单词 | height |
释义 | heightheight /haɪt/ ●●● S2 W3 noun Entry menu MENU FOR heightheight1 how tall2 distance above the ground3 high place4 new/great/dizzy etc heights5 the height of something6 be at the height of your success/fame/powers etc7 be the height of fashion/stupidity/luxury etc Word OriginWORD ORIGINheight ExamplesOrigin: Old English hiehthuEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen you do something better than you have ever done before► at your best Collocations when you are at your best you are performing at your highest level of skill: · At his best, he's one of the most exciting tennis players in the world.· This recording captures Grappelli at his very best. ► be on top form British /be in top form American if someone who is good at doing something is on top form , they are doing it as well as they can: · "Sue gave a really good speech last night.'' "Yes, she was on top form.''· If the Yankees are in top form there is no one that can beat them. ► be at your peak if someone, especially a sports person, is at their peak , they are at the time in their life when they are playing best, running best etc: · Long-distance runners are usually at their peak in their mid-30s.· When he was at his peak, Nicklaus was one of the best golfers there has ever been. ► be at the height of your powers if someone such as a great writer or musician is at the height of their powers , they are doing the best work of their whole life: · When Orwell wrote 'Animal Farm', he was at the height of his powers.· The film shows Jimi Hendrix, at the height of his powers, giving a brilliant version of 'All Along the Watchtower'. how high something is► how high use this to ask about or say what the height of something is: · "How high is Mount Fuji?" "It's almost 4000 metres."· I'm not sure how high the ceiling is. ► 30 metres/100 feet etc high if something is 30 metres, 100 feet etc high , the distance from its base to its top is 30 metres, 100 feet etc: · The highest mountain in Scotland is over 4000 feet high.· The stone fireplace was at least ten feet wide and 12 feet high.· He's built a 3-metre high fence between the two gardens.shoulder-/waist-/knee- etc high (=as high as your shoulder, waist, knee etc): · The corn was already knee-high and growing fast. ► height the distance between the top and the bottom of something, or the distance that something is above the ground: · My brother and I are nearly the same height.height of: · What's the height of the average banana tree?200 feet/30 metres etc in height: · Some of the pyramids are over 200 feet in height.a height of 25 metres/100 feet etc: · One of the climbers fell from a height of 25 metres. ► altitude formal the distance that something is above the ground - use this especially to talk about planes or about places in the mountains or high areas: altitude of: · The altitude of Addis Ababa is eight thousand feet.an altitude of 10,000 metres/30,000 feet etc: · The plane is now flying at an altitude of 30,000 feet.high/low altitude: · It's very difficult to breathe at high altitudes. ► level how high something is - use this especially about the height of something in relation to something else: · The apartment is split into two different levels with a bedroom on each.level of: · Hang the picture just below the level of the window.eye level: · Posters line the walls at eye level.sea level (=the height of the surface of the sea, used for measuring the height of mountains, hills etc): · The village is about 1500 metres above sea level. to stand with your back straight► stand up straight · Stand up straight with your back against the wall.· The pain in his stomach was so severe that he could no longer stand up straight. ► stand to attention also stand at attention if someone such as a soldier or a police officer stands to attention , they stand with their backs straight, their arms straight down by their sides, and their feet close together: · The colonel gave the order for the men to stand to attention.· We stood at attention until we were given permission to leave. ► draw/pull yourself up to your full height to stand up as straight as you can because you are angry with someone or are determined to make them listen to you: · I drew myself up to my full height and informed him that the President had sent me down here personally.· Trembling inside, I stepped out of the car and pulled myself up to my full height to face my adversary. ► straighten up to stand up after bending down low: · She bent over the body, and when she straightened up there were tears in her eyes.· If you're lifting something heavy, be careful not to hurt your back when you straighten up. how tall someone is► how tall use this to ask or talk about someone's height: · How tall are you?· I hadn't seen her for five years and I was amazed at how tall she was. ► 6 ft tall/2 m tall etc use this to say exactly how tall someone is: · John is 1.78 metres tall and weighs 95 kilos.· She was accompanied by her six foot tall boyfriend. ► height how tall someone is: somebody's height: · State your age, height, and weight.