high

英 [haɪ]

美 [haɪ]

adj.  高的; 有某高度的; (离地面)很高的; 海拔很高的
n.  最高水平; 最大数量; 高气压区; 反气旋; (某天、某星期等的)最高气温
adv.  在高处; 向高处; 高; (成本、价值)高; (数量)大; 音调高

比较级：higher　最高级：highest　复数：highs　

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同义词辨析

highloftytall【导航词义：高的】

习惯用语

adj.

be/get on your high horse
• 趾高气扬；自命不凡；自以为了不起
  to behave in a way that shows you think you are better than other people
have a high old time
• 玩得很开心
  to enjoy yourself very much
high and dry
• 高出水面；搁浅
  in a position out of the water
• Their yacht was left high and dry on a sandbank.
  他们的帆船搁浅在沙丘上了。
• 处境艰难；无依无靠；身无分文
  in a difficult situation, without help or money
high and mighty
• 趾高气扬；神气活现；自高自大
  behaving as though you think you are more important than other people
high as a kite
• （因酗酒或吸毒）异常兴奋，神魂恍惚
  behaving in a very excited way because of being strongly affected by alcohol or drugs
in high dudgeon
• 愤然；怒冲冲
  in an angry or offended mood, and showing other people that you are angry
• He stomped out of the room in high dudgeon.
  他愤怒地噔噔走出了屋子。
smell, stink, etc. to high heaven
• 发出难闻气味；难闻透顶
  to have a strong unpleasant smell
• 很不诚实；不道德
  to seem to be very dishonest or morally unacceptable
(come) hell or high water
• 无论有什么困难
  despite any difficulties
• I was determined to go, come hell or high water.
  我决心要去，无论有什么困难。
take, claim, seize, etc. the moral high ground
• 声称自己的论点在道义上占优势
  to claim that your side of an argument is morally better than your opponents' side; to argue in a way that makes your side seem morally better
of a high orderof the highest/first order
• 高质量的；高品质的；一流的
  of a high quality or degree; of the highest quality or greatest degree
• The job requires diplomatic skills of a high order.
  这项工作要求高超的外交技巧。
• She was a snob of the first order.
  她是天字第一号势利鬼。
a high/low profile
• 惹人 / 不惹人注目；高 / 低姿态
  the amount of attention sb/sth has from the public
• This issue has had a high profile in recent months.
  近几个月来，这个议题一直是关注的焦点。
• I advised her to keep a low profile for the next few days (= not to attract attention) .
  我建议她未来几天保持低姿态。
it's about/high time
• 差不多 / 现在是…的时候了
  used to say that you think sb should do sth soon
• It's about time you cleaned your room!
  你该打扫自己的房间了！

n.

on high
• 在高处
  in a high place
• We gazed down into the valley from on high.
  我们从高处向下眺望山谷。
• 高层人员
  the people in senior positions in an organization
• An order came down from on high that lunchbreaks were to be half an hour and no longer.
  上头指示说午餐休息时间不得超过半小时。
• 在天上
  in heaven
• The disaster was seen as a judgement from on high.
  这场灾难被视作上天的惩罚。

adv.

high and low
• 到处；各地
  everywhere
• I've searched high and low for my purse.
  我到处找我的钱包。
run high
• 激愤；激昂
  to be strong and angry or excited
• Feelings ran high as the election approached.
  选举临近，大家情绪都很激动。
fly high
• 成功
  to be successful
hold your head highhold up your head
• 昂首挺胸；抬起头来
  to be proud of or not feel ashamed about sth that you have done
• She managed to hold her head high and ignore what people were saying.
  她勉力昂首挺胸，不理会人家的闲言碎语。
be riding high
• 获得成功；信心十足
  to be successful or very confident

牛津词典

adj.

