| 单词 | tall |
| 释义 | tall I. 1. obsolete < spoke like a tall fellow that respects his reputation — Shakespeare > 2. obsolete 3. obsolete < swear to the prince thou art a tall fellow of thy hands — Shakespeare > 4. a. < was tall — about six feet in height — H.N.Fowler > < the giraffe, tallest of animals > b. < stands five feet one inch tall and weighs 97 pounds — Current Biography > 5. a. < the shade of the tall young pines — Corey Ford > < the tall clouds of deep July — C.G.Glover > < command of a tall and gallant ship — S.E.Morison > < a tall cavernous room — Ben Hecht > < hit a tall fly to the outfield > < a tall hill > < climbing a tall fence > b. < wears tall hats to add to her height — Current Biography > < a tall, cool lemonade — Ray Bradbury > < unusual page sizes, including tall books — Publishers' Weekly > c. < two types of lima beans — dwarf and tall — New Zealand Journal of Agric. > 6. a. < think £10,000 rather a tall price — M.V.Reidy > < saving anything is a tall order today — advt > < got to … do some tall growing — Adult Leadership > < will have some tall explaining to do — New Republic > < had to do some tall riding to keep 'em together — Will James > < a tall problem that has been a long time growing — H.R.Isaacs > b. < indulging in tall talk about the vast mysteries of life — W.A.White > < tall talk, empty talk, the stuff dreams are made of — H.G.Evarts > < placing a number of tall, opaque words … betwixt your own and the reader's conception — Laurence Sterne > c. < tall tales they are … the man who shot five bears with one bullet — American Guide Series: Maine > < the talk grew tall, and it only took a few makings to roll up a good story — Meridel Le Sueur > < spin tall yarns about frontier life — E.S.Clifton > Synonyms: see high II. < the entrance makes you walk tall — Claudia Cassidy > < renewing faith, we shall stand tall again — Isabel Tudeen > < two books about fighting — rather savage persons talking tall in both — but how different in manners — O.W.Holmes †1935 > |
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