high
Word family noun Highness high highthighballhighbinderhighboyhighbrowhighbrowismhighchairhigh commandhigher educationhigher mathematicshigher-uphigh explosivehigh fidelityhigh fivehigh-flierhigh jinkshigh jumphighlandhighlanderhighlighthighlighterhighmanHigh Masshigh priesthigh priestesshigh reliefhighroadhigh schoolhigh seashigh seasonhigh tablehigh teahigh technologyhigh tidehigh treasonhigh-uphigh waterhighwayHighway Codehighwaymanhighway patrolhigh wireadjective high higherhighermosthighishhighmosthighbloodedhigh-bornHigh Churchhigh-classhigh-endhighfalutinhigh-flownhigh-gradehigh-handedhigh-levelhigh-maintenancehigh-mindedhigh-octanehigh-pitchedhigh-poweredhigh-pressurehigh-pricedhigh-principledhigh-profilehigh-rankinghigh-risehigh-riskhigh-soundinghigh-speedhigh-spiritedhigh-techhigh-tensionhighwroughtadverb high highly verbhightail
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high1 /haɪ/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp higher, superlativesupl highest) → hi
1 from bottom to top 从底部到顶部HIGH measuring a long distance from the bottom to the top 高的 OPP low This is the highest mountain in Japan.
这是日本最高的山。
The camp was surrounded by a high fence.
营地四周围着高高的栅栏。
100 feet/30 metres etc high
waves up to 40 metres high
高至40米的浪头
a ten-foot high statue
10英尺高的雕像
How high is the Eiffel Tower?
埃菲尔铁塔有多高？
chest/waist/knee etc high (=as high as your chest etc) 齐胸/腰/膝等高的
The grass was knee-high.
草有齐膝高。
Do not use high to describe people, animals, trees, and plants. Use tall: You’re getting very tall (NOT You’re getting very high). | a tall palm tree (NOT a high palm tree)
形容人、动物、树木、植物不要用 high . 要用 tall: You’re getting very tall (不说 You’re getting very high).你长得很高。 | a tall palm tree (不说 a high palm tree) 高高的棕榈树。
2 above ground 在地面以上HIGH in a position that is a long way, or a longer way than usual, above the ground, floor etc 〔离地面〕高的 OPP low
The apartment had spacious rooms with high ceilings.
那间公寓房间宽敞，屋顶很高。
a high shelf
一个高的架子
high altitudes
高海拔地区
The sun was already high in the sky.
太阳已经当空照了。
High up among the clouds, we saw the summit of Everest.
在高高的云团中，我们看到了珠穆朗玛峰的顶峰。
3 large number 大量LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT a high amount, number, or level is large, or larger than usual 〔数量、数字、水平〕高的，超乎寻常的 OPP low
Temperatures remained high for the rest of the week.
那一周余下的几天里气温仍然很高。
Lower-paid workers often cannot afford the high cost of living in the capital.
收入较低的工人往往承受不了首都的高昂生活费用。
high level/degree/rate etc (of something)
High levels of car use mean our streets are more congested than ever.
汽车的大量使用意味着我们的街道变得比以前更拥挤。
high crime rates
高犯罪率
high interest rates
高利率
high price/charge/tax etc
If you want better public services, you’ll have to pay higher taxes – it’s as simple as that.
想要有更好的公共服务，就要支付更高的税金——道理就是这么简单。
The train was approaching at high speed.
那列火车正在高速驶来。
high proportion/percentage etc (of something) (=a very large part of a number) （某物的）高比例/百分比等
► see thesaurus at expensive A high proportion of women with children under five work full-time.
很大一部分孩子不足五岁的妇女在做全职工作。
4 good standard 优良的水准GOOD/EXCELLENT a high standard, quality etc is very good 〔水准、质量等〕高的，好的 OPP low
a high-performance computer
高性能电脑
high quality 各种质优价廉的商品
a range of high-quality goods at low prices
各种质优价廉的商品
Our aim is to provide the highest quality service to all our customers.
我们的目标就是为所有顾客提供最优质的服务。
high standard (=very good levels of work, achievement, behaviour etc) 高水平
The general standard of the entries was very high.
