crescendo

1. N-COUNT A crescendo is a noise that gets louder and louder. Some people also use crescendo to refer to the point when a noise is at its loudest. 逐漸增強(qiáng)的響聲; 聲音最響的一點(diǎn)

She spoke in a crescendo: "You are a bad girl! You are a wicked girl! You are evil!"

她嗓門越來越高地喊道：“你這個壞丫頭！你這個惡丫頭！你真惡毒！”

2. N-COUNT People sometimes describe an increase in the intensity of something, or its most intense point, as a crescendo. 漸強(qiáng); 頂點(diǎn)[journalism]

There was a crescendo of press criticism. 媒躰的批評逐漸陞溫。