stilt

英 [stɪlt]

美 [stɪlt]

n.  (支撑建筑物高出地面或水面的)桩子，支柱; 高跷

复数：stilts　过去式：stilted　过去分词：stilted　

TOEFL

BNC.20868 / COCA.17133

牛津词典

noun

• （支撑建筑物高出地面或水面的）桩子，支柱
  one of a set of posts that support a building so that it is high above the ground or water
• 高跷
  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
  1. a circus performer on stilts
     马戏团里踩高跷的演员

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指在潮湿或松软的地面竖起的)木桩，金属桩，支柱
  Stiltsare long upright pieces of wood or metal on which some buildings are built, especially where the ground is wet or very soft.
  1. They inhabit reed huts built on stilts above the water.
     他们住在建于水中木桩之上的芦苇草屋里。
• 高跷
  Stiltsare two long pieces of wood with pieces for the feet fixed high up on the sides so that people can stand on them and walk high above the ground.

英英释义

noun

• long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
  Synonym:stiltbirdlonglegslong-legsstilt ploverHimantopus stilt
• long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
  Synonym:Australian stilt
• a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
  Synonym:pilespilepiling
• one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle
  1. he was so tall I thought he was on stilts

双语例句

• Along the path by the boating lake there are puppet shows, clowns and stilt walkers, and hawkers selling anything from Indian cotton skirts to batteries.
  沿着泛舟的湖边小路，木偶戏、小丑和踩高跷的表演应有尽有，小贩们高声叫卖着，从印度布裙到电池，五花八门。
• In spite of unification the country was stilt faced with the daunting prospect of overcoming four decades of division.
  尽管统一了，国家仍面临着克服四十年的分歧这一问题，前景令人生畏。
• The victims are everywhere& in the wooden stilt houses, in the paddies harvesting rice, in the gilded Buddhist temple at the entrance to the village, and in the playground of the yellow ocher primary school.
  到处都是受害者&在木棚屋里，在收割稻谷的田地里，在村口镀金的佛教寺庙里，在小学的黄土操场上。
• A Comparative Study of Stilt Race and Dash
  高脚竞速与短跑的比较研究
• This situation is unfavorable for the formation of stilt race talents echelon, hindering the healthy, fast and sustainable development of stilt race.
  上述情况不利于高脚竞速运动人才梯队的形成，限制了高脚竞速运动健康、快速、持续的发展。
• With no way to sit down just anywhere, stilt performers "stand tall" even when at rest.
  无法席地而坐，高跷阵表演者连休息也是「高人一等」。
• Web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings.
  有足蹼的澳大利亚长脚鹬，胸部有红褐色的斑纹。
• Conclusion: Compared with dash, stilt is still imperfect in that the choice of athletes is unscientific and the training system is yet to be perfected.
  结论相对于短跑，高脚竞速主要存在选材不科学，训练体系不完善的问题。
• Stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck.
  生活在美国西南部和南美的长脚鹬，从头部到脖根是黑色羽毛。
• The most noteworthy features of mangrove forests, apart from their unique habitat, are: the relative paucity of the species comprising them; the arch-formed stilt roots of the Rhizophora spp.;
  除了其独特的生境以外，红树林最令人注意的特征是构成红树林的品种比较单一；Rhizophora品种的拱形高跷根系；其它属的悬空根系团或呼吸根，如Avicennia和Sonneratia。