height

[英] [hait] [美] [haɪt] 生词本

n.

  • 易混淆的单词:Height  
  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

  • 行业释义

  • 词典例句

1. N-VAR (从底到顶的)身高;高度 The height of a person or thing is their size or length from the bottom to the top. 
  • Her weight is about normal for her height...

    按她的身高,她的体重基本正常。

  • I am 5'6'' in height...

    我身高5英尺6英寸。

  • The wave here has a length of 250 feet and a height of 10 feet...

    这里的浪有250英尺宽10英尺高。

2. N-UNCOUNT Height is the quality of being tall. 
  • She admits that her height is intimidating for some men.

    她承认自己的高个头会令有些男人却步。

3. N-VAR (距离地面或他物的某一)高度 A particular height is the distance that something is above the ground or above something else mentioned. 
  • At the speed and height at which he was moving, he was never more than half a second from disaster.

    以这样的速度在这么高的地方移动,他离灾难始终只有半步之遥。

  • ...a test in which a 6.3 kilogram weight was dropped on it from a height of 1 metre...

    让6.3公斤的重物从1米高的地方落到它上面的试验

  • The corridors there were painted chocolate-brown to shoulder height...

    那里的走廊从地面到齐肩高的部分都漆成棕褐色。

4. N-COUNT 高处;高地 A height is a high position or place above the ground. 
  • From a height, it looks like a desert...

    从高处看,它像一片沙漠。

  • I'm not afraid of heights.

    我不恐高。

  • ...the Golan Heights.

    戈兰高地

5. N-SING 处于顶峰;处于高潮 When an activity, situation, or organization is at its height, it is at its most successful, powerful, or intense. 
  • During the early sixth century emigration from Britain to Brittany was at its height...

    6世纪初,从不列颠涌向布列塔尼的移民潮达到了高峰。

  • At its height Bletchley Park employed 12,000 people...

    布莱奇利园的雇员数在巅峰时期曾达1.2万人。

  • He was struck down at the height of his career...

    他在事业达到巅峰时病逝了。

6. N-SING (某一特性)的极致 If you say that something is the height of a particular quality, you are emphasizing that it has that quality to the greatest degree possible. 
  • The hip-hugging black and white polka-dot dress was the height of fashion...

    黑白圆点花纹的紧身连衣裙当时是最时尚的。

  • I think it's the height of bad manners to be dressed badly...

    我认为衣着不当是最没有礼貌的行为。

  • This is the height of hooliganism.

    这真是流氓至极。

7. N-PLURAL 极度;极点 If something reaches great heights, it becomes very extreme or intense. 
  • ...the mid-1980s, when house prices rose to absurd heights...

    房价高得离谱的20世纪80年代中期

  • Recently the speculation has reached new heights...

    最近猜测又升级了。

  • One wondered what heights of ecstasy the winner reached.

    人们想知道胜者欣喜若狂到了什么程度。

Noun

1. the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top

2. the highest level or degree attainable;

  • "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"
  • "the artist's gifts are at their acme"
  • "at the height of her career"
  • "the peak of perfection"
  • "summer was at its peak"
  • "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"
  • "the summit of his ambition"
  • "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"
  • "at the top of his profession"

3. natural height of a person or animal in an upright position

4. elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface;

  • "the altitude gave her a headache"

体育

  • 1.高度
  • 2.身高

医学

  • 1.高度:垂直测量物体或身体的长

数学

<名>
  • 1.高[度]

测绘

<名>
  • 1.高程
  • 2.地面点到高度起算面的垂直距离。

计算机

  • 1.高度,垂直[H,HT]
1. It's the height of madness to sail at the height of the storm.
在暴风雨最猛烈的时候出航可谓疯狂到了极点。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Mount Qomolangma, main peak of the Himalayas, situated on the Sino-Nepalese border, rises 8,848.13 metres above sea level, making it the highest peak in the world. This height was obtained by a group of Chinese mountain climers, who climbed to the summit of Mount Qomolangma in 1975 and, consequently, corrected the inaccurate height of 8,882 metres held correct for many years.
位于中国和尼泊尔交界的喜马拉雅山的主峰珠穆郎玛峰是世界最高的山峰。海拔8,848.13米。这是中国登山队于1975年登上珠峰之后测定的数字,它校正了过去人们很长时间内认为是8,882米的说法。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. As we gained height, the ground receded from view.
随着我们向空中升起,地面慢慢从视野中消失。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. He and I are of the same height.
他跟我一样高。

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5. He drew himself up to his full height.
他挺直了身子。

来自《简明英汉词典》

6. He is five feet five inches in stature [height].
他身高5英尺5英寸。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7. He's the same height as I.
他和我一样高。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8. Her heels gave her the height she otherwise lacked.
高跟鞋弥补了她身高的不足。

来自《简明英汉词典》

9. His great height fitted him for team games.
他个头高大,适合参加团体运动项目。

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10. His great height fitted him to play basketball.
他的身材高大,适合打篮球。

来自《简明英汉词典》

11. Let us guess at the height of the building.
让我们推测一下这栋楼房的高度。

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12. Prices rise to a great height.
价格大涨。

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13. She was frightened by the height of the cliff.
她被悬崖的高度吓住了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

14. The Chinese team enjoyed the height advantage.
中国队占有身高优势。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

15. The city is a height of three hundred feet above sea level.
这座城市的高度是海拔300英尺。

来自《简明英汉词典》

16. The dam is 50 metres in height.
坝高50米。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

17. The dwarf's long arms were not proportional to his height.
那侏儒的长臂与他的身高不成比例。

来自《简明英汉词典》

18. The editor at once sent the journalist a telegram instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.
编辑立即给这位记者发了一份电报,叫他查明台阶的准确数目以及围墙的高度。

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19. The platform was elevated to a height of five feet.
平台被升到五英尺的高度。

来自《简明英汉词典》

20. The tide was at its height.
潮水涨到顶点了。

来自《简明英汉词典》