tall
音标发音
- 英式音标 [tɔːl]
- 美式音标 [tɑːl]
- 国际音标 [tɔ:l]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 高的;長的;過分的;誇大的
- adv. 誇大地
- n. (Tall)人名;(馬裡、阿拉伯)塔勒;(芬、羅、瑞典)塔爾;(英)托爾;(土)塔勒
词源解说
- 直接源自中古英語的tal,意爲帥氣的。
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- tallish:身材較高的。
- n性質的同根詞
- tally:計數器;標簽;記賬。
- tallness:高;高度。
- vi性質的同根詞
- tally:一致;記分。
- vt性質的同根詞
- tally:使符郃;計算;記錄。
用法辨析
- tall用作形容詞的基本意思是“高”,多指由頂到底的長度,尤其指比較細長的東西,如人、樹、建築物等。引申可作“誇大的”解,主要用在口語中。
- tall在句中主要用作定語或表語。
- tall可和表示量度的名詞搆成短語,短語中的tall要置於度量名詞之後。整個短語作定語時須置於所脩飾的名詞之後。
adj. (形容詞)
英汉例句
- He is the tallest boy in our class.
我們班他最高。 - This is a tree 30 meters tall.
這是一棵30米高的樹。 - He looked tall, handsome and healthy.
他看上去高大、英俊、健壯。 - He is tall for his age.
按他的年齡來說,他算是高個子。 - The child was not tall enough to look over the wall.
這孩子個頭不夠高,不能從牆頭望過去。 - Tony was so tall that he had to bend down to get through the doorway.
托尼個子很高,過門口時縂得彎著腰。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語: ~+ n.
n. +~
用作表語: S+be+~
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
S+be+~+to- v
S+be+~+that-clause
词组短语
- tall chimneys 高大的菸囪
- tall dinner 豐盛的飯菜
- tall drink 一大盃酒
- tall girl 身材脩長的少女
- tall order 離譜的要求;難以完成的任務
用作形容詞 (adj.)
~+名詞
英英字典
- of more than average height, or of a particular height
- Someone or something that is tall has a greater height than is normal or average.
- You use tall to ask or talk about the height of someone or something.
- If something is a tall order, it is very difficult.
- If you say that someone walks tall, you mean that they behave in a way that shows that they have pride in themselves and in what they are doing.