Altitude
['æltɪtjuːd] or ['æltɪtud]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface; 'the altitude gave her a headache'.
(noun.) the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel).
手打:玛吉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree.
(n.) The elevation of a point, or star, or other celestial object, above the horizon, measured by the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between such point and the horizon. It is either true or apparent; true when measured from the rational or real horizon, apparent when from the sensible or apparent horizon.
(n.) The perpendicular distance from the base of a figure to the summit, or to the side parallel to the base; as, the altitude of a triangle, pyramid, parallelogram, frustum, etc.
(n.) Height of degree; highest point or degree.
(n.) Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
(n.) Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
古斯塔夫校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Height, elevation.
比琳达手打
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Height, tallness, verticality, ascent, loftiness, eminence, elevation
ANT:Lowness, depression, descent, declination, depth
艾哈迈德校對
解釋/意思:
n. height: a point or position at a height above the sea: high rank or eminence.—n.pl. Alt′itudes passion excitement.—adj. Altitū′dinal.—n. Altitudinā′rian one given to flightiness in doctrine or belief.
整理:丽纳
例句/造句/用法:
- The lever and the pulley, lathe s, picks, saws, hammers, bronze operating-lances, sundials, water-clocks, the gnomon (a vertical pillar for determining the sun's altitude) were in use. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- If the altitude and the transit through the meridian were to be taken at the same time the four directi ons were to be followed. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- At first the two forces circled at the same altitude, pouring broadside after broadside into each other. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Twenty were exposed to the air on the heights of the Jura at an altitude of eight hundred and fift y meters above sea-level; the contents of five of these subsequently putrefied. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The altitude was recorded according to the position of the sight attached to the graduated arc. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Pascal thought that this pressure would be less at a high altitude. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Two captive balloons had been floated to show the course and also to give an indication of the proper altitude to maintain. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- At that altitude, yes, Agustín grinned. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Air is more dense at the surface of the earth, and becomes continually more rarified as the altitude increases, until it becomes an indefinitely tenuous ether. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Unconsciousness comes quickly at this altitude, she said quietly. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The altitude of the gallows that would turn to water and quench it, no functionary, by any stretch of mathematics, was able to calculate successfully. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- These big trees grow at an altitude between 4,000 and 7,000 feet, and, whether individual or in groves, they are found in protected valleys, canyons, etc. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The greatest example of all search lights, however, is not to be found on the sea, but in the picturesque altitudes of the Sierra Madres in Southern California. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
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