old on the cusp of greatness.