| 单词 | stilt |
| 释义 | stilt (once / 6077 pages) 1n 2n Stilts are walking devices that make the person wearing them much taller than usual. When you use stilts, you stand on foot rests and walk along far above the ground. Stilts are special poles, either for walking tall or for supporting a structure that might otherwise be damaged by water. You can sometimes see people walking on stilts at a circus or parade, and you can see houses on stilts in some beachfront communities. Walking stilts are sometimes also used by workers, including the stilts worn by window washers and fruit farmers. WORD FAMILYstilt: stilts USAGE EXAMPLESAmenities include a stroller valet, moon bounces, face painters, roaming stilt walkers and magicians, crafting stations and much more. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Three thousand years ago, a cluster of roundhouses built on stilts over the river were destroyed by fire. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) He crossed blindfolded, he crossed on stilts and he crossed with his manager on his back. New York Times(Dec 02, 2016) 1 1n one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground he was so tall I thought he was on stilts Hyper pole a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic 2n a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper pile, piling, spile sheath pile, sheet pile, sheet piling a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage column, pillar (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure 1n long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons Syn|Hypo|Hyper Himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt plover, stiltbird Himantopus mexicanus, black-necked stilt stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck Himantopus himantopus, black-winged stiltstilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus, white-headed stiltstilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck Himantopus novae-zelandiae, kakiblackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries 2n long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia Syn|Hypo|Hyper Australian stilt Cladorhyncus leucocephalum, banded stilt web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries |
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