height
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UK height n: (measurement bottom to top) (具体高度)
SC 高，高度 gāo，gāo dù
TC 高，高度
TC 高，高度
SC 身高 shēn gāo(人)
From the base to the top, the column has a height of four meters. Bob looks very tall - what is his height?
从底部到顶端，这根圆柱的高度是 4 米。
鲍勃看上去很高。他的身高是多少？
height n: (quality: tallness) (个头)
SC 高 gāo
TC 高
TC 高
What Jane lacks in height, she makes up for in personality.
简个子不高，但有个性来弥补这一不足。
height n: (extent upwards) (距地面的距离)
SC 高度 gāo dù
TC 高度
TC 高度
"I don't want to worry you," said Bridget to her co-pilot, "but we're losing height."
“我不想让你担心，”布丽奇特对副驾驶说，“但飞机在不断下降。”
height n: (high place, altitude)
SC 高度 gāo dù
TC 高度
TC 高度
SC 高处 gāo dù ，gāo chù
We can see the whole of London from this height.
从这一高度我们可以俯瞰整个伦敦。
heights npl: (high places)
SC 高的地方，高处 gāo de dì fāng，gāo chù
I won't climb to the top of the mountain; I really don't like heights.
我不会爬到山顶去；我是真的不喜欢高处。
height n: figurative, often plural (summit, apex)
SC 最高点, 顶点, 顶峰, 巅峰
In 1965, the popularity of the Beatles was at its height.
1965年，甲壳虫乐队的欢迎程度达到顶峰。
the height of [sth] n: figurative (utmost, ultimate)
SC …的巅峰, …的极致
When the telephone was first invented, it was the height of technology.
电话刚被发明出来时，是科技的巅峰。
Heights npl: (in name of hilly place) (用在地名中)
SC 高地 gāo dì
TC 高地
TC 高地
My parents live in Washington Heights.
我父母住在华盛顿高地。
height measurement n: (how tall [sth], [sb] is)
SC 高度测量 gāo dù cè liáng
TC 高度測量
TC 高度測量
SC 测高法 gāo dù cè liáng，cè gāo fǎ
height of fashion n: ([sth] popular)
SC 最新时尚 zuì xīn shí shàng
TC 最新時尚
TC 最新時尚
SC 时髦 zuì xīn shí shàng，shí máo
SC 新潮 zuì xīn shí shàng，xīn cháo
There was a time when mullets were the height of fashion.
medium-height, medium height adj: (averagely-tall)
SC 中等身高的，中等个的
Amy is a medium-height woman with long brown hair.
raise the height of [sth] v expr: (make higher)
SC 提高…的高度 tí gāo de gāo dù
SC 使…更高 tí gāo de gāo dù，shǐ gèng gāo
When basketball players speak, we usually have to raise the height of the microphone.