high
adjective OPAL WOPAL S
/haɪ/
/haɪ/
Word Family
Idioms - high adjective noun adverb
- highly adverb
- height noun
- heighten verb
- measuring a long distance from the bottom to the top
高的 - What's the highest mountain in the US?
美国哪座山最高？ - The house has a high wall all the way round it.
这栋房子的四周围着高墙。 - shoes with high heels
高跟鞋 - He has a round face with a high forehead.
他圆脸，高额头。
- What's the highest mountain in the US?
- used to talk about the distance that something measures from the bottom to the top
有某高度的 - How high is Everest?
珠穆朗玛峰有多高？ - It's only a low wall—about a metre high.
那只不过是一堵矮墙，约一米高。 - The grass was waist-high.
那片草齐腰高。 - knee-high boots
齐膝高的靴子
- How high is Everest?
- at a level that is a long way above the ground or above the level of the sea
（离地面）很高的；海拔很高的 - a high branch/shelf/window
高处的树枝／搁板／窗 - The rooms had high ceilings.
那些房间的天花板很高。 - streaks of high cloud
高云条纹 - They were flying at high altitude.
他们正在高空飞行。 - the grasslands of the high prairies
高地草原
Which Word? high / tallhigh / tall- High is used to talk about the measurement from the bottom to the top of something:
high 用以指从底部到顶部的高度： - The fence is over five metres high.
这围栏有五米多高。 - He has climbed some of the world’s highest mountains.
他攀登过几座世界最高峰。
亦可用 high 表示离地面的距离： - How high was the plane when the engine failed?
发动机出故障时飞机离地面多高？
- The fence is over five metres high.
- Tall is used instead of high to talk about people:
指人用 tall，不用 high： - My brother’s much taller than me.
我哥哥比我高多了。
tall 亦可指高而窄的事物，如树木： - She ordered cold beer in a tall glass.
她叫了一杯高玻璃杯装的冰镇啤酒。 - tall factory chimneys.
工厂的高烟囱 - Tall pine trees line the roadways.
道路两旁是高大的松树。
- My brother’s much taller than me.
- The only windows in the hall were narrow and high.
大厅里唯一的窗户又窄又高。 - There was a light quite high up.
楼上有一盏灯。
opposite low - a high branch/shelf/window
- greater or better than normal in quantity or quality, size or degree
（数量、质量、体积或程度）高的，超乎寻常的 - a high price/cost/speed/temperature
高昂的价格/成本/速度/温度 - a high rate of inflation
高通货膨胀率 - high levels of pollution
高度污染 - Demand is high at this time of year.
一年的这个时期需求很大。 - high-quality goods
优质商品 - a high risk of injury
受伤的高风险 - a high standard of craftsmanship
高水平的手工艺 - A high proportion of our staff are female.
我们很大一部分员工是女性。 - Originally, an even higher percentage of land was wetlands.
最初，更高比例的土地是湿地。 - A high degree of accuracy is needed.
需要高度的准确性。 - The cost in terms of human life was high.
付出了很大的生命代价。 - higher than… Sales were significantly higher than in previous years.
销售额明显高于往年。 - The tree blew over in the high winds.
树被大风刮倒了。 - 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。
Homophones higher | hirehigher hirecompare low/ˈhaɪə(r)//ˈhaɪər/- higher (high)
- Asparagus grows faster at higher temperatures.
芦笋在更高的温度下生长得更快。
- Asparagus grows faster at higher temperatures.
- hire verb
- Can we hire a car here?
我们能在这里租车吗？
- Can we hire a car here?
- hire noun
- Look! There are rowing boats for hire on the lake!
快看！湖上有出租的划艇！
- Look! There are rowing boats for hire on the lake!
- There is an extremely high drop-out rate.
辍学率极高。 - Unemployment remained high for several years.
几年来失业率一直居高不下。 - Vets have a relatively high suicide rate.
老兵自杀率比较高。 - High council taxes have forced several local businesses to relocate.
高额的市政税迫使几家当地企业搬迁。 - They charge very high prices for a pretty average service.
他们的服务很一般，收费却非常高。 - Acids, by definition, have a higher concentration of hydrogen ions than plain water.
根据定义，酸的氢离子浓度比普通水高。 - It is critical for the company to maintain a high profile.
公司保持高姿态至关重要。
- a high price/cost/speed/temperature
- containing a lot of a particular substance
含某物多 - a high potassium content
高钾含量 - a high-fat diet
高脂肪的饮食 - high in something foods that are high in fat
脂肪含量高的食品 - Oranges are high in vitamin C.
橙子含有丰富的维生素C。
- a high potassium content
- [usually before noun] near the top in rank, status or importance
上层的；地位高的 - She has held high office under three prime ministers.
她曾在三任首相手下任过要职。 - The case was referred to a higher court.
案件转到了上级法院。 - the distinction between high art and popular art
高雅艺术和流行艺术的区别 - high on something Job security is high on his list of priorities.
工作保障是他优先考虑的事情。
- She has held high office under three prime ministers.
- of great value
价值高的 - to play for high stakes
豪赌 - My highest card is ten.