参赛作品的总体水准非常高。
Our guests expect us to maintain high standards.
我们的客人期望我们保持高水准。
5 containing a lot 含量高LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT containing a lot of a particular substance or quality 〔含量〕高的 OPP low
high in something
Choose foods that are high in fiber and low in calories.
要选择高纤维低热量的食品。
a high sugar/salt/fibre etc content
Red meat tends to have a high fat content.
红肉脂肪含量往往较高。
6 rank/position 级别/职位HIGH POSITION OR RANK having an important position in society or within an organization 〔在社会或机构中〕职位高的，高级的，重要的 OPP low
a high rank in the US Navy
美国海军中的高级军衔
the City’s highest honour
该市的最高荣誉
high up (=in a powerful position) 位居高职
someone high up in the CIA
中央情报局的某位高层官员
high office (=an important position) 高位
Both of them held high office in the Anglican Church.
他们两人都位居圣公会高层。
high society (=rich people of the highest social class) 上流社会
→ high-class, high-ranking, high-up, → friends in high places at friend1(12)7 advanced 先进的 [only before noun] advanced and often complicated 先进的
We can offer all the benefits of the latest high technology.
我们可以提供最新高科技的益处。
the world of high finance
高级金融界
the higher animals/mammals/organisms etc (=animals etc that are more intelligent or advanced than others) 高等动物/哺乳动物/生物等
8 high opinion/regard/praise etc ADMIREstrong approval of someone or something, or an expression of strong approval 高度评价/尊重/赞扬等
I’ve always had a high opinion of her work.
我对她的工作一直评价很高。
hold somebody/something in high esteem/regard (=respect them very much) 高度尊重某人/某事
As an educationalist, he was held in very high esteem.
作为一名教育家，他受到人们的高度尊敬。
Romsey earned high praise from his boss.
罗姆西赢得了老板的高度赞扬。
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earned high praise• It was a display which earned high praise, not least from Coventry boss Bobby Gould.
9 high priority (also high on the list/agenda)IMPORTANT important and needing to be done or dealt with quickly 被列为重要[优先处理]事项
Most people feel that education needs to be given higher priority.
大多数人认为教育应该是当务之急。
Arms control is high on the agenda.
军备控制排在议程表的前列。
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high priority• Free individual choice in matters affecting this right should, in my opinion, be accorded very high priority.• I assure the hon. Gentleman that my hon. Friend and I give the matter a high priority.• The development of the theoretical framework remains therefore of high priority.• The pleasure principle should motivate the programmes of study, and always be given high priority.• In general, only high priority cases are able to gain a place.• Launching a new round of trade liberalisation talks after the failure of the Seattle summit remains a high priority for both sides.• He was even, ironically in light of the Simpson verdicts bearing down on him, placing his highest priority on education.• If saving lives is your aim, providing clean water should be a higher priority still.
10 high hopes/expectations HOPEwhen someone hopes or expects that something will be very good or successful 很高的希望/期望
My expectations of the place were never very high, but I didn’t think it would be this bad.
我对此处从未抱太高期望，不过也没想到会这么糟糕。
have high hopes/expectations
Like many young actors, I had high hopes when I first started out.
如许多青年演员一样，我刚开始的时候也抱有很高期望。
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have high hopes/expectations• Such partnerships will provide strong, tangible support but will have high expectations.• They are more than a spark but less than a small fire and exporters have high hopes.• In attempting this I have high hopes because there are strong historical precedents for such speculations.• Teachers should have high expectations for their students.• I have high hopes for you.• We will also, of course, imagine that they have high expectations of us.• They have high expectations when they come here and sometimes feel anything less than perfection is a failure.
11 sound 声音CHIGH SOUND OR VOICE near or above the top of the range of sounds that humans can hear 〔音调〕高的，尖声的 OPP low
I always had difficulty reaching the high notes (=when singing).
我唱高音总是有困难。
a high squeaky voice
→ high-pitched 又高又尖的嗓音
12 high point (also high spot) British EnglishBrEBEST an especially good part of an activity or event 〔活动或事情的〕高潮，最精彩部分
The visit to the ancient capital city was one of the high points of the tour.