从底到顶 from bottom to top
• 高的
  measuring a long distance from the bottom to the top
  1. What's the highest mountain in the US?
     美国哪座山最高？
  2. The house has a high wall all the way round it.
     这栋房子的四周围着高墙。
  3. shoes with high heels
     高跟鞋
  4. He has a round face with a high forehead.
     他圆脸，高额头。
• 有某高度的
  used to talk about the distance that sth measures from the bottom to the top
  1. How high is Mount Aconcagua?
     阿空加瓜山有多高？
  2. It's only a low wall─about a metre high.
     那只不过是一堵矮墙——约一米高。
  3. The grass was waist-high.
     那片草齐腰高。
离地面远 far above ground
• （离地面）很高的；海拔很高的
  at a level which is a long way above the ground or above the level of the sea
  1. a high branch/shelf/window
     高处的树枝 / 搁板 / 窗
  2. The rooms had high ceilings.
     那些房间的天花板很高。
  3. They were flying at high altitude.
     他们正在高空飞行。
  4. the grasslands of the high prairies
     高地草原
超出常规 greater than normal
• （数量、质量、体积或程度）高的，超乎寻常的
  greater or better than normal in quantity or quality, size or degree
  1. a high temperature/speed/price
     高温 / 速 / 价
  2. a high rate of inflation
     高通货膨胀率
  3. Demand is high at this time of year.
     一年的这个时期需求很大。
  4. a high level of pollution
     严重的污染
  5. a high standard of craftsmanship
     高水平的手工艺
  6. high-quality goods
     优质商品
  7. A high degree of accuracy is needed.
     需要高度的准确性。
  8. The tree blew over in the high winds .
     树被大风刮倒了。
  9. We had high hopes for the business (= we believed it would be successful) .
     我们对这项生意寄予了很大希望。
  10. The cost in terms of human life was high.
      付出了很大的生命代价。
含量多 containing a lot
• 含某物多
  containing a lot of a particular substance
  1. foods which are high in fat
     高脂肪食物
  2. a high potassium content
     高钾含量
  3. a high-fat diet
     高脂肪的饮食
等级；地位 rank/status
• 上层的；地位高的
  near the top in rank or status
  1. She has held high office under three prime ministers.
     她曾在三任首相手下任过要职。
  2. He has friends in high places (= among people of power and influence) .
     他有位高权重的朋友。
有价值 valuable
• 价值高的
  of great value
  1. to play for high stakes
     豪赌
  2. My highest card is ten.
     我最大的牌是十。
理想；准则 ideals/principles
• 高尚的；崇高的
  morally good
  1. a man of high ideals/principles
     有崇高理想 / 道德准则的人
赞同 approving
• 十分赞同的；非常尊敬的
  showing a lot of approval or respect for sb
  1. She is held in very high regard by her colleagues.
     她很受同事们的敬重。
  2. You seem to have a high opinion of yourself!
     你似乎自我评价很高嘛！
声音 sound
• 高音的
  at the upper end of the range of sounds that humans can hear; not deep or low
  1. She has a high voice.
     她嗓音很尖。
  2. That note is definitely too high for me.
     那个音对我来说绝对太高了。
时段 of period of time
• 中间的；全盛的
  used to describe the middle or the most attractive part of a period of time
  1. high noon
     正午
  2. high summer
     盛夏
食物 food
• 开始变质的；开始发馊的
  beginning to go bad and having a strong smell
喝酒；吸毒 on alcohol/drugs
• 有醉意；表现兴奋
  behaving in an excited way because of the effects of alcohol or drugs
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noun

水平；数量 level/number
• 最高水平；最大数量
  the highest level or number
  1. Profits reached an all-time high last year.
     去年的利润空前地高。
天气 weather
• 高气压区；反气旋
  an area of high air pressure; an anticyclone
  1. A high over southern Europe is bringing fine, sunny weather to all parts.
     欧洲南部上空的高气压正给各地带来阳光灿烂的好天气。
• （某天、某星期等的）最高气温
  the highest temperature reached during a particular day, week, etc.
  1. Highs today will be in the region of 25˚C.
     今天的最高气温将为25摄氏度左右。
毒品引起 from drugs
• （毒品引致的）快感
  the feeling of extreme pleasure and excitement that sb gets after taking some types of drugs
  1. The high lasted all night.
     那种快感持续了一整夜。
来自成功 / 乐趣 from success/enjoyment
• 极大欢乐；极度高兴；乐不可支
  the feeling of extreme pleasure and excitement that sb gets from doing sth enjoyable or being successful at sth
  1. He was on a real high after winning the competition.
     他赢了那场比赛后高兴极了。
  2. the highs and lows of her acting career
     她的演员生涯的大起大落
学校 school
• （用于中学校名）
  used in the name of a high school
  1. He graduated from Little Rock High in 1982.
     他1982年毕业于小石城中学。

adv.

