stilt

n. 高跷, 支柱, 脚柱

发音

其它 /stɪlt/

词形变化

stilts 复数 stilts stilted stilting stilts 三单 stilting 现在分词 stilted 过去式 stilted 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.

  2. 2.

    A tall pillar or post used to support some structure; often above water.

  3. 3.

    Any of various wading birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, related to the avocet, that have extremely long legs and long thin bills.

  4. 4.

    A crutch.

  5. 5.

    The handle of a plough.

v.
  1. 1.

    to raise on stilts, or as if on stilts

  2. 2.

    to apply unnecessary pomp or formality

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

pile piling long legs spile stiltbird

上位词 4

pole column pillar shorebird

下位词 5

banded stilt black-winged stilt kaki sheet pile sheet piling

相关短语

stilt sandpiper 高跷鹬 stilt palm stilt bug stilt bugs stilt sandpipers stilt house 高脚屋 stilt houses stilt root stilt roots banded stilt [网络] 斑长脚鹬 black-winged stilt [网络] 黑翅长脚鹬；高跷鸻；高翘鸻

词源

From