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height n.高度；高处；顶点 (1) 他们从令人眩晕的高度往下看。(2) 他身材高大，因此在人群中很突出。(3) 攀登者从极高的地方坠落下来。(4) 通俗艺术在二十世纪六十年代初最为流行。(5) 她在名利双收的鼎盛时期隐退了。 Height derives from the Old English word hehthu, meaning "top of something." To measure your height, you measure the distance from the floor to the top of your head. The height of a mountain is its elevation above sea level (the height of Mt. Everest, for instance, is 29,029 feet). Height can also mean the most extreme or intense part of something: The height of cherry blossom season in Japan is late March through early April.

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英 [haɪt] 美 [haɪt] (1) They looked down from a giddy height.(2) His height makes him stand out in the crowd.(3) The climber fell from a great height.(4) Pop art was at its height in the early 1960s.(5) She quitted at the height of her fame and fortune. The noun height can mean the measurement of something from bottom to top. A pediatrician will measure the height of a child to make sure they are growing at a normal and healthy rate. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]（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.   [oft with poss]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。He was a man of medium height.他是个中等个子的男子。...a garden containing all sorts of trees and shrubs of varying heights and shades.种着高低不一色调不同的各种树和灌木的花园2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]高 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 可变名词]（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。The chains were at different heights on the wall.挂在墙上的链子高低不齐。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]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 单数名词]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.   [at N with poss]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。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。6[N-SING 单数名词]（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 N of n]  [emphasis]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 复数名词]极度；极点 If something reaches great heights, it becomes very extreme or intense.   [with supp]...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。

英语单词	height
英美音标	英 [haɪt] 美 [haɪt]
中文释义	n.高度；高处；顶点
英语例句	(1) They looked down from a giddy height. (2) His height makes him stand out in the crowd. (3) The climber fell from a great height. (4) Pop art was at its height in the early 1960s. (5) She quitted at the height of her fame and fortune.
中文例句	(1) 他们从令人眩晕的高度往下看。 (2) 他身材高大，因此在人群中很突出。 (3) 攀登者从极高的地方坠落下来。 (4) 通俗艺术在二十世纪六十年代初最为流行。 (5) 她在名利双收的鼎盛时期隐退了。
vocabulary简明	The noun height can mean the measurement of something from bottom to top. A pediatrician will measure the height of a child to make sure they are growing at a normal and healthy rate.
vocabulary扩展	Height derives from the Old English word hehthu, meaning "top of something." To measure your height, you measure the distance from the floor to the top of your head. The height of a mountain is its elevation above sea level (the height of Mt. Everest, for instance, is 29,029 feet). Height can also mean the most extreme or intense part of something: The height of cherry blossom season in Japan is late March through early April.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]（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. [oft with poss] 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。 He was a man of medium height. 他是个中等个子的男子。 ...a garden containing all sorts of trees and shrubs of varying heights and shades. 种着高低不一色调不同的各种树和灌木的花园 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]高 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 可变名词]（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。 The chains were at different heights on the wall. 挂在墙上的链子高低不齐。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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 单数名词]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. [at N with poss] 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。 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。 6 [N-SING 单数名词]（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 N of n] [emphasis] 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 复数名词]极度；极点 If something reaches great heights, it becomes very extreme or intense. [with supp] ...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。

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