height
柯林斯词典
1. N-VAR The height of a person or thing is their size or length from the bottom to the top. 高度
Her weight is about normal for her height. 按她的身高,她的体重大体正常。
I am 5'6'' in height. 我的身高是5英尺6英寸。
2. N-UNCOUNT Height is the quality of being tall. 高
She admits that her height is intimidating for some men. 她承认自己的高个儿对一些男人而言是吓人的。
3. N-VAR A particular height is the distance that something is above the ground or above something else mentioned. 高度
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,他离灾难永远只有半步之遥。
4. N-COUNT A height is a high position or place above the ground. 高处
I'm not afraid of heights. 我不恐高。
5. N-SING When an activity, situation, or organization is at its height, it is at its most successful, powerful, or intense. 顶点; 高潮
At its height, the antiwar movement drew supporters from nearly every political camp. 在高潮阶段,反战运动从几乎每个政治派别那里都吸引来了支持者。
6. N-SING 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. 顶点[强调]
The hip-hugging black and white polka-dot dress was the height of fashion. 黑白圆点紧身连衣裙当时是最新潮的。
7. N-PLURAL If something reaches great heights, it becomes very extreme or intense. 极点
...the mid-1980s, when prices rose to absurd heights. …物价上升至荒谬极点的20世纪80年代中期。
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height /haɪt/ (heights)
剑桥词典
- the distance from the top to the bottom of something, or the quality of being tall
- The children lined up in order of height.
- He's always been very sensitive about his height.
- My little brother is only half my height.
- We are flying at a height of 9 000 metres .
- She had fallen , it appeared , from a great height. 返回 height
高,高度
The sheer height of New York's skyscrapers is so impressive . 纽约的摩天大楼光高度就气势非凡。
She's about average height (= neither short nor tall ). 她大约中等个子。
the particular distance that something is above a surface
(距离某平面的)高度
The bullet entered the body at chest height. 子弹从胸部的高度进入身体。
heights
high places , or the top of hills
高处;山顶
Don't go up the tower if you're afraid of heights. 如果你恐高的话,就不要到塔上去。
Machine guns were mounted along the heights behind the town . 该城镇后面的高地上架设了机关枪。
a high level of success
(成功的)高峰,巅峰
He reached the heights of his profession at the age of 35. 他在35岁时达到了自己职业生涯的巅峰。
Share prices scaled new heights yesterday . 股票价格昨天又创新高。
Her husband rose to the dizzy /lofty heights of transport minister . 她丈夫晋升到了交通部长这一高位。
the height of sth
the time when a situation or event is strongest or most full of activity
…的高潮(或高峰)
August is the height of the tourist season . 8月是旅游旺季。
At the height of the violence /crisis we were left without any help . 在暴乱/危机最严重的时候,我们孤立无援。
an extreme example of something
(…的)极致(或极端)
the height of fashion 时尚的极致
the time when you are most successful in what you do
(事业的)巅峰
She was at the height of her career when he first met her. 他第一次见到她时她正处于事业的巅峰期。
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