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

altitude

/ˈaltɪtjuːd

noun [mass noun]

1The height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level: flight data including airspeed and altitude [count noun]: flying at altitudes over 15,000 feet...

In its upper reaches, climbers are at heights equal to the cruising altitudes for passenger jets.
Therefore, the airplane may not be controllable at lower altitudes and airspeeds.
Air at very high altitude smells completely different to lower altitudes.

Synonyms

height, elevation, distance above the sea/ground;

loftiness

1.1Great height: the mechanism can freeze at altitude...

The material soaks up water that freezes at altitude and can cause delamination that may not be readily visible.
Both nations have struggled in recent years while playing at altitude, where the thin air hands an advantage to those acclimatised to the conditions.
Most people dont sleep well at altitude.

1.2 Astronomy The apparent height of a celestial object above the horizon, measured in angular distance.A scale along the staff showed the altitude, or angle above the horizon, of the body....

Also, on any given day the Sun circles the sky at the same apparent altitude.
Like other nautical instruments its primary function was to measure the altitude of the sun or a star above the horizon.

1.3 Geometry The length of the perpendicular line from a vertex to the opposite side of a figure.Let y be the altitude of the triangular cross section of the wedge in Figure 6a cut by a plane at distance x from the base....

This is a good deal like having a theory that tells us that the area of a plane figure is one-half the base times the altitude, without telling us for what figures this holds.

Derivatives

altitudinal

/altɪˈtjuːdɪn(ə)l

/ adjective ...

Eastern birds may migrate south, but western populations are more often altitudinal migrants, moving from the mountains into nearby lowlands in winter.
However, they commonly make altitudinal movements as seasons change and in dry seasons they may move beyond their normal range in search of food.
Most species are sedentary, although some make nomadic wanderings and altitudinal shifts in response to food availability.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin altitudo, from altus 'high'.

Altitude is from Latin altitudo, from altus ‘high’. The latter is also the source of altar (Old English), a raised structure for worship, enhance (Middle English), originally ‘make higher’; exalt (Late Middle English), with ex- ‘out, upwards’; and haughty (mid 16th century), from altus via French haut.

单词	altitude
释义	altitude /ˈaltɪtjuːd / noun [mass noun] 1The height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level: flight data including airspeed and altitude [count noun]: flying at altitudes over 15,000 feet... In its upper reaches, climbers are at heights equal to the cruising altitudes for passenger jets. Therefore, the airplane may not be controllable at lower altitudes and airspeeds. Air at very high altitude smells completely different to lower altitudes. Synonyms height, elevation, distance above the sea/ground; loftiness 1.1Great height: the mechanism can freeze at altitude... The material soaks up water that freezes at altitude and can cause delamination that may not be readily visible. Both nations have struggled in recent years while playing at altitude, where the thin air hands an advantage to those acclimatised to the conditions. Most people dont sleep well at altitude. 1.2 Astronomy The apparent height of a celestial object above the horizon, measured in angular distance.A scale along the staff showed the altitude, or angle above the horizon, of the body.... Also, on any given day the Sun circles the sky at the same apparent altitude. Like other nautical instruments its primary function was to measure the altitude of the sun or a star above the horizon. 1.3 Geometry The length of the perpendicular line from a vertex to the opposite side of a figure.Let y be the altitude of the triangular cross section of the wedge in Figure 6a cut by a plane at distance x from the base.... This is a good deal like having a theory that tells us that the area of a plane figure is one-half the base times the altitude, without telling us for what figures this holds. Derivatives altitudinal /altɪˈtjuːdɪn(ə)l / adjective ... Eastern birds may migrate south, but western populations are more often altitudinal migrants, moving from the mountains into nearby lowlands in winter. However, they commonly make altitudinal movements as seasons change and in dry seasons they may move beyond their normal range in search of food. Most species are sedentary, although some make nomadic wanderings and altitudinal shifts in response to food availability. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin altitudo, from altus 'high'. Altitude is from Latin altitudo, from altus ‘high’. The latter is also the source of altar (Old English), a raised structure for worship, enhance (Middle English), originally ‘make higher’; exalt (Late Middle English), with ex- ‘out, upwards’; and haughty (mid 16th century), from altus via French haut.
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