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