1 [C,U] the measurement from the bottom to the top of a person or thing 高度:
The nurse is going to check your height and weight.护士要给你量身高和体重。We need a fence that's about two metres in height.我们需要修一道大约两米高的栅栏。☞ adjective high 形容词为high☞ Look at the note at tall. 参看tall的注释。 ☞picture at length 见length插图
2 [U] the fact that sb/sth is tall or high 高:
He looks older than he is because of his height.他因为个子高,看起来比实际年龄大。
3 [C,U] the distance that sth is above the ground (离开地面的)距离,高度:
We are now flying at a height of 10000 metres.我们正在10000米的高空飞行。
An aeroplane gains or loses height. When talking about aeroplanes a more formal word for height is altitude. 飞机(aeroplane)可以上升或下降(gain/lose height)。指飞机飞行高度的较正式说法是altitude。
4 [C] [usu.pl] a high place or area 高地;高处:
I can't go up there. I'm afraid of heights.我怕高,上不得那儿。
5 [U] the strongest or most important part of sth 顶点;极度:
the height of summer盛夏
height/haIt; haIt/n 1 [C,U] how tall someone or something is 身高﹔高﹔高度: The boys are about the same height. 这些男孩子差不多一样高。6 feet/10metres etc in height mountains over 300m in height 300 多米高的山脉a height of 6 feet/10 metres etc The plant grows to a height of 25cm. 这种植物长到 25 厘米高。2 [C,U] the distance something is above the ground〔离地面的〕高度: A fall from that height would kill you. 从那么高的地方掉下来会摔死的。a height of 2500 feet/10,000 metres etc The aircraft was flying at a height of 10,000 metres. 飞机在 10000 米高空飞行。gain/lose height (=move higher or lower in the sky) 爬升/下降 The plane was rapidly losing height. 飞机正在急速下降。3 [C] a high place or position 高地﹔高处: From a height , the town seemed to spread for miles. 从高处看﹐这座城镇绵延几英里。She’d always been scared of heights . 她过去一直畏高。4 new/great/dizzy heights extremely high levels 新的/巨大的/令人眩晕的程度: Prices had reached absurd heights . 物价已经高到荒唐的程度。5 [singular 单数] the busiest, most successful etc time for something〔某事物的〕最繁忙时候﹔高峰﹐顶点: It was the height of the tourist season. 那时是旅游旺季。Mini skirts were the height of fashion (=very fashionable.) 迷你裙曾十分流行。at its height Demand for home computers was at its height. 对家用电脑的需求当时达到了最高点。
heightheightheightsnounpronunciationThe word height sounds like white.1(pluralheights) how far it is from the bottom to the top of somebody or something: What is the height of this mountain? The wall is two metres in height. She asked me my height, weight and age.The adjective is high.2(pluralheights) a high place: I'm afraid of heights.3(no plural) the strongest or most important part of something: the height of summer