height
n. 高度; 高; 高處; 處於頂峰; …的極致,極點
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,她的體重基本正常。
I am 5'6'' in height...
我身高5英尺6英寸。
Height is the quality of being tall.
She admits that her height is intimidating for some men.
她承認自己的高個頭會令有些男人卻步。
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.
以這樣的速度在這麼高的地方移動,他離災難始終只有半步之遙。
...a test in which a 6.3 kilogram weight was dropped on it from a height of 1 metre...
讓6.3公斤的重物從1米高的地方落到它上面的試驗
A height is a high position or place above the ground.
From a height, it looks like a desert...
從高處看,它像一片沙漠。
I'm not afraid of heights.
我不恐高。
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世紀初,從不列顛湧向布列塔尼的移民潮達到了高峰。
At its height Bletchley Park employed 12,000 people...
布萊奇利園的僱員數在巔峰時期曾達1.2萬人。
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...
黑白圓點花紋的緊身連衣裙當時是最時尚的。
I think it's the height of bad manners to be dressed badly...
我認為衣著不當是最沒有禮貌的行為。
If something reaches great heights, it becomes very extreme or intense.
...the mid-1980s, when house prices rose to absurd heights...
房價高得離譜的20世紀80年代中期
Recently the speculation has reached new heights...
最近猜測又升級了。
1. the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
2. the highest level or degree attainable;
3. natural height of a person or animal in an upright position
4. elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface;
altitude, height, elevation
這些名詞均有"高度"之意。
Prices rise to a great height.
價格大漲.
We work hard to reach new height.
為了達到新高峰,我們努力工作.
The dwarf's long arms were not proportional to his height.
那侏儒的長臂與他的身高不成比例.
The city is a height of three hundred feet above sea level.
這座城市的高度是海拔300英尺.
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.
編輯立即給這位記者發了一份電報,叫他查明臺階的準確數目以及圍牆的高度.