tall
adjective /tɔːl/
/tɔːl/
(comparative taller, superlative tallest)
Idioms - (of a person, building, tree, etc.
人、建筑物、树木等 高的；高大的 - She's tall and thin.
她身材高瘦。 - the tallest building in the world
世界上最高的建筑物 - tall trees/chimneys
高大的树木/烟囱 - a tall glass of iced tea
一大杯冰茶 - He's grown taller since I last saw him.
自从我上次见到他以来，他长高了。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- She's tall and thin.
- used to describe or ask about the height of somebody/something
（用以表示或询问高度）有…高，身高 - How tall are you?
你身高多少？ - He's six feet tall and weighs 200 pounds.
他身高六英尺，体重 200 磅。
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.
- How tall are you?
词源late Middle English: probably from Old English getæl ‘swift, prompt’. Early senses also included ‘fine, handsome’ and ‘bold, strong, good at fighting’.
Idioms
be a tall order
- (informal) to be very difficult to do
难以办到；要求苛刻
great/tall oaks from little acorns grow
- (saying) something large and successful often begins in a very small way
参天橡树长自小小橡实；合抱之树，生于毫末
stand tall
- (especially North American English) to show that you are proud and able to deal with anything
趾高气扬；昂然挺立 - Suddenly he seemed to stand taller.
忽然间他显得更高了。
- Suddenly he seemed to stand taller.
walk tall
- to feel proud and confident
昂首阔步；趾高气扬