high noon

noun
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  1. exactly twelve o’clock in the middle of the day中午十二点整;正午
    • We arrived at high noon.我们到了正午。
  2. (formal) the most important stage of something, when something that will decide the future happens最重要的阶段;决定性时刻

High Noon

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  1. a US film (1952) which is considered to be one of the best westerns ever made. It was directed by Fred Zinnemann. Gary Cooper won an Oscar in the role of Marshall Will Kane, who finds out that nobody in the town will help him against four criminals who are coming to kill him. Grace Kelly played his wife. Many Americans saw the film's story as a criticism of people in the 1950s who failed to oppose McCarthyism.