| 单词 | height |
| 释义 | height /huyt/, n. 1. extent or distance upward: The balloon stopped rising at a height of 500 feet. 2. distance upward from a given level to a fixed point: the height from the ground to the first floor; the height of an animal at the shoulder. 3. the distance between the lowest and highest points of a person standing upright; stature: She is five feet in height. 4. considerable or great altitude or elevation: the height of the mountains. 5. Often, heights. a. a high place above a level; a hill or mountain: They stood on the heights overlooking the valley. b. the highest part; top; apex; summit: In his dreams he reached the heights. 6. the highest point; utmost degree: the height of power; the height of pleasure. 7. Archaic. high rank in social status. Also, hight. [bef. 900; ME; OE hiehtho. See HIGH, -TH1] Syn. 3. tallness. HEIGHT, ALTITUDE, ELEVATION refer to distance above a level. HEIGHT denotes extent upward (as from foot to head) as well as any measurable distance above a given level: The tree grew to a height of ten feet. They looked down from a great height. ALTITUDE usually refers to the distance, determined by instruments, above a given level, commonly mean sea level: altitude of an airplane. ELEVATION implies a distance to which something has been raised or uplifted above a level: a hill's elevation above the surrounding country, above sea level. 5. prominence. 6. peak, pinnacle; acme, zenith; culmination. Ant. 1, 2. depth. Usage. HEIGHT, and not HEIGHTH, is considered the standard English form for this word. |
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