high是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 (especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top to bottom -- （尤指無生命的東西）高的，有…高的

  • a high building/mountain 高樓／高山

  • high ceilings 高高的天花板

  • It's two and a half metres high and one metre wide. 它有兩公尺半高，一公尺寬。

  • The corn grew waist-high (= as high as a person's waist) in the fields. 田裡的玉米長到了及腰的高度。

• 1 greater than the usual level or amount -- （比通常水準）高的，多的

  • The job demands a high level of concentration. 這項工作需要高度集中精神。

  • He suffers from high blood pressure. 他患有高血壓。

  • Antique furniture fetches very high prices these days. 這段時間古董傢俱的價位很高。

  • She got very high marks in her geography exam. 她的地理考試分數很高。

  • It's very dangerous to drive at high speed when the roads are wet. 在潮濕的路面上高速駕駛是很危險的。

  • He's in a high-security prison. 他被關在一處戒備森嚴的監獄中。

  • I avoid foods that are high in fat. 我避免食用含有大量脂肪的食物。

  • She was a woman of high principles. 她是一位道德高尚的女士。

  • She demands very high standards from the people who work for her. 她對手下工作的人要求很高。

  • High winds caused delays on the ferries. 大風導致渡輪延誤。

• 2 having power, an important position, or great influence -- （權位）重要的，高級的

  • an officer of high rank 高級軍官

• 3 near or at the top of the range of sounds -- 高音的，聲音尖銳的

  • I can't reach the high notes. 這些高音我唱不上去。

• 4 (of food) smelling bad and no longer good to eat -- （食物）腐壞的，變質的

  • This meat is rather high - I'm going to throw it out. 這塊肉已經腐壞了——我去丟掉。

• 5 not thinking or behaving normally because of taking drugs -- （因吸毒而）極度亢奮的

  • He was high on heroin at the time. 他當時正因吸了海洛因而飄飄欲仙。

• 6 a higher level than has ever been reached previously -- 最高水準，高潮

  • Interest rates have reached an all-time/record high. 利率達到了歷史最高點／創紀錄的高水準。

• 7 a period of extreme excitement or happiness when you feel full of energy, often caused by a feeling of success, or by drugs or alcohol or a religious experience -- （因獲得成功帶來的）極度興奮；（毒品、酒精或宗教體驗引起的）快感，極樂

  • Exercise gives you a high. 運動使人興奮。

  • She's been on a high ever since she got her article published in the Times. 自從她的文章在《泰晤士報》上發表以來，她情緒一直非常高漲。

  • There are lots of highs and lows in this job. 這份工作中有很多快樂，也有許多沮喪。

• 8 informal for high school (when used in the name of a school) -- （用於中學名稱中，high school的非正式說法）

  • I go to Santa Ana High. 我唸聖安娜高中。

• 9 at or to a large distance from the ground -- 在高處，高高地

  • You'll have to hit the ball quite high to get it over that net. 你必須把球打得相當高，這樣它才能越過那網。

  • The new jet flew much higher than most planes. 這種新的噴氣式飛機飛得比大多數飛機都高很多。