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单词 height
释义
height
(ht )
Word forms: heights
1. variable noun [oft with poss] B1
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.
I am 5'6'' in height.
The wave here has a length of 250 feet and a height of 10 feet.
He was a man of medium height.
...a garden containing all sorts of trees and shrubs of varying heights and shades.
2. uncountable noun B1+
Height is the quality of being tall.
She admits that her height is intimidating for some people.
Synonyms: tallness, stature, highness, loftiness  
3. variable noun B1+
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.
...a test in which a 6.3 kilogram weight was dropped on it from a height of 1 metre.
The corridors there were painted chocolate-brown to shoulder height.
The chains were at different heights on the wall.
4. countable noun B2
A height is a high position or place above the ground.
From a height, it looks like a desert.
I'm not afraid of heights.
...the Golan Heights.
Synonyms: peak, top, hill, mountain  
5. singular noun
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.
At its height Bletchley Park employed 12,000 people.
He was struck down at the height of his career.
It was freezing up there even at the height of summer.
Synonyms: culmination, climax, zenith, limit  
6. singular noun
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. [emphasis]
The hip-hugging black and white polka-dot dress was the height of fashion.
I think it's the height of bad manners to be dressed badly.
This is the height of hooliganism.
7. plural noun [oft adjective NOUN]
If something reaches great heights, it becomes very extreme or intense.
...the mid-1980s, when house prices rose to absurd heights.
Recently the speculation has reached new heights.
One wondered what heights of ecstasy the winner reached.
[Also + of]
Collocations:
adjust the height
Use bits of stone or brick to adjust the height of smaller pots.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Nobody has the time in their lives to adjust the height of their car boot floor.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Check your desk - it might have feet that allow you to adjust the height.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
ceiling height
The ceiling heights are quite low.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
One of the features that appealed to Louboutin about the attic was the ceiling height.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Reduced ceiling heights take away some of grandeur of the rooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
chest height
Lift one knee to chest height and back to the floor again.
The Sun (2013)
The rack is at chest height, so you don't have to stoop.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Stand tall with a kettle bell just below chest height.
The Sun (2011)
height requirement
Applying contestants were also required to meet the minimum height requirement of 172 cm.
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Because of the low ceilings and other space considerations, this roller coaster had a maximum height requirement of 63 in.
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These particular restrictions are not clearly posted at the ride or on the website, which lists the height requirement only.
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Unfortunately, the military turned him down because he could not meet their height requirement.
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He was soon dismayed to find that he exceeded the height requirements and would not be able to become an astronaut.
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height varies
Height varies from 75cm to 1.5m.
Times, Sunday Times
The statues are carved in local sandstone and their height varies between 2 and 2.5 meters.
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The plant height varies from one to seven feet.
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Nest height varies from 715mft 0 above ground.
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The diameter of the roughly 35 tor cairns ranges from 12 to over 30 metres and their height varies from 0.5 to 4.0 metres.
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heights of popularity
Today the royals have reached new heights of popularity.
Times, Sunday Times
Bloggers may have brought streetstyle to new heights of popularity, but they didn't invent it.
Times, Sunday Times
Spa towns are booming, reaching heights of popularity not seen since the mid-19th century.
Times, Sunday Times
He led this course to new heights of popularity over the seventeen years of his tenure, until ill health forced his retirement in 1990.
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ideal height
They are about 200 or 250mm wide, so if two are stacked it makes a bed 400 or 500mm tall — an ideal height.
Times, Sunday Times
They are usually 20cm-25cm wide, so if two are stacked on top of each other on their edges it makes an ideal height for a bed.
Times, Sunday Times
A full arm span equals ideal height.
The Times Literary Supplement
In rural parts, the observed deviation of expected height and weights from world's ideal height and weight standards was significantly higher.
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This has been due to the lack of players possessing the combination of great skill, ideal height, and durability.
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impressive height
The tower now stood at an impressive height of 374 feet and was 71 percent complete.
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Its impressive height helped make it a visual landmark for drivers and pedestrians.
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These represent long-extinct plant species which grew to an impressive height compared to their modern relatives which only reach a few feet.
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The building became an instant landmark, due both to the then very impressive height, and because of its gothic ornamentation.
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This organization emphasizes the impressive height of the sleek towers.
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knee height
Just above knee height, it has dense spikes of orange flowers, on clumps well packed with stems - canes, as ginger stems are often called.
Times, Sunday Times
I dig around at knee height in the cupboards, using my precious hand-held grabber, and find a 1kg unopened packet of fusilli pasta.
Times, Sunday Times
Find a box or step that's around knee height and position your hands behind you on it.
The Sun
Swoops, swirls and embraces are encouraged, but legs must not be lifted above knee height.
Times, Sunday Times
Cut summer-flowering clematis down to knee height so that they make their new stems from low down.
Times,Sunday Times
lofty heights
After losing nine of their first 10 league games, they are now up to the lofty heights of 14th place.
The Sun
But from these lofty heights, he delivered platitudes and not always well-turned ones.
Times, Sunday Times
Failure to reach lofty heights can be forgiven.
Times, Sunday Times
But it also has to do with our tendency to live life at lofty heights of abstract thought.
Christianity Today
The end - and the lofty heights they climbed together - were symbolised by the shirt he wore.
Times,Sunday Times
lower a height
The most obvious impact would be to change the tackle law and lower the height of a legal tackle.
Times, Sunday Times
Or are there areas of the garden that are not so overlooked, where you could lower the height of the fence, use trellising or even plant a hedge instead?
Times, Sunday Times
You can put soundproofing on your ceiling, but it will lower the height of the room by a few inches.
Times, Sunday Times
To lower the height, the front tower was tilted to a 45-degree angle and the reverse tower lowered to 150 ft.
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Such removals will consequently lower the height of floods upstream.
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maximum height
This maple grows rapidly to a maximum height of 6ft.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The 17 turbines have a maximum height of 127 metres.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The toughest course has 12 hurdles with a maximum height of 40 centimetres and three long jumps.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
measure a height
Take a piece of string, measure your height with it, then cut or fold it in half and see if it will go around your waist.
The Sun
There should be a gap left in the middle; measure the height of this gap and cut a length of the remaining raspberry sponge square to fit.
Times, Sunday Times
Then, at the point of gently breathing out, measure the height from the floor to the ruler on your stomach, using a second ruler.
Times, Sunday Times
And it's shared with the hidden people and the heroic solitude, a brooding presence to measure your height against.
Times, Sunday Times
Measure the circumference of the frame and add 1.5cm, then measure the height.
Times, Sunday Times
minimum height
The minimum height for unaccompanied children on chair lifts in France is 4ft 1in.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The 5ft 8in minimum height requirement for police officers was axed in the 1990s for being discriminatory.
The Sun (2010)
Crowds could be made to stand hundreds of metres away from displays and new minimum heights for stunts could be introduced.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
of medium height
Of medium height, with a decent head of hair, colour auburn, possibly with traces of dye.
Forbes, Bryan A SONG AT TWILIGHT (2002)
He was a chubby man of medium height, with long dark curly hair and a friendly face.
John Cassidy DOT.CON (2001)
He was of medium height, stocky with a rather florid complexion and powdered hair.
Paula Byrne PERDITA: The Life of Mary Robinson (2004)
The first, he saw at once, was Greek Security - fiftyish, of medium height, fit, compact.
Curzon, Clare THE QUEST FOR K
reach a height of
Colewort can reach a height of 2.5m.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This acer has elegant arching branches and will reach a height of 8m, spreading to just over half its height.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Each stem reached a height of just nine inches and, curiously, was battleship grey.
The Sun (2007)
seat height
So the bike's geometry has been sharpened, raising the seat height slightly and tipping the whole bike forward.
The Sun
The riding position and low seat height feel perfect for newer riders wanting to build confidence and look cool.
The Sun
But the 34in seat height and upright riding position gives you a perfect stance to negotiate traffic jams.
The Sun
Make sure you have about 280mm between the seat height and the table height.
Times,Sunday Times
Other practicalities include a 12-litre fuel tank, low seat height, and 65-litre storage 'boot'.
The Sun
shoulder height
His war injuries mean he cannot lift his arms above shoulder height and he needs help combing his hair.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The corridors there were painted chocolate-brown gloss to shoulder height and, above, plain white emulsion up to the high ceilings.
Stewart, Michael GRACE (2002)
If a box is lifted to shoulder height energy has been expended doing work to move the box against gravity.
Chapman, C. & Horsley, M. & Small, E. Technology Basic Facts (1990)
Your arm is outstretched at shoulder height and parallel to the floor.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
towering height
Without the raw attributes most fearsome in a fast bowler - express pace and towering height - he knuckled down and became the world's best.
The Sun
As goalkeeper for the school team, his towering height proved an imposing sight to the opposition.
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Her towering height only adds to her feelings of insecurity, as she tries desperately to blend into the background.
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When viewed from the towering heights of a cruise liner, the roof becomes a multi-dimensional mosaic of shapes and patterns.
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From these towering heights in the west, the land descends in steps like a terrace.
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unprecedented heights
It was hoped the two competing artists would reach unprecedented heights of brilliance.
Times, Sunday Times
Even though he has successfully developed his own range of bicycles, the hunger that drove him to unprecedented heights in cycling still needed sating after he retired.
Times, Sunday Times
Oil costs less than it did 17 months ago but in between it scaled unprecedented heights on worries about future supply and speculative traders driving up prices.
Times, Sunday Times
Policymakers appear to be adrift and unable to manage market expectations after their schemes pumped up asset prices to extraordinary and, in some cases, unprecedented heights.
Times, Sunday Times
Prices of essential commodities rose to unprecedented heights.
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waist height
Set ironing board at waist height (most people have the board too low).
The Sun (2009)
This midi dress, fitted at true waist height, will do just that.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Behind the sofa, a large rectangle is cut out of the wall from waist height, giving a further link with the dining room.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Inside, there was a slim ledge at waist height, which she used for a toehold.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2001)
wave height
And windier seas have resulted in an increase in average wave height as well.
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Extreme wave height has increased a little less than a foot, or 5 percent.
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That, lack of visibility, wind speeds and wave height would make navigation of the channels under the bridge hazardous.
Times,Sunday Times
To get a handle on the oceans, researchers gathered 4 billion observations of wind speed and wave height collected between 1985 and 2018 by 31 satellites.
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The spacecraft, costing a total of $157 million, will also be able to measure wave height to estimate wind speeds better.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 高度
Japanese: 高さ
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