stilt
noun /stɪlt/
/stɪlt/
[usually plural]- one of a set of posts that support a building so that it is high above the ground or water
（支撑建筑物高出地面或水面的）桩子，支柱 - The houses are built on stilts to prevent flooding during the rainy season.
这些房子是用高跷建造的，以防止雨季的洪水。
- The houses are built on stilts to prevent flooding during the rainy season.
- one of two long pieces of wood that have a step on the side that you can stand on, so that you can walk above the ground
高跷 - a circus performer on stilts
马戏团里踩高跷的演员
- a circus performer on stilts
词源Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stelt and German Stelze.