· Sally had always been self-conscious about her height.be the same height: · She's about the same height as I am. ► stature formal someone's height, used especially when you are talking about their appearance: · The bank manager was a grey-haired man of imposing stature.in stature: · I was by no means short in stature, but next to this man I felt like a dwarf. to move upwards through the air► go up · Mervyn had never invited her to go up in his little plane.· If you want to make the kite go up, pull the string hard, then release it slowly. ► rise to move straight up into the air: · Hot air rises.rise in/into: · A stream of water rose into the air, arched smoothly, and fell back into the pool.rise up: · Clouds of smoke rose up into the air. ► ascend formal to move up through the air: · A huge flock of red-wing blackbirds ascended from their nests along the side of the road.· He leaned out of an upstairs window and felt a current of warm air ascending from the street. ► climb if a bird or a plane climbs , it gradually goes higher up into the sky: · As the plane began to climb, Karen started to feel ill.· The geese climbed high above us and set off on their long journey south. ► gain height if an aircraft gains height , it gradually moves higher up into the sky: · Investigators are uncertain why the plane failed to gain height after takeoff.· Gliders use thermal up-currents to gain height. ► shoot up to suddenly go up into the air very quickly: · Flames shot up into the air and clouds of smoke poured out of the windows.· I saw a spray of white water shoot up into the sky and knew that there were whales nearby. ► soar to go quickly upwards to a great height in the air: soar upwards/up/above/into etc: · The ball soared high into the air.· The snow goose flew down low over the field and then soared back up gracefully. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► six feet/ten metres etc in height Phrases None of these sculptures was less than three metres in height. ► a height of six feet/ten metres etc Sunflowers can grow to a height of 15 feet. ► a height of 2,500 feet/10,000 metres etc The aircraft was flying at a height of 10,000 metres. ► gain/lose height (=move higher or lower in the sky) The plane was rapidly losing height. ► scared of heights Rachel had always been scared of heights. ► have a head for heights (=not be afraid of heights) ► rise to/reach etc ... heights He reached the dizzy heights of the national finals. ► took ... to new heights They took ice dancing to new heights. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► at the height of the boom· They sold their house at the height of the boom. ► reached the dizzy heights of Naomi had reached the dizzy heights of manageress. ► be of equal size/length/height etc· Draw two lines of equal length. ► be equal in size/length/height etc· The population of each town is roughly equal in size. ► at the height of somebody’s/something’s fame (=when someone was most famous)· At the height of his fame, he could earn $5,000 a day. ► be the height of fashion (=be very fashionable)· With her short dress and high boots she was the height of fashion. ► a weight/height limit· The weight limit per bag is 20 kilos. ► lofty heights He stayed at the Four Seasons Hotel, from whose lofty heights he could see across New York. ► lose weight/height/speed etc You’re looking slim. Have you lost weight? The plane emptied its fuel tanks as it started losing altitude. ► something is the height of luxury (=something that is extremely comfortable and gives you a lot of pleasure)· If you want bath time to be the height of luxury, you will be inspired by our latest range of shower accessories. ► (of) medium height/length/build She’s of medium height. hair of medium length ► be at the height of your powers (=be at a time in your life when your abilities are strongest)· Fonteyn was still at the height of her powers as a dancer. ► the height of sophistication a New York nightclub that was the height of sophistication (=very fashionable and expensive) ► in/at the height of summer (=in the middle of summer)· Even in the height of summer, it’s cool in here. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► average· It is located in a layer at an average height of 12 kilometres above the Earth's surface.· The suspect was described as a white male of average height and weight between 25 to 32 years old.· They typically hide much greater deviations from the norm than say the figure for the average physical height of a population does.· He was a burly man of average height, white-haired and distinguished looking.· At five feet eight she was above the average height for a woman.· The average height of a man was six feet, while seven-foot giants were by no means uncommon. ► different· Fed on different diets, two identical twins will grow to different heights.· This is because the nave or choir and their aisles often have different widths and heights.· I am thinking not of the motion of the wind at different heights but of the sea at different depths.· They even had a different height heel.· They are of different heights: some are short and some are tall.· This happened in Santa Cruz during the Loma Prieta quake, where many adjoining buildings were of different heights.· Horses also come in different heights and breeds, horses start from the height of fourteen-two hands high. ► dizzy· Expectation had been rampant throughout June but, come the pre-season friendlies of August, football fever had reached dizzy heights.