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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Study on the Application of SD Tank Bottom Valve in Stilt Pipe Settling Tank of Brine
  SD池底阀在卤水斜管沉淀池中的应用研究
• There are "double stilts" and "single stilt" performances.
  表演有双跷、单跷之分。
• 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。
• 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」。
• Stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck.
  太平洋西南部包括澳大利亚和新西兰地区的长脚鹬，身体大部分羽毛为白色，但翅膀和颈背为黑色。
• Using the device of a pretended'translation ', which would be bound to stilt in any case, Hemingway can'poetize'the dialogue as he wishes.
  借助这种所谓的万能翻译工具，海明威可以随意的将对白诗意化。