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

• Stilt walking is one of the various shows in ancient China;
  高跷本属中国古代百戏之一种，早在春秋时已经出现。
• Marty: I'm a stilt walker.
  马丁：我是踩高跷的。
• The current state of stilt race and dash are compared and analyzed by means of documental consultation, investigation and interviews.
  采用文献资料法、调查访问法等，对现阶段的高脚竞速与短跑进行比较分析。
• 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。
• 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。
• There are three kinds of stilts& high, medium stilt and stilt for running.
  踩高跷是一种群众性技艺表演，分高跷、中跷和跑跷三种。
• 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。
• 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。
• The neighborhood is given over to performers, stilt walkers and drag queens.
  社区变成了玩杂耍的、踩高跷的和扮装皇后的天地。
• Short suit can make below half body of the person appears too long, give person cobbly the sense, resemble a little step on stilt.
  短西服会使人的下半身显得过长，给人不平的感觉，有点儿象踩高跷。