· Thereafter, the growth of the population reached dizzy heights.· Climbers make a great mistake, however, in imagining that each of these groups aspires to the dizzy heights of dangling.· By this time I had joined the Scouts and had reached the dizzy heights of Patrol Leader.· What dizzy heights we trampoline at.· A new gondola cable car will take you to dizzy heights, enabling you to appreciate the mountains in their true splendour.· It screams with exclamation marks about the dizzy heights of certain walks and the lack of twilight in Madeira.· It seems quite bizarre that people who play other people's records for a living can reach these dizzy heights of stardom. ► full· Sensing that he had the attention of the warriors the flagellant pulled himself up to his full height.· At his full height, Varney was a head taller than Ezra.· Amin, at his full height, looked down at me closely.· The porch is a semicircle of giant Ionic columns running the full height of the house.· Again Varney stood to full height.· Here there is a fine series of grooves that run virtually the full height of the cliff. ► great· Sir Frank Worrell - his captaincy touched even greater heights than his batsmanship.· They would probably play that disgusting game of spitting on people from a great height.· Along this curve it is as if the plane were freely falling from a great height.· He needed to come down from a greater height than most.· Song not unlike Meadow Pipit, but more prolonged and musical and often delivered at greater height.· I mean, who in their right mind would want to jump from a great height with elastic tied round their ankles?· So how come they void themselves on me from a great height with a white and annoyingly conspicuous product?· They walked a razor edge, with Duane as an unhinged Aguirre, bullying and cajoling Gregg to greater songwriting heights. ► head· Two tiny marks, side by side, half an inch apart, about head height. ► lofty· From their lofty height of existence, it was as if they could not even see him. ► maximum· The climb rate dropped off noticeably as we reached maximum manifold height for the day and the lack of turbo-charging showed.· There is also a maximum height for causing any devastation on the ground.· These reach a maximum height in the north-east, at the top of Pico Branco.· The amplitude of the curve is its maximum height above its average level.· Thus the maximum height to which ripples can develop is limited.· The maximum height thought to have been reached during this period is 2,000m.· When ordering, check the maximum platform height advised for a freestanding unit.· By Michael at Paul Nath Sleek, high gloss finish achieved with maximum height. ► medium· He was of medium height and was wearing a baggy and very creased cotton suit the colour of oatmeal.· The majority were of medium height, about a hundred and sixty pounds, clean-shaven and capable-looking.· In general this is a well designed and well made sweater with a stud fastened neck closure and medium height collar.· Crazy Horse was a slim man of medium height with brown hair hanging below his waist and a scar above his lip.· She was a dark-haired woman of medium height with a faintly Asiatic cast to her brow and complexion.· Of medium height, fair-haired, his gray eyes magnified by glasses with steel-blue frames.· One was white, of medium height with fair or ginger hair cut short on one side and longer on the other.· He was of medium height, and had regular, even features of the kind which are instantly forgettable. ► new· Nothing could dent the self belief that was driving her on to new heights.· My preoccupation with time, when I want to be timeless, has taken me to new heights of eccentricity.· Over the last two decades, however, this movement has reached new heights.· Under his leadership, the radios reached new heights of effectiveness.· In New York, Karpov has taken the art of defence to new heights, introducing stinging and lethal counterattacks.· Records, is among the thousands of devoted followers who have raised figure skating to new heights of popularity.· New prosperity did not raise fertility to new heights.· The stock market is soaring to new heights. NOUN► shoulder· Barbell press Stand upright, holding the bar at shoulder height in front of your chest with your palms facing outwards.· Clench your fists and bring them up to shoulder height, knuckles upward, elbows at your sides.· The centre of the ball should be at about shoulder height.· Now as you breathe out again through your mouth, push the palms to the sides at shoulder height.· The brass key was there, at shoulder height.· She pressed the button, heard no sound, and waited with her tray held level at shoulder height. VERB► fall· Along this curve it is as if the plane were freely falling from a great height.· As it was, the extremely small head of some dinosaurs no doubt reduced the dangers of falling from a great height.· That particular experience left me with a recurrent dream about falling from great heights.· Slides would be built over a mound, so there's no danger of children falling from a height.· When they fell from grace, George Best fell from a greater height. ► gain· Vampires rose into the air, trying to gain height, kicking at clutching hands.