我最大的牌是十。 - high against something At the moment, the euro is high against the dollar, which makes for a good exchange rate.
目前，欧元对美元的汇率很高，这有利于形成良好的汇率。 - The high dollar is still a major problem for importers.
对进口商来说，高美元仍然是一个主要问题。
- to play for high stakes
- when a river or the tide is high, the water reaches a long way up the river bank, beach, etc.
在天上 - The river was very high and threatening to flood.
河水很高，有泛滥的危险。
- The river was very high and threatening to flood.
- [usually before noun] morally good
高尚的；崇高的 - a man of high ideals/principles
有崇高理想／道德准则的人
- a man of high ideals/principles
- [usually before noun] showing a lot of approval or respect for somebody
十分赞同的；非常尊敬的 - She is held in very high regard by her colleagues.
她很受同事们的敬重。 - You seem to have a high opinion of yourself!
你似乎自我评价很高嘛！
- She is held in very high regard by her colleagues.
- at the upper end of the range of sounds that humans can hear; not deep or low
高音的 - She has a high voice.
她嗓音很尖。 - That note is definitely too high for me.
那个音对我来说绝对太高了。
- Your voice sounds very high on the telephone.
你的声音在电话里听起来很高。 - a fairly high pitch
相当高的音调
- She has a high voice.
- [only before noun] used to describe the middle or the most attractive part of a period of time
中间的；全盛的 - high noon
正午 - high summer
盛夏
- high noon
- (of meat, cheese, etc.
肉、奶酪等 开始变质的；开始发馊的 - [not before noun] high (on something) (informal) behaving in an excited way because of the effects of alcohol or drugs
有醉意；表现兴奋 - He was high on drugs.
他吸毒成瘾。
- He was high on drugs.
- (also close)(phonetics
语音学 元音 闭塞音的，闭的（发音时口形相对闭合的）
from bottom to top从底到顶
far above ground离地面远
greater than normal超出常规
containing a lot含量多
rank/status等级；地位
valuable有价值
river/sea
ideals/principles理想；准则
approving赞同
sound声音
of period of time时段
food食物
on alcohol/drugs喝酒；吸毒
phonetics语音学
词源Old English hēah, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoog and German hoch.
Idioms
be/get on your high horse
- (informal) to behave in a way that shows you think you are better than other people
趾高气扬；自命不凡；自以为了不起
friends, people, etc. in high places
- friends, people, etc. in positions of power and influence
高层人员 - He has friends in high places.
他有位高权重的朋友。
- He has friends in high places.
have a high old time
- (old-fashioned, informal) to enjoy yourself very much
玩得很开心
(come) hell or high water
- despite any difficulties
无论有什么困难 - I was determined to go, come hell or high water.
我决心要去，不管有什么困难。
- I was determined to go, come hell or high water.
high and dry
- (of a boat, etc.
小船等 高出水面；搁浅 - Their yacht was left high and dry on a sandbank.
他们的帆船搁浅在沙丘上了。
- Their yacht was left high and dry on a sandbank.
- in a difficult situation, without help or money
处境艰难；无依无靠；身无分文 More Like This Rhyming pairs in idiomsRhyming pairs in idioms- doom and gloom
- fair and square
- high and dry
- huff and puff
- name and shame
- slice and dice
- thrills and spills
- wear and tear
- wheel and deal
- wine and dine
high and mighty
- (informal) behaving as though you think you are more important than other people
趾高气扬；神气活现；自高自大
high as a kite
- (informal) behaving in a very excited way, especially because of being strongly affected by alcohol or drugs
（尤指因酗酒或吸毒）异常兴奋，神情恍惚
a high/low profile
- the amount of attention somebody/something has from the public
惹人／不惹人注目；高／低姿态 - 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调。 - The story was given a low profile in today's papers.
今天的报纸低调报道了这件事。
- This issue has had a high profile in recent months.
in high dudgeon
- (old-fashioned, formal) in an angry or offended mood, and showing other people that you are angry
愤然；怒冲冲 - He stomped out of the room in high dudgeon.
他愤怒地噔噔走出了屋子。 - She stormed out in high dudgeon.
她气冲冲地走了。
- He stomped out of the room in high dudgeon.
it’s about/high time
- (informal) used to say that you think somebody should do something soon
差不多／现在是…的时候了 - It's about time you cleaned your room!
你该打扫自己的房间了！
- It's about time you cleaned your room!
of a high order | of the highest/first order
- of a high quality or degree; of the highest quality or greatest degree
高质量的；高品质的；一流的 - 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。
- The job requires diplomatic skills of a high order.
smell, stink, etc. to high heaven (informal)
- to have a strong unpleasant smell
发出难闻气味；难闻透顶 - to seem to be very dishonest or morally unacceptable
很不诚实；不道德
take, claim, seize, etc. the moral high ground
- 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
声称自己的论点在道义上占优势 - I was angry with his blatant attempt to take the moral high ground.
他厚颜无耻地吹嘘自己有多高尚，我对此非常气愤。
- I was angry with his blatant attempt to take the moral high ground.