远离地面 / 底部 far from ground/bottom
• 在高处；向高处；高
  at or to a position or level that is a long way up from the ground or from the bottom
  1. An eagle circled high overhead.
     一只鹰在头顶上空盘旋。
  2. I can't jump any higher.
     我没法跳得更高了。
  3. She never got very high in the company.
     她在公司里从未坐到很高的位置。
  4. His desk was piled high with papers.
     他的桌子上摞着高高的一堆文件。
  5. She's aiming high (= hoping to be very successful) in her exams.
     她期望考出优异成绩。
价值；数量 value/amount
• （成本、价值）高；（数量）大
  at or to a large cost, value or amount
  1. Prices are expected to rise even higher this year.
     预计今年的价格将涨得更高。
声音 sound
• 音调高
  at a high pitch(3)
  1. I can't sing that high.
     我唱不了那么高的调子。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 高的（不用于形容人或动植物）
  Something that ishighextends a long way from the bottom to the top when it is upright. You do not usehighto describe people, animals, or plants.
  1. ...a house, with a high wall all around it...
     四周围着高墙的房子
  2. Mount Marcy is the highest mountain in the Adirondacks.
     马西山是阿迪朗达克山脉中最高的山。
  3. ...distraught people who have threatened to jump from high buildings.
     曾威胁说要从高楼跳下的心神不安的人们
  4. ...high-heeled shoes...
     高跟鞋
  5. The gate was too high for a man of his age to climb.
     大门太高了，像他那个年龄的人爬不上去。
  6. Highis also an adverb.
     
  7. ...wagons packed high with bureaus, bedding, and cooking pots.
     书桌、寝具和炊具堆得老高的运货车

The word you should use to describe people, animals, or plants istall.She was rather tall for a woman.Tallis also used to describe buildings such as skyscrapers, and other things whose height is much greater than their width....tall pine trees. ...a tall glass vase.
形容人、动物或植物高时应该用tall。例如，She was rather tall for a woman（她在女人中已是相当高了）。tall 也可以用来形容摩天大楼等建筑物，以及其他高度远远超过宽度的物体。例如，tall pine trees（高挺的松树），a tall glass vase（一只高挑的玻璃花瓶）。

• ADJ 高度为…的;有…高的
  You usehighto talk or ask about how much something upright measures from the bottom to the top.
  1. ...an elegant bronze horse only nine inches high...
     只有9英寸高的精致青铜马雕塑
  2. The grass in the yard was waist high...
     院子里的草有齐腰高。
  3. Measure your garage: how high is the door?
     量一量你的车库：门有多高？
• ADJ-GRADED （相对地面、海平面、其他人或物）高的
  If something ishigh, it is a long way above the ground, above sea level, or above a person or thing.
  1. I looked down from the high window...
     我从高高的窗口往下看。
  2. The bridge was high, jacked up on wooden piers...
     桥很高，被几个大木墩托起。
  3. The sun was high in the sky, blazing down on us...
     太阳高挂在空中，火辣辣地照在我们身上。
  4. In Castel Molo, high above Taormina, you can sample the famous almond wine made there.
     在陶尔米纳山高处的莫罗堡，你可以品尝那里酿造的著名的杏仁酒。
  5. Highis also an adverb.
     
  6. ...being able to run faster or jump higher than other people.
     能比别人跑得更快、或跳得更高
• ADJ-GRADED （数量、程度、强度等）高的
  You can usehighto indicate that something is great in amount, degree, or intensity.
  1. The European country with the highest birth rate is Ireland...
     人口出生率最高的欧洲国家是爱尔兰。
  2. Official reports said casualties were high...
     官方报告称死伤惨重。
  3. The higher the risk of lending money, the higher is the interest rate demanded by the lenders...
     贷款的风险越高，贷方索要的利率就越高。
  4. High winds have knocked down trees and power lines...
     大风刮倒了树木和电线。
  5. Commercialisation has given many sports a higher profile.
     商业化已经让多项体育运动有了更高的公众关注度。
  6. Highis also an adverb.
     
