- 词义辨析
height, altitude
这两个词都有“高,高度”的意思。它们之间的区别是:1.height是日常用语,可指相对高度,也可指绝对高度; altitude是科技术语,主要指超过地平面或海平面等已知平面的高度,即绝对高度。例如:This is a city with an altitude of 3848 feet.这是一座海拔3848英尺的城市。In the high altitudes snow and ice remain all the year round.在海拔高的地方,冰雪终年不化。2.height可用于比喻义,意为“顶点,极点”; 而altitude则无此义。
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词源词根法
来自high的名词形式。来源于日耳曼语=【同源词】high
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重要短语
in height高度,在高度上
at the height of在…顶点;在…的顶峰或鼎盛时期
wave height波形高度
average height平均高度;中等身材
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His height gives him an inbuilt advantage over his opponent.
他的身高成为他相对于对手的先天优势。
He was in the middle of his tenure as Oxford Professor of Poetry and at the height of his fame.
当时,他在牛津担任诗歌教授的聘期刚到一半,声誉正隆。
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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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At the height of the summer season there can be up to 42,000 people in Benidorm.
在夏季高峰期,贝尼多姆的人口可达4.2万人。
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He was average height, average build, with mousy hair and a forgettable face.
他中等身高、中等身材、灰褐色头发,长着一张过目即忘的脸。
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At the height of her career, Orson Welles dubbed her "the most exciting woman in the world".
奥森·韦尔斯把处在事业巅峰的她戏称为“世上最令人兴奋的女人”。
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A few simple precautions can be taken, for example ensuring that desks are the right height.
可以采取一些简单的预防措施,比如确保桌子的高度合适。
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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。
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- 相关词组
- fracture height裂缝高度;
- height difference高度差;高差;身高差;
- stack height堆积高度,烟囱高度;
- loading height装载高度;
- medium height中等身高;不胖不瘦;中等高度;
- of medium height修短得中;
- height above sea level海拔高度;
- barometric height气压高度;
- crotch height腿分叉高;
- cover height覆盖高度;
- riser height冒口高度;
- line height行高;
- commencing height起跳高度;
- gain height增加高度
- lose height(飞机)降低飞行高度;
- mean height平均高;
- shoulder height台阶高度;
- row height[计] 行高;
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- sauce n.调味汁;酱汁;〈非〉莽撞无礼;〈俚〉烈酒;
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- specific adj.明确的;独特的;
- botany n.植物学;精纺毛纱;细羊毛;
- upright adj.直立的;正直的;规矩的;n.立柱;
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