英语词汇“tall”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1adjn 2adj

WORD FAMILY

tall: taller, tallest, tallish, tallness, talls

USAGE EXAMPLES

It is truly enormous; from the tall observation tower, the ranks of black panels stretch almost to the horizon.

BBC(Jan 03, 2017)

But Adams said Roof would face a tall order.

Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017)

This is a tall order for any elected official.

New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)

1adj great in vertical dimension; high in stature

tall people
tall buildings
tall trees
tall ships

Syn|Ant

high

(literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')

big, large

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy

tall and thin and having long slender limbs

in height

having a specified height

leggy, long-legged, long-shanked

having long legs

leggy, tall-growing

(of plants) having tall spindly stems

long

of relatively great height

long-stalked, tall-stalked

of plants having relatively long stalks

stately, statuesque

of size and dignity suggestive of a statue

tallish

somewhat tall

little, short

low in stature; not tall

low

literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension

chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy

short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature

compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset

having a short and solid form or stature

half-length

representing only the upper half of the body

pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off

well below average height

short-stalked

of plants having relatively short stalks

squab, squabby

short and fat

2adj lofty in style

he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying

Syn

grandiloquent, magniloquent
rhetorical

given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought

3adj impressively difficult

a tall order

Syn

difficult, hard

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

4n a garment size for a tall person

Hyper

size

the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)

adj too improbable to admit of belief

a tall story

Syn

improbable, marvellous, marvelous
incredible, unbelievable

beyond belief or understanding

单词	tall
释义	tall (once / 81 pages) 1adjn 2adj WORD FAMILY tall: taller, tallest, tallish, tallness, talls USAGE EXAMPLES It is truly enormous; from the tall observation tower, the ranks of black panels stretch almost to the horizon. BBC(Jan 03, 2017) But Adams said Roof would face a tall order. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) This is a tall order for any elected official. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj great in vertical dimension; high in stature tall people tall buildings tall trees tall ships Syn\|Ant high (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high') big, large above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy tall and thin and having long slender limbs in height having a specified height leggy, long-legged, long-shanked having long legs leggy, tall-growing (of plants) having tall spindly stems long of relatively great height long-stalked, tall-stalked of plants having relatively long stalks stately, statuesque of size and dignity suggestive of a statue tallish somewhat tall little, short low in stature; not tall low literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset having a short and solid form or stature half-length representing only the upper half of the body pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off well below average height short-stalked of plants having relatively short stalks squab, squabby short and fat 2adj lofty in style he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying Syn grandiloquent, magniloquent rhetorical given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought 3adj impressively difficult a tall order Syn difficult, hard not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure 4n a garment size for a tall person Hyper size the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing) 2 adj too improbable to admit of belief a tall story Syn improbable, marvellous, marvelous incredible, unbelievable beyond belief or understanding
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