- 词义辨析
height, altitude
这两个词都有“高,高度”的意思。它们之间的区别是:
1.height是日常用语,可指相对高度,也可指绝对高度; altitude是科技术语,主要指超过地平面或海平面等已知平面的高度,即绝对高度。例如:
This is a city with an altitude of 3848 feet.这是一座海拔3848英尺的城市。
In the high altitudes snow and ice remain all the year round.在海拔高的地方,冰雪终年不化。
2.height可用于比喻义,意为“顶点,极点”; 而altitude则无此义。
altitude,height,elevation
这些名词均有“高度”之意。
altitude指海拔高度,也指离开地面的高度。
height普通用词,指任何物体可测量到的高度,不管物体本身的高低如何。
elevation主要指山丘或耸立在地面上物体的海拔高度。
- 速记技巧
词源词根法
来自high的名词形式。来源于日耳曼语=【同源词】high
- 近义词
- 反义词
- 知识拓展
重要短语
in height高度,在高度上
at the height of在…顶点;在…的顶峰或鼎盛时期
wave height波形高度
average height平均高度;中等身材
- 双语例句 更多例句
He was in the middle of his tenure as Oxford Professor of Poetry and at the height of his fame.
当时,他在牛津担任诗歌教授的聘期刚到一半,声誉正隆。
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At the speed and height at which he was moving, he was never more than half a second from disaster.
以这样的速度在这么高的地方移动,他离灾难始终只有半步之遥。
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At the height of the summer season there can be up to 42,000 people in Benidorm.
在夏季高峰期,贝尼多姆的人口可达4.2万人。
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At the height of her career, Orson Welles dubbed her "the most exciting woman in the world".
奥森·韦尔斯把处在事业巅峰的她戏称为“世上最令人兴奋的女人”。
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He was average height, average build, with mousy hair and a forgettable face.
他中等身高、中等身材、灰褐色头发,长着一张过目即忘的脸。
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His height gives him an inbuilt advantage over his opponent.
他的身高成为他相对于对手的先天优势。
编辑立即给这位记者发了一份电报,叫他查明台阶的准确数目以及围墙的高度.
《用法词典》
A few simple precautions can be taken, for example ensuring that desks are the right height.
可以采取一些简单的预防措施,比如确保桌子的高度合适。
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They grow to a height of 12 ins — give or take a couple of inches.
它们会长到12英寸高——出入至多几英寸。
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They were almost the same height and they moved perfectly in step.
他们几乎一样高,而且走路时步调完全一致。
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- 相关词组
- stack height堆积高度,烟囱高度;
- lose height(飞机)降低飞行高度;
- line height行高;
- medium height中等身高;不胖不瘦;中等高度;
- mean height平均高;
- row height[计] 行高;
- barometric height气压高度;
- height above sea level海拔高度;
- shoulder height台阶高度;
- gain height增加高度
- peak height digitizer峰高数字转换器;
- cover height覆盖高度;
- loading height装载高度;
- riser height冒口高度;
- height difference高度差;高差;身高差;
- of medium height修短得中;
- commencing height起跳高度;
- crotch height腿分叉高;
- total height总高度;
- fracture height裂缝高度;
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- photography n.摄影;摄影术;
- occasion n.机会;时刻;场合;原因 ;v.导致;引起;
- world-famous adj.举世闻名的;世界著名的
- wire n.金属丝;电线;铁丝网;v.给…布线;打电报;电汇(款);
- Why Would I Ever 我为什么会; 我怎么可能会; 究竟为什么;
- veal n.牛肉;小牛;
- author n.作者;作家;发起人;v.创作,撰写;
- bent adj.弯曲的;折断的;驼背的;不正派的;n.才能;爱好;
- weekly newspapers 周报;
- home n.家;家庭;家庭生活;终点;adj.家庭的;家用的;本地的;本部的;
- for what reason 为何;
- 座椅加热 Seat heating;Heat Seat