· This helped them to gain height and get power when heading the ball.· Climbs on the west face thus gain steadily in height, culminating in an impressive blunt arête.· Mirror tiles on a ceiling will gain height for the room and a miraculous sense of spaciousness.· It is essential that you gain lots of height on the jump before attempting to snap your legs back.· The road out of Ingleton spirals to gain height and after a mile straightens course and passes Skirwith Farm.· It's like throwing sandbags over the side to gain height again. ► grow· The best vines are those closest to the village growing at a height of between 140 and 200 metres.· Fed on identical diets, two genetically different men will not grow to the same height.· The plant is more at home in marshy conditions than in the aquarium, where it will grow to a considerable height.· Fed on different diets, two identical twins will grow to different heights.· In the Upper Devonian, club mosses and horsetails grew to great heights.· The wave rapidly grew from a height of tens of centimeters to an average of about 10 meters.· Is it true that you grew three inches in height during filming? ► lose· With sixty-seven miles to run he needed to lose height at nearly three thousand feet a minute.· The control column was eased forward to maintain speed and the aircraft began to lose height.· To lose height pilots have to spiral down to the runway.· Enough to hear the rush of air as they lost height. ► measure· Size can be measured as height, leaf area, volume, fresh weight, dry weight, etc.· He would face that weight, at eye level, each time he measured his height and weighed himself. ► reach· The climb rate dropped off noticeably as we reached maximum manifold height for the day and the lack of turbo-charging showed.· Both had been told from childhood that black men and women could never reach the heights that whites attain.· Over the last two decades, however, this movement has reached new heights.· It grows well in partial shade and reaches a height of about four feet.· Just as we were about to reach ecstatic heights.· Some of these giant waves reach extraordinary heights.· I wave a fluttery wave of inconsequential cheerfulness and close the door, having reached new heights of cynical disinterest.· The economy is robust and the stock market has reached unprecedented heights in recent weeks. ► rise· At one point the road suddenly curves and rises to the height of an eight-storey building.· At the head of the harbor the hills rose to a height of 120 feet.· The par-or-better rounds on Friday rose to the new heights of 54 and the average was further improved to 71.69.· One of the perennial streams that sometime rises to astonishing heights of activity is the Leonid shower.· The patrons rose to new heights of glee.· They are square in plan and rise sheer to varying heights without ornament, abutment and with few openings.· But his power of decision-making improved, and his gift of calming, persuasive oratory rose to its heights.· But that decline came hard on the heels of the mid-1980s, when prices rose to absurd heights. ► scale· In his etchings too, Squirrell can scale the heights.· It's a great guitar that deserves to scale considerable heights.· The writers have a long way to go to scale these Olympian heights of absurdity, but they're trying. PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be at the height of your success/fame/powers etc Word family
WORD FAMILYnounheightheightsadjectiveheightenedverbheighten 1how tall [countable, uncountable] how tall someone or something is: Sam’s about the same height as his sister now. State your age, height, and weight. buildings of different heightssix feet/ten metres etc in height None of these sculptures was less than three metres in height.a height of six feet/ten metres etc Sunflowers can grow to a height of 15 feet.2distance above the ground [countable, uncountable] the distance something is above the ground: It’s a miracle she didn’t break her neck falling from that height.a height of 2,500 feet/10,000 metres etc The aircraft was flying at a height of 10,000 metres.gain/lose height (=move higher or lower in the sky) The plane was rapidly losing height.3high place a)[countable] a place or position that is a long way above the groundfrom a height a bird that opens shellfish by dropping them from a height onto rocks Rachel had always been scared of heights.have a head for heights (=not be afraid of heights) b)heights [plural] a particular high place – used especially in place names: the Golan Heights4new/great/dizzy etc heights a)a very high level of achievement or successrise to/reach etc ... heights He reached the dizzy heights of the national finals. They took ice dancing to new heights. b)a very great level or degree: War fever had reached new heights.5the height of something the busiest or most extreme part of a period or activity SYN peak: the height of the tourist season6be at the height of your success/fame/powers etc to be more successful, famous etc than at any other time: The Beatles were at the height of their fame.7be the height of fashion/stupidity/luxury etc to be extremely fashionable, stupid etc: Flared trousers were considered to be the height of fashion in those days. |
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