单词 | stilt |
释义 | stilt —stiltlike, adj. /stilt/, n. 1. one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground. 2. one of several posts supporting a structure built above the surface of land or water. 3. Ceram. a three-armed support for an object being fired. 4. any of several white-and-black wading birds, esp. Cladorhynchus leucocephalus and Himantopus himantopus, having long, bright pink legs and a long, slender black bill. 5. Brit. Dial. a. a plow handle. b. a crutch. v.t. 6. to raise on or as if on stilts. [1275-1325; ME stilte; c. LG stilte pole, G Stelze] |
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