参观古都是这次旅游中最精彩的内容之一。
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high point• Political repression and racial discrimination were at a high point.• At the top of the theater steps, the highest point, all four forms appear.• They were at the highest point for twenty li about.• Christmas and New Year have long been the high point for visitor and Madeiran alike.• As the pedal is pressed downward from its highest point, it also moves forward.• That is just the intensification, the high point of an ongoing process.• His engagement to Nora Cushing had been the high point of her life.• We are now reaching the high point of the truly happy life.
13 high ground
a) an area of land that is higher than the area surrounding it 高地
Villagers herded the livestock to high ground to keep them safe during the floods.
洪水期间，村民们把牲畜赶到高地上以确保它们的安全。
b) a better, more moral, or more powerful position in an argument or competition 〔辩论或比赛中的〕优势，有利条件
Neither side in this conflict can claim the moral high ground.
冲突双方在道德上都不占优势。
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moral high ground• Some corporations have seized the moral high ground.• It occupied the moral high ground and refused to budge.• Its members view themselves as occupants of the moral high ground because they see their cause as legitimate, their crimes political.• The candidates held the moral high ground because they stood up and offered to serve.• Stick to the moral high ground by blaming the current system for not saving as many lives as it might.• But such a brash grasp for the moral high ground called for an answer.• The new alliance will attempt to win the moral high ground from anti-abortion and antivivisection groups, he says.• Television is therefore seen to be taking the moral high ground, the side of the punter against the forces of evil.
14 high spirits HAPPYfeelings of happiness and energy, especially when you are having fun 欢欣鼓舞，兴高采烈
It was a bright sunny day and we set off in high spirits.
那天阳光明媚，我们兴高采烈地出发了。
I don’t think they intended any harm – it was just high spirits.
我认为他们没有恶意——他们只是太兴奋了。
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in high spirits• Despite the rain, everyone was in high spirits.• He is in high spirits...• The piece needs to be taken at a good pace and in high spirits.• The girls go down to the locker room in high spirits, all except Eddie.• Lee wasted no time entering Maryland, the men being in high spirits as the bold move was made.• Said victim, in high spirits at justice actually being served against all probability, immediately calls the police.• Prue told George that Dawn Allenby was in high spirits because an admirer had sent her flowers.• Mercutio is in high spirits, teasing Romeo about his love as they prepare to go to the Capulet masked ball.
15 happy/excited 高兴的/兴奋的HAPPYEXCITED [not before noun] happy and excited 高兴的；兴奋的
I was still high from the applause.
我依然沉浸在掌声带来的兴奋中。
16 drugs 毒品 [not before noun]MDD behaving in a strange and excited way as the result of taking drugs 〔吸食毒品后〕极度兴奋的，陶醉的
high on
Most people there were high on cocaine.
那里的大多数人吸食了可卡因，精神极度亢奋。
get high (=take a drug to make yourself high) 吸毒以求得快感
Steve was as high as a kite (=strongly affected by drugs or alcohol).
史蒂夫吸了毒感觉飘飘欲仙。
17 sea/river 海/河HIGH having risen to a high level 〔水位〕高的 OPP low
The river is at its highest in spring.
→ high tide 这条河春季水位最高。
18 it is high time somebody did something TIME/RIGHT OR WRONG TIMEused to say that something should be done now 某人该做某事了
It’s high time you got a job.
你该找份工作了。
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it is high time somebody did something• It's high time we pulled together and got the job done right.
19 time 时间PERIOD OF TIME the middle or the most important part of a particular period of time 中期的；全盛的
high summer
盛夏
high noon (=12 o'clock in the middle of the day) 正午
→ high season20. high wind DNa strong wind 大风
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high wind• Four guylines are attached half way up the pole sleeve to storm-lash the tent - great for very high winds.• It was a shed that wobbled in high winds.• Nevertheless, there was a degree of innovation in one aspect of this design: its ability to resist high wind.• More than 1,100 plows struggled to keep up with the high winds and drifts of four to six feet.• First high winds blow Stu Miller off the mound, forcing a balk, at Candlestick Park.• This allows good use of space, but high winds compress the sides.• On one particular day I lay there watching a strong, high wind move the clouds.• At present, they can only develop profitably in locations with high wind speed.
