| 单词 | tall |
| 释义 | talltallertallesttalltall /tɔːl $ tɒːl/ adjective1 a tall person, building, tree etc is a greater height than normal OPP small: the tallest boy in the classtall班里最高的男孩a house surrounded by tall treessurroundtree被高大树木环绕的房子2used to talk about the height of someone or something5ft/2m/12 inches etc tallMy brother’s almost 6 feet tall.foot我的弟弟有近六英尺高。How tall is that bookcase?be那个书架有多高？Word Choice: tall or high?You use tall about people. You also use tall about buildings, trees, or plants, especially ones that are tall and narrow.You use high about mountains, walls, or buildings. You do not use high about people. THESAURUS: tallhigh measuring a long way from the bottom to the top – used about a mountain, wall, building, or fence. Do not use high about people: Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.behigha high cliffThe castle was surrounded by high walls.besurroundwalltall high – used about a person, or about a tree, plant, building etc that is tall and narrow: He’s very tall for his age.a tall towertall treestreeA cat was hiding in the tall grass.behidhigh-rise a high-rise building is tall and modern, with a lot of floors containing apartments or offices: high-rise apartment buildingsbuildinga high-rise office blockmajestic big, tall, and very impressive – used about mountains, buildings, trees, and animals: The city is surrounded by majestic mountains.besurroundmountaina majestic herd of elephantselephantThe lion is a majestic animal.betowering literary extremely high or tall in relation to you, especially in a way that seems rather frightening: the towering walls of the prisontowerwallI suddenly saw my father’s towering figure.seetower |
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