英汉词典

high 基本解释

• adj. 高的；高级的；崇高的；高音调的
• n. 高水平；天空；由麻醉品引起的快感；高压地带
• adv. 高；奢侈地
• n. (High)人名；(英)海伊

high 词态变化

high 中文词源

来自古英语heah,高的，高耸的，来自Proto-Germanic*hauhaz,高的，来自PIE*keuk,*keu,弯，转，词源同cubicle,cubit.由弯，转引申词义起伏的，高的。词义演变比较hump,vertex.

high 英文词源

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high: [OE] High is an ancient word. It goes right back to Indo-European *koukos, which is related to a number of terms denoting roughly ‘rounded protuberance’: Sanskrit kucas ‘breast’, for instance, Russian húcha ‘heap’, and Lithuanian kaukas ‘swelling, boil’. Evidently the notion of ‘tallness’, central to modern English high, is historically a secondary development from the notion of being ‘heaped up’ or ‘arched up’. The Germanic descendant of *koukos was *khaukhaz, which produced German hoch, Dutch hoog, Swedish hög, Danish hoj, and English high. Height is a derivative of *khaukh-.
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high (adj.)

Old English heh (Anglian), heah (West Saxon) "of great height, lofty, tall, exalted, high-class," from Proto-Germanic *haukhaz (cognates: Old Saxon hoh, Old Norse har, Danish høi, Swedish hög, Old Frisian hach, Dutch hoog, Old High German hoh, German hoch, Gothic hauhs "high;" also German Hügel "hill," Old Norse haugr "mound"), perhaps related to Lithuanian kaukara "hill." Spelling with -gh represents a final guttural sound in the original word, lost since 14c.

Of sound pitch, late 14c. Of roads, "most frequented or important," c. 1200. Meaning "euphoric or exhilarated from alcohol" is first attested 1620s, of drugs, 1932. Sense of "proud, haughty, arrogant, supercilious" (c. 1200) is reflected in high hand (late 14c.) and high horse. High seas first attested late 14c., with sense (also found in the Latin cognate) of "deep" as well as "tall" (cognates: Old English heahflod "deep water," also Old Persian baršan "height, depth"). Of an evil or a punishment, "grave, serious, severe" (as in high treason), c. 1200 (Old English had heahsynn "deadly sin, crime").

High pressure (adj.) is from 1824, of engines, 1891, of weather systems, 1933, of sales pitches. A child's high chair is from 1848. High school "school for advanced studies" attested from late 15c. in Scotland; by 1824 in U.S. High time "fully time, the fullness of time," is from late 14c. High noon is from early 14c.; the sense is "full, total, complete." High and mighty is c. 1200 (heh i mahhte). High finance (1905) is that concerned with large sums. High and dry of beached things (especially ships) is from 1783. High-water mark is what is left by a flood or highest tide (1550s); figurative use by 1814.

high (n.1)

early 14c., "high point, top," from high (adj.). As "area of high barometric pressure," from 1878. As "highest recorded temperature" from 1926. Meaning "state of euphoria" is from 1953.

high (n.2)

"thought, understanding," obsolete from 13c. in English and also lost in Modern German, but once an important Germanic word, Old English hyge, cognate with Old Saxon hugi, Old High German hugi, Old Norse hygr, Swedish hög, Danish hu.

high 词组搭配

high 英文释义

1. a lofty level or position or degree;

"summer temperatures reached an all-time high"

2. an air mass of higher than normal pressure;

"the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high"

3. a state of sustained elation;

"I'm on a permanent high these days"

4. a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics;

"they took drugs to get a high on"

5. a high place;

"they stood on high and observed the coutryside"

"he doesn't like heights"

6. a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12;

"he goes to the neighborhood highschool"

7. a forward gear with a gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed

high 同义词解析

high, tall, lofty

这些形容词均有"高的"之意。

high： 普通用词，指本身高出地面之上，与low相对，不用于人。也可指程度、地位、声音等的高，还可作引申用。

tall： 仅指人或物的高度，指物的"高"时，可与high换用。

lofty： 书面用词，指外观宏伟壮丽的高耸物；用于指思想或目的时，表示崇高。贬义指 态高傲。

high 双语例句

1. Powell's unusual journey to high office is an inspiration to millions.

鲍威尔升任高官的不寻常历程对数以百万计的人都是一个激励。

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2. If cancers are spotted early there'sa high chance of survival.

如果癌症在早期发现的话，存活的几率会很高。

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3. That big high-rise above us is where Brian lives.

我们上面的那座摩天大楼就是布赖恩住的地方。

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4. High winds have knocked down trees and power lines.

大风刮倒了树木和电线。

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5. A high turnout was reported at the polling booths.

来自投票站的消息称投票率很高。

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high 实用场景例句

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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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Her high voice really irritated Maria.

她的尖嗓门实在让玛丽亚很恼火。

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He was a man of the highest principles.

他是个道德崇高的人。

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His team were of the highest calibre...

他的团队水平一流。

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This is high quality stuff...

这东西质量很好。

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People have such high expectations of you.

人们对你寄予重望。

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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。

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We just do not set our sights high enough.

我们设定的目标不够高远。

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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。

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...the rise of Japan's high technology industries.

日本高科技产业的崛起

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Neither Anna nor I are interested in high finance.

安娜和我对巨额融资都不感兴趣。

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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。

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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？

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Economic reform is high on the agenda.

经济改革已成为头等大事。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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...a superb compost, high in calcium.

富含钙的优质堆肥

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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。

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Official reports said casualties were high...

官方报告称死伤惨重。

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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。

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The bridge was high, jacked up on wooden piers...

桥很高，被几个大木墩托起。

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I looked down from the high window...

我从高高的窗口往下看。

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The grass in the yard was waist high...

院子里的草有齐腰高。

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...an elegant bronze horse only nine inches high...

只有9英寸高的精致青铜马雕塑

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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。

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...a house, with a high wall all around it...

四周围着高墙的房子

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