height

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 hīt

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The distance from the base to the top of something. countable,uncountable
    — Happiness Makes Up in Height for What It Lacks in Length [title of poem]
  2. The distance from the base to the top of something.; The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse). countable,uncountable
    — — What's your height? — 180 centimetres.
  3. The distance from the base to the top of something.; The minimum distance from a vertex of a triangle to (the extension of) the edge opposite, namely along a line perpendicular to the edge. countable,uncountable
    — The area of a triangle is "a half base times height".
  4. The distance from the base to the top of something.; The amplitude of a sinusoid. countable,uncountable
  5. The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level. countable,uncountable
    — We flew at a height of 15 000 meters.
  6. A high point. countable,uncountable
    — At length they arrived at the open road, skirted by a wide heath, bounded by the rising heights of the undulating country.
  7. A high point.; The highest point or maximum degree. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — She's at the height of her career.
  8. A high point.; A mountain, especially a very high one. countable,uncountable
  9. A high point.; An area of land at the top of a cliff. countable,uncountable
  10. A quality of vowels, indicating the vertical position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth; in practice, the first formant, associated with the height of the tongue. countable,uncountable

词形变化

heights plural heighth alternative,obsolete heigth alternative,obsolete hight alternative,obsolete highth alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
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相关词
high

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kewk-
Proto-Indo-European *kówk-o-s
Proto-Germanic *hauhaz
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der.
Proto-Germanic *-iþō
Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō
Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu
Old English hīehþu
Middle English heighte
English height
From Middle English heighte, heiȝþe, from Old English hēahþu, hēhþo, hīehþu (“height”), Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (compare *hauhaz). Equivalent to high + -t (abstract nominal suffix). The regular pronunciation is now obsolete /heɪt/ (as with other words in -eight); the modern form developed early on, at first as a variant, by analogy with the underlying adjective.
Cognates
See also Saterland Frisian Höchte, Hööchte (“height”), West Frisian hichte (“height”), Dutch hoogte (“height”), Middle High German hœhede, hœhte (“height”), Old Norse hæð (“height”) (compare Swedish höjd, Norwegian høyde), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa, “height”).
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