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

单词	height
释义	height I. noun also hight \ˈhīt, usu -īd.+V also -ītth sometimes -īth\ (-s) Etymology: Middle English heighthe, heighte, heghte, heyeth, from Old English hīehthu, hēhthu; akin to Old High German hōhida height, Old Norse hæth, Gothic hauhitha; derivatives from the root of English high (I) 1. a. : the highest part of something material < finally reached the height of the mountain > : uppermost section or area or region : top part : summit, apex, pinnacle < plunged down from the height of the tower > b. : the highest point of something not material < at the height of fame > : most advanced point : zenith < the height of culture > : most extreme degree < the height of stupidity > : fullest possible degree < at the height of success > : culmination < the height of all their desires > < the height of passion > : most active or intense part : climax < the height of an argument > < at the very height of the storm > 2. a. (1) : the distance extending from the bottom to the top of something standing upright < measured the height of the building > or from the bottom to an arbitrarily chosen upper point < the tree has a height of five feet at its first branch > (2) : the distance extending from the lowest point to the highest point of an animal body especially of a human being in a natural standing position < a man who is six feet in height > or from the lowest point to an arbitrarily chosen upper point < a dog two feet in height at the shoulder > : stature b. (1) : the extent of elevation above a level < the land reaches a height of 600 feet above sea level > : distance extending upwards : altitude < impossible to know the exact height reached by the rocket > (2) : the degree of approximation of the tongue to the palate in pronouncing a vowel 3. : the quality of possessing sufficient or considerable or relatively great highness or stature or altitude < a triumphal arch that would have been more impressive if it had had more height > 4. a. : an extent of land (as a hill, mountain, or plateau) rising to a considerable degree above the surrounding country : a lofty eminence b. : a high place or point or position < the heights and depths of love > 5. a. obsolete : an advanced degree of distinction (as in rank) : notable excellence : superiority < exceeded by the height of happier men — Shakespeare > b. (1) obsolete : haughtiness (2) archaic : loftiness of mind or spirit < with something of the old Roman height about him — Charles Lamb > 6. obsolete a. : degree of geographical latitude b. : position (as of a ship) off a coast II. transitive verb also hight \ˈhīt, ˈhiḵt\ (-ed/-ing/-s) dialect : heighten
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