high
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
- 2.
Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
three feet high three Mount Everests high
- 3.
Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish.
- 4.
(of an opinion or practice, obsolete outside set phrases) Extreme, excessive; now specifically very traditionalist and conservative.
high church High Tory
- 5.
Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
in high spirits
1970, Grateful Dead, High Time, on the album Workingman's Dead I was having a high time, living the good life.
- 6.
(with on or about) Keen, enthused.
I'm not that high about the relationship.
- 7.
(informal)Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
- 8.
(of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
high living, the high life
- 9.
Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
a high tone
- 10.
(of a body of water) With tall waves.
- 11.
Remote (to the north or south) from the equator; situated at (or constituting) a latitude which is expressed by a large number.
high latitude, fish species in high arctic and antarctic areas
This study also analyzed the sources of variations over an environmental gradient extending from low (subtropical) to high (sub-Antarctic) latitudes.
- 12.
Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
My bank charges me a high interest rate.
I was running a high temperature and had high cholesterol.
high voltage high prices high winds a high number
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
In or to an elevated position.
How high above land did you fly?
The desks were piled high with magazines.
- 2.
In or at a great value.
Costs have grown higher this year again.
- 3.
At a pitch of great frequency.
I certainly can't sing that high.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable)A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven) or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).
It was one of the highs of his career.
Inflation reached a ten-year high.
South Korea has reached a new high in a kind of air pollution measured in fine dust.
- 2.
(countable)A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown.
- 3.
(countable)A drug that gives such a high.
- 4.
(countable, informal)(countable, meteorology, informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
A large high is centred on the Azores.
- 5.
(countable)(countable, card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
- 6.
(abbreviation, alt of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable)(countable and uncountable, informal) Ellipsis of high school.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(obsolete)To rise.
The sun higheth.
- 2.
(alt of, alternative, obsolete)Alternative form of hie (“to hasten”).
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ine-pro From Middle English high, heigh, heih, from Old English hēah, from *hauh (high), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (high), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (to bend; crooked). 2 cog Cognate with heich, heegh, heigh, heighe, hia, hie (high), hoog, huuch (high), hooch, hoog (high), heech, hooch, huh, hoach, hòach (high), hoog, hoch, hooch, hoeg, héich, heach, huch, הויך, høj, háur, høgur (high), ha…