height S2 W3 / haɪt / 名词

1 how tall [可数和不可数名词] how tall someone or something is :

Sam’s about the same height as his sister now.

State your age, height, and weight.

buildings of different heights

six feet/ten metres etc in height

None of these sculptures was less than three metres in height.

a height of six feet/ten metres etc

Sunflowers can grow to a height of 15 feet.

2 distance above the ground [可数和不可数名词] the distance something is above the ground :

It’s a miracle she didn’t break her neck falling from that height.

a height of 2,500 feet/10,000 metres etc

The aircraft was flying at a height of 10,000 metres.

gain/lose height (= move higher or lower in the sky )

The plane was rapidly losing height.

3 high place

a) [可数名词] a place or position that is a long way above the ground

from a height

a bird that opens shellfish by dropping them from a height onto rocks

Rachel had always been scared of heights .

have a head for heights (= not be afraid of heights )

b) heights [复数形式] a particular high place – used especially in place names :

the Golan Heights

4 new/great/dizzy etc heights

a) a very high level of achievement or success

rise to/reach etc … heights

He reached the dizzy heights of the national finals.

They took ice dancing to new heights .

b) a very great level or degree :

War fever had reached new heights.

5 the height of something the busiest or most extreme part of a period or activity 同义词 peak :

the height of the tourist season

6 be at the height of your success/fame/powers etc to be more successful, famous etc than at any other time :

The Beatles were at the height of their fame.

7 be the height of fashion/stupidity/luxury etc to be extremely fashionable, stupid etc :

Flared trousers were considered to be the height of fashion in those days.