21 high alert a situation in which people are told to be ready because there is a strong possibility of an attack or of something dangerous happening 高度戒备
put/place somebody on high alert
Troops were put on high alert.
部队奉命处于高度戒备状态。
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high alert• Early in the war Soviet southern troops were put on high alert.
22 high life/living SPEND MONEYRICHthe enjoyable life that rich and fashionable people have 〔富人及时尚人士的〕奢华生活
We’re all stuck here, while he’s off living the high life in New York.
我们都困在这里，他却远在纽约过着奢华的生活。
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high life/living• He told the villa's owner Count Robert de Beaumont how much he loved the sun-soaked Costa high life.• He was a lively and stylish writer, and contributed a column to the Jerusalem Post on high life and low living.• But this is one weekend, he thought, when there will be high living and no thinking.• His dream had finally run out in an Arabian nightmare of high living and questionable favours.• As in Shakespeare, there are scenes of high life and scenes of low life.• It looked like the high life, but it was life on borrowed time.• But other authorities also face recruiting difficulties, which suggests that the problem extends beyond high living costs and poor pay.
23 high drama/adventure EXCITEDvery exciting events or situations 充满戏剧性的事件/极刺激的历险
a life with moments of high drama
拥有刺激经历的人生
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high drama/adventure• The movie is full of grandeur and high adventure.• But what a chance for high adventure!• They refused to yield against awkward opponents, on a difficult pitch, in a match of high drama and controversial incidents.• The high drama at the Fed involves its decisions on interest rates and the money supply.• But now, along with high drama, diners at Checkers can enjoy a lighter menu.• The problem is even more severe with the natural world, where the ratio of observable high drama is much lower.• Any high drama that remains is found deep in technical working party country.• Thus ended an episode of high drama, the excitement of which tends to distort its significance.• But Merseyside and Manchester both proved last week that it is possible to concoct high drama without substituting motivation for mutilation.
24 end/finish/begin etc (something) on a high note to end, finish something etc in a successful way 圆满结束/成功开始（某事）
The team finished their tour on a high note in Barbados.
该队的巡回赛在巴巴多斯画上了圆满的句号。
25 high principles/ideals GOOD/MORALideas about personal behaviour based on the belief that people should always behave in an honest and morally good way 高尚[崇高]的原则/理想
a man of high moral principles
具有崇高道德准则的人
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high principles/ideals• Henry Lunn, one of the major figures of the early days of organized travel, was also inspired by high ideals.• They put short-term expediency and selfish interest before the application of high principles.• Though it created problems in times of political crisis, it was the price one had to pay for pursuing high ideals.• What we worship these days is financial success, as though it automatically confers high principles and admirable character.• He believed genuinely in high principles and aims even if he was not yet assured of a sense of perspective.• Her virginity is one of the highest ideals in Catholicism.• The war, the president insists, is about higher principles than control of a grubby liquid in the ground.
26 high and mighty BOASTtalking or behaving as if you think you are better or more important than other people 盛气凌人的，不可一世的
Don’t get high and mighty with me.
别在我面前神气活现的。
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high and mighty• You know how it is up there on the throne of clouds occupied by the very high and mighty of communications.• Afterward he and Corinne went to the White House for lunch and mingled with the high and mighty of official Washington.• For the high and mighty only appear so because we are on our knees.
27 be/get on your high horse BOASTto give your opinion about something in a way that shows you think you are definitely right and that other people are wrong 自以为是，自高自大
If she’d get down off her high horse for a moment, she might realize there’s more than one point of view here.
如果她不这么自以为是的话，她可能会意识到别人对这个问题有其他看法。
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be/get on your high horse• All right, all right; don't get on your high horse.• Oh, now he gets on his high horse and accuses me of being an anti-Semite!• Don't get on your high horse with me.
28. food 食物DFF British EnglishBrE cheese, meat etc that is high is not fresh and has a strong smell or taste 〔奶酪、肉类等〕不新鲜的，馊臭的
29. high days and holidays British EnglishBrE special occasions 节假日
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high days and holidays• They were people who really let themselves go on high days and holidays, not likely to fuss about anything left over.
30. high complexion/colouring British EnglishBrEDCCCC a naturally pink or red face 红润的脸色
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high complexion/colouring• Tone down high colouring by using a green moisturiser or under-make-up base before applying foundation.
31. in high dudgeon formal in an angry or offended way – often used humorously 愤然；怒气冲冲〔常为幽默用法〕
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in high dudgeon• I was just so furious that I swept out in high dudgeon.• The kuei will usually give up and leave a house in high dudgeon.
32 language 语言
→ highly, → stink to high heaven at stink1(1) a) high style/register British EnglishBrEAL a very formal style of language, especially used in literature 文学语言风格/语域
b) high German/Dutch etc a form of a language used for formal purposes that is often different from the ordinary form used by most people 高地德语/标准荷兰语等
THESAURUS
buildings/mountains etc 建筑物/高山等
high measuring a long distance from the bottom to the top – used about mountains, walls, and buildings 〔山、墙壁、建筑物〕高的
the highest mountain in the world
世界上最高的山
The castle was surrounded by high walls.
城堡的四周围着高墙。
a high cliff
高高的悬崖
nThe council told the architects the tower was too high.
tall high – used about people, trees, plants, and buildings. Tall is used especially about things that are high and narrow 〔人、树木、植物和建筑物，尤指细长物〕高的，高大的
tall marble columns
高高的大理石柱子
A cat was hiding in the tall grass.
高高的草丛中躲着一只猫。
a tall modern building
一幢现代化的高楼
majestic especially written very impressive because of being very big and tall – used about mountains, buildings, trees, and animals 〔山、建筑物、树木、动物〕雄伟的，壮丽的
the majestic mountains of the Himalayas
壮丽的喜马拉雅山脉
nThe abbey is noted for its majestic arches, fine doorways and elegant windows.
nThe cathedral looked majestic in the evening light.
soaring [only before noun] especially written used about a building or mountain that looks extremely tall and impressive 〔建筑物或山〕高耸的
a soaring skyscraper
高耸入云的摩天大楼
nthe soaring towers of the palace
towering [only before noun] especially written extremely high, in a way that seems impressive but also often rather frightening 高耸的〔常令人害怕〕
The sky was shut out by the towering walls of the prison.
天空被高耸的监狱围墙挡住了。
towering trees
参天大树
lofty [usually before noun] literary very high and impressive – used in literature 巍峨的，高耸的〔用于文学作品〕
the lofty peaks in the far distance
远处巍峨的群峰
high-rise [usually before noun] a high-rise building is a tall modern building with a lot of floors containing apartments or offices 〔建筑物〕高层的
COLLOCATIONS CHECKa high-rise apartment block
高层公寓楼
nHe works in a high-rise office in New York.
high mountain/building/wall/fence
tall person/tree/plant/building/tower/statue
majestic mountain/building/tree/animal
soaring building/tower/mountain
towering wall/tree/mountain/building
lofty building/mountain/tree/heights
high-rise building
sounds 声音high-pitched higher than most sounds or voices 声调高的
He has a rather high-pitched voice.
他的声调相当高。
Bats make high-pitched squeaks.
蝙蝠发出吱吱的尖叫声。
nthe high-pitched whine of a dentist's drill
shrill high and unpleasant 尖锐的，刺耳的
Her voice became more shrill.
她的声音变得刺耳起来。
The bird has rather a shrill cry.
那只鸟的叫声相当刺耳。
piercing extremely high and loud, in a way that is unpleasant 尖锐的，刺耳的
a piercing scream
刺耳的尖叫声
nSuddenly I heard a piercing whistle.
squeaky making very high noises that are not loud 轻声而尖利的，嘎吱作响的
a squeaky gate
吱嘎作响的大门
squeaky floorboards
嘎吱作响的地板
a squeaky little voice
尖细的嗓音
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high• In summer, the temperatures can be as high as 40°C.• Paul has extremely high blood pressure.• A couple of boys had climbed the high chain-link fence to get into the park.• He mocked her by repeating what she said in a high, childish voice.• The price deflator measures the size of price increases, and detects whether higher costs drive consumers away from a product.• I recognized Juliet's high, excited voice on the phone immediately.• I always try to avoid foods with a high fat content.• Dogs respond to sounds that are too high for humans to hear.• Gas prices are much higher here than in other parts of the country.• How high is the Eiffel Tower?• God, I got so high last night.• It's hard to know which products have high lead levels.• Analysts are concerned about the high level of consumer debt.• Gable regards this as an insult to the audience handed out by critics who consider themselves on a higher level.• High levels of radiation have been reported near the nuclear plant.• However, with experience of rather higher levels of use an asphalt surface has now been added to reduce annual maintenance costs.• Mt. McKinley is the highest mountain in North America.• I was amazed that he could sing such high notes.• Donna had some trouble reaching the high notes.• Newton died at age 47 while high on crack cocaine.• Mount St. Alban is Washington's highest point.• Airlines experiment with the highest possible fares over the weekend.• Increased production costs will mean higher prices for consumers.• I try to eat a low-fat, high-protein diet.• The less well off do receive transfer payments and the rich face the highest rates of income tax.• Its first proposed product, is a drug treatment to prevent viral pneumonia in high risk infants.
chest/waist/knee etc high• At its deepest I reckoned the water might be waist high.• Cicely sprints down the court, knees high.• It is over my ankles and outside in some places it is waist high.• The thin coat, too thin surely for a night in early November, was pulled waist high.• He ran in a comic manner, lifting his knees high, his elbows pumping furiously.• As soon as the water was waist high, she stood and walked to the side near to the female showers.
high proportion/percentage etc (of something)• A high percentage involved people aged between 17 and 24.• A similarly high proportion end in a swift judgment because the defendant is in default or has no real defence.• A very high proportion of nearly all industrialized countries' aid is tied to their own goods or personnel.• Administrative changes during the late nineteenth century should have resulted in a higher proportion of cases being reported.• It is not surprising that a high proportion of patients burst into tears as soon as the physiotherapist begins work.• The cause for this is not clear but one factor could be the higher proportion of miners who had had gastric surgery.• The most relevant feature is the high proportion of multinational corporations in Britain.• Thus participation in sport is increasing due to a higher proportion of the adult population taking part in at least one activity.
maintain high standards• He reckons suppliers have a choice: stick with lower prices and compromise on quality or raise prices and maintain high standards.• Tact, vigilance and persistence in maintaining high standards are necessary.• This gives students responsibility for maintaining high standards in these areas.• At the same time, the protectorate's authorities want to maintain high standards of financial propriety with strict rules.• The aim of the group is to maintain high standards of Goldfish keeping.
a high sugar/salt/fibre etc content• Certain types of liquids, especially those with a high sugar content, cause bottle tops to stick.• Eating less meat, which has a high salt content, meant that they needed to supplement their salt intake.
high society• members of New York's high society• Although personally modest, Astaire pushed off from a world of high society.• He reckoned he'd fit much better into Hollywood and high society.• My first venture into high society.• The brothers intend to show that they will not conform to the practices and hypocrisies of high society.• Torn between high society and the life of the workers on the estate, she makes many mistakes before seeing the truth.• There was no doubt that he could write well about high society, but the market for that sort of thing was dwindling.• Before long, Brighton was a centre of high society second only to London.• And the few people he mixed with in high society turned their backs on him.
the higher animals/mammals/organisms etc• Their less advanced bodies appear to be easier to reconstitute than those of the higher animals.
high as a kite• They were both as high as a kite.• Last reported early yesterday morning, high as a kite, heading for a train.• That he was high as a kite on Ecstasy and had thought they were larking about!
high noon• The siren was simply announcing high noon.• The game starts at high noon.• Pictorially this visual time sequence can be used to suggest morning, high noon, afternoon and evening.• It is high noon and 108 degrees in the shade.• The glaring light of high noon encouraged his use of rich blacks.• Say you were stuck out in the Sonoran wilderness at high noon in summer, lost, thirsty and tired.• The 1987 election marked the high noon of the government of Margaret Thatcher.• It was always high noon there.• From high noon to sundown we blazed and buzzed like hot island bees on sweet cherry trees.• And there they sat without frames, naked in the heat of high noon, waiting to be paid attention to.
Colours & sounds, Textures, sounds
high2 ●●● S2 W3 adverbadv 1 above the ground 在地面以上HIGH at or to a level high above the ground, the floor etc 〔离地面〕高高地；在[向]高处 OPP low
He kicked the ball high into the air, over the heads of the crowd.
他把球高高地踢向空中，越过了人群。
high above/into etc
Hotel Miramar is situated high above the bay.
米拉马尔酒店高高地坐落在海湾之上。
A ski lift whisks you high into the mountains.
滑雪缆车会把你迅速送到高高的山上。
2 value/cost/amount 价值/成本/数量EXPENSIVELOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT at or to a high value, cost, amount etc 〔价值、成本、数量等〕高高地 OPP low
If prices shoot up any higher, no one will be able to afford to live in the area.
如果物价继续上涨，这一地区就没人住得起了。
Tom scored higher than anyone else in the class.
汤姆在班上的得分最高。
3 sound 声音CHIGH SOUND OR VOICE with a high sound 高音调地
A strange cry rang high into the night.
奇怪的叫声划破了夜空。
4 achievement 成就HIGH POSITION OR RANK at or to a high rank or level of achievement, especially within a company 处于[向]高的地位[成就] OPP low
It seems that the higher you rise, the less time you have to actually do your job.
似乎职位越高，参与实际工作的时间越少。
My parents always encouraged me to aim high.
我父母一直鼓励我要志存高远。
5 (leave somebody/something) high and dry HELP
a) if someone is left high and dry, they are left without any help or without the things that they need （使某人）孤立无援，陷入困境
b) if a boat, area etc is left high and dry, it is left on land because the water that surrounded it has gone down 〔船〕搁浅；〔地方〕高出水面
The once-thriving port of Rye was left high and dry as sea levels retreated.
一度繁荣的拉伊港由于海平面下降变成了旱港。
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(leave somebody/something) high and dry• Between breakups the continents stood high and dry.• But at Hereford, the oil level had been allowed to drop, leaving the probe high and dry.• It is profitable, but it leaves the comic muse high and dry.• The pirates left us high and dry!• Unfortunately, instead of being integrated in a general hospital as planned, the wing will now be left high and dry.• When Matt married Inez I was left high and dry.• Otherwise, a drop in the water level might leave boaters high and dry and give property owners mudflat views.• Some crews actually rope cell phones down to high and dry rock climbers to get information.
6 look/search high and low FINDto try to find someone or something by looking everywhere 到处寻找
→ hold your head high at hold1(16), → live high on the hog at live1(26), → be riding high at ride1(6), → run high at run1(28) We looked high and low for Sandy but couldn’t find her.
我们到处寻找桑迪，但找不到她。
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look/search high and low• Throughout her letters, Clappe was searching high and low for a room of her own.• You say you have looked high and low for new building sites but let me tell you there are some.• We looked high and low for Sandy but couldn't find her.• He had searched high and low for these.
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high• Could the pressure be too high?• The girl's voice rang high above everyone else's.• The dollar climbed higher against the yen today.• Monopolies tend to keep their prices and profits high by restricting the supply of a good.• It has long been thought that a diet high in fiber reduces the risks of cancer.• Sandy continued to rise higher in Zefco's ranks.• And the elder Miss Snoot at her window high up in Old Odborough looks over the roofs of the town.• The phone is high up on the wall.
high above/into etc• Empty chairs with harnesses swung violently through the air, high above people's heads.• For once he allowed the cork to fly high into the air.• There he stands, high above the congregation, as though he has removed his last connection with worldly beings.• He flicked away another cigarette as they made their way towards him to continue the drive still higher into the hills.• Neither could she see that around them there were islands rising high above the sea, many islands.• Forget Michelangelo, lying on his back high above the Sistine Chapel floor to paint his famous frescoes.• Living as he did high above the Thames on the fringe of the city, this wasn't his part of London.
rang high• Down went Pew, under the horse's feet, with a cry that rang high into the night.
aim high• Job satisfaction is commonly a crucial factor in a decision not to aim high.• She wanted to aim high as she was naturally competitive.• I froze in the shelter of my rock, but the glasses were aimed higher, at the tent.
Drug culture, School
high3 ●○○ noun [countableC] 1 number/amount 数字/数量MOST the highest price, number, temperature etc that has ever been recorded, or that has been recorded within a particular period of time 〔价格、数字、温度等的〕最高点，最高水平
Highs of 40°C were recorded in the region last summer.
去年夏天该地区记录到的最高温度达40摄氏度。
a new/record/ten-year etc high
The price of oil reached a new high this week.
本周的石油价格创出了新高。
2 excitement 兴奋EXCITED informal a feeling of great happiness or excitement 兴奋感，欢欣，情绪高涨
They’re bound to be on a high after such an incredible victory.
获得如此巨大的胜利他们肯定会兴奋不已。
the emotional highs and lows of a new romance
新恋情带来的情感跌宕起伏
3. drugs 毒品MDD a feeling of pleasure or excitement produced by some drugs 〔某些毒品带来的〕快感，飘飘欲仙的感觉
4. weather 天气 an area of high pressure that affects the weather 高（气）压区
5 school 学校SES a short form of high school, used in the name of a school 高中；中学〔用于校名〕
Benjamin Franklin High
本杰明•富兰克林高中
6 from on high POWERfrom someone in a position of authority – used humorously 来自上级的，来自高层的〔幽默用法〕
An order came from on high.
上头有命令。
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from on high• The advice from on high convinced Dustin to stay in school.• Directives come from on high, and the entire process is remote and out of reach.• Also, everyone in a centralized organization gets conditioned to standing around and waiting for orders to come from on high.• The people aren't being instructed from on high about their national interests.• A sudden radiance from on high fell on the two and made them look up.• But a view from on high is not the most accurate.• Was the word from on high that all plans for release had been shelved?• Then sharp words from on high were whispered in youthful ears.
7 on high formalRRC
a) at a high temperature as measured by an electric oven etc 用〔电烤炉等的〕高火
Microwave on high for eight minutes.
用微波炉的高火加热八分钟。
b) formal in a high place or heaven 在高处；在天堂
An angel came from on high.
天使下凡。
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high• Highs today were in the mid-90's.• I was on such a high.• But the feeling was different from any high or excitement I had felt before.• The past year has been a rollercoaster one for the royals with a few highs followed by lots of depressing lows.• By junior high, she knew she wanted to play college ball.• The price of oil reached a new high this week.• With the right company, certainly the stock should hit new highs with the next bull market.• The high she got from cocaine never lasted.• It has shed more than 200 points since reaching an all-time high of 5,689. 74 on April 3.
reached a new high• It was the third time this season that Strickland reached a new high.
highs and lows• Tendency to mania; has highs and lows.• This book follows young Pip through his life and into his mid thirties and shows his highs and lows.• For Kip, highs and lows were tolerable.• There are too many jagged edges to the Clinton experience, too many highs and lows.• The Tide tables can not be relied on for precise highs and lows of the tides.• The event had all the highs and lows of a record attempt.• Julia Knights reports on the highs and lows of harvest 2000.
-high /haɪ/ suffix [in adjectives]
HIGHof a particular height …高的
The wall was about chest-high (=as high as your chest).
那堵墙大概齐胸高。
a 7,000 metre-high mountain
一座7,000米高的山
From Longman Business Dictionary
highhigh1 /haɪ/ noun [countableC]
the largest amount, figure, value etc in a particular period of time
→ historic high → intraday high → life-of-contract high → record high → session highAdvancing stocks again led as 162 issues reached new highs and only 14 dropped to new lows.
highhigh2 adjectiveadj
1a high amount, number, or level is more than normal, more than average, or more than it was before
high interest rates
Property prices remain high.
A high proportion of female directors are in the 35-to-55 age range.
Sales to rental car companies made up a high percentage of the vehicles sold by General Motors.
There is still a high risk that the US currency will fall back during the year.
2a high position in an organization is an important one
→ compare low1He rose swiftly to high office.
highhigh3 adverbadv
at or to a high amount, number, level etc
Prices could go even higher early this year.
Western-educated technocrats high up in powerful bureaucracies
Old English heah
→20-32
→THESAURUS1high2 adverbadvhigh3 noun-high suffix