  7. He expects the unemployment figures to rise even higher in coming months.
     他预计失业人数会在今后几个月里进一步攀升。
• ADJ-GRADED （食物等）含…高的，富含…的
  If a food or other substance ishigh ina particular ingredient, it contains a large amount of that ingredient.
  1. Don't indulge in rich sauces, fried food and thick pastry as these are high in fat.
     不要吃太多浓酱汁、油炸食品和甜腻的油酥点心，因为这些食品的脂肪含量很高。
  2. ...a superb compost, high in calcium.
     富含钙的优质堆肥
• N-COUNT 最高点;最高水平
  If something reaches ahigh ofa particular amount or degree, that is the greatest it has ever been.
  1. Traffic from Jordan to Iraq is down to a dozen loaded lorries a day, compared with a high of 200 a day...
     现在从约旦到伊拉克一天只有十几辆装货的卡车通过，而最高峰时可达到一天200辆。
  2. Sales of Russian vodka have reached an all-time high.
     俄罗斯伏特加酒的销量已达到历史最高水平。
• ADJ-GRADED （重要性）高的;重要的
  If you say that something is ahighpriority or ishigh onyour list, you mean that you consider it to be one of the most important things you have to do or deal with.
  1. The Labour Party has not made the issue a high priority...
     工党尚未将该问题列为优先考虑的事项。
  2. Economic reform is high on the agenda.
     经济改革已成为头等大事。
• ADJ-GRADED （地位、职位）高的，显赫的
  Someone who ishigh ina particular profession or society, or has ahighposition, has a very important position and has great authority and influence.
  1. Was there anyone particularly high in the administration who was an advocate of a different policy?...
     政府中有没有哪位高层人物支持采取不同政策？
  2. Every single one of the arms companies is controlled by the families of high officials.
     每一家军火公司都是由高官家族控制的。
  3. ...corruption in high places.
     高层腐败
  4. ...high social class.
     上层社会
• ADJ 先进的;高级的;复杂的
  You can usehighto describe something that is advanced or complex.
  1. Neither Anna nor I are interested in high finance.
     安娜和我对巨额融资都不感兴趣。
  2. ...the rise of Japan's high technology industries.
     日本高科技产业的崛起
• ADV-GRADED 向高的目标（努力）
  If you aimhigh, you try to obtain or to achieve the best that you can.
  1. You should not be afraid to aim high in the quest for an improvement in your income...
     想让自己的收入有所提高时，你应该敢于给自己设定高的目标。
  2. We just do not set our sights high enough.
     我们设定的目标不够高远。
• ADJ-GRADED （声望、评价）高的
  If someone has ahighreputation, or people have ahighopinion of them, people think they are very good in some way, for example at their work.
  1. She has always had a high reputation for her excellent short stories...
     她一直因其优秀的短篇小说享有很高的声望。
  2. People have such high expectations of you.
     人们对你寄予重望。
• ADJ-GRADED （质量、标准）高的
  If the quality or standard of something ishigh, it is very good indeed.
  1. This is high quality stuff...
     这东西质量很好。
  2. His team were of the highest calibre...
     他的团队水平一流。
  3. Schools award scholarships for high academic achievement.
     学校向学业成绩优异者授予奖学金。
• ADJ-GRADED 崇高的;高尚的
  If someone hashighprinciples, they are morally good.
  1. He was a man of the highest principles.
     他是个道德崇高的人。
• ADJ-GRADED （音调）高而尖的，高的
  Ahighsound or voice is close to the top of a particular range of notes.
  1. Her high voice really irritated Maria.
     她的尖嗓门实在让玛丽亚很恼火。
• ADJ-GRADED （河流）水位高的
  When a river ishigh, it contains much more water than usual.
  1. The waters of the Yangtze River are dangerously high for the time of year.
     长江的水位每年这个时候都处于危险的高位。
• ADJ-GRADED 兴奋的;兴高采烈的
  If your spirits arehigh, you feel happy and excited.
  1. Her spirits were high with the hope of seeing Nick in minutes rather than hours.
     她很兴奋，因为再过几分钟而不是几小时后就有希望见到尼克了。
• ADJ 喝醉了的;（吸毒后）极度兴奋的
  If someone ishigh ondrink or drugs, they are affected by the alcoholic drink or drugs they have taken.
  1. He was too high on drugs and alcohol to remember them.
     他吸毒酗酒后处于极度兴奋状态，已经记不得他们了。
• 兴奋;高兴
  Ahighis a feeling or mood of great excitement or happiness.
• PHRASE 上级;上面
  If you say that something came fromon high, you mean that it came from a person or place of great authority.
  1. Orders had come from on high that extra care was to be taken during this week.
     上面下了命令，本周要格外小心。
• PHRASE 陷入困境
  If you say that you were lefthigh and dry, you are emphasizing that you were left in a difficult situation and were unable to do anything about it.
  1. Schools with better reputations will be flooded with applications while poorer schools will be left high and dry.
     较有名气的学校将会收到如潮水涌至般的申请，而差一些的学校则会陷入招生困境。
• 起起落落;快乐和痛苦;成功和失败
  If you refer to thehighs and lows ofsomeone's life or career, you are referring to both the successful or happy times, and the unsuccessful or bad times.
• 到处;各处
  If you say that you lookedhigh and lowfor something, you are emphasizing that you looked for it in every place that you could think of.
• in high dudgeon→ see:dudgeon

英英释义

noun

• a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
  Synonym:high gear
• a lofty level or position or degree
  1. summer temperatures reached an all-time high
• a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
  1. he goes to the neighborhood highschool
  Synonym:senior high schoolsenior highhighschoolhigh school
• a high place
  1. they stood on high and observed the countryside
  2. he doesn't like heights
  Synonym:heights
• a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics
  1. they took drugs to get a high on
• a state of sustained elation
  1. I'm on a permanent high these days
• an air mass of higher than normal pressure
  1. the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high

adj

• happy and excited and energetic
  Synonym:in high spirits
• slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
  Synonym:mellow
• (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
  Synonym:gameygamy
• (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')
  1. a high mountain
  2. high ceilings
  3. high buildings
  4. a high forehead
  5. a high incline
  6. a foot high
• greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
  1. a high temperature
  2. a high price
  3. the high point of his career
  4. high risks
  5. has high hopes
  6. the river is high
  7. he has a high opinion of himself
• used of sounds and voices
  Synonym:high-pitched
• standing above others in quality or position
  1. people in high places
  2. the high priest
  3. eminent members of the community
  Synonym:eminent

adv

• at a great altitude
  1. he climbed high on the ladder
  Synonym:high up
• far up toward the source
  1. he lives high up the river
• in or to a high position, amount, or degree
  1. prices have gone up far too high
• in a rich manner
  1. he lives high
  Synonym:richlyluxuriously

双语例句

• Was there anyone particularly high in the administration who was an advocate of a different policy?
  政府中有没有哪位高层人物支持采取不同政策？
• The grass in the yard was waist high
  院子里的草有齐腰高。
• The Labour Party has not made the issue a high priority
  工党尚未将该问题列为优先考虑的事项。
• She has always had a high reputation for her excellent short stories
  她一直因其优秀的短篇小说享有很高的声望。
• Schools with better reputations will be flooded with applications while poorer schools will be left high and dry.
  较有名气的学校将会收到如潮水涌至般的申请，而差一些的学校则会陷入招生困境。
• I looked down from the high window
  我从高高的窗口往下看。
• High winds have knocked down trees and power lines
  大风刮倒了树木和电线。
• In Castel Molo, high above Taormina, you can sample the famous almond wine made there.
  在陶尔米纳山高处的莫罗堡，你可以品尝那里酿造的著名的杏仁酒。
• He was a man of the highest principles.
  他是个道德崇高的人。
• Orders had come from on high that extra care was to be taken during this week.
  上面下了命令，本周要格外小心。