| 单词 | middle height |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmiddle height middle height n. (a) the middle of a height; the distance halfway up a mountain, etc.; also figurative; (b) medium stature. ΚΠ 1687 J. Norris Coll. Misc. 80 So of the Regions of the air The High'st and Lowest quiet are, But 'tis this middle Height I fear, For storms and thunder are ingender'd there. 1718 N. Amhurst Strephon's Revenge 8 Just as in fervent Transports I expire,..Some haughty, worthless Minion meets my Sight, And checks Devotion in its middle Height. 1796 M. Hays Mem. Emma Courtney I. xii. 60 She was under the middle height, fair, plump, loquacious. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 91 The Andes, placed almost under the line, rises in the midst of burning sands; about the middle height is a pleasant and mild climate. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. xvi. 356 He was a thin man of about the middle height. 1947 W. Stevens Coll. Poems (1954) 290 Angry men and furious machines Swarm from the little blue of the horizon To the great blue of the middle height. 1981 D. Francis Twice Shy xii. 134 A man, it transpired of middle height, middle years and middling grey hair. < as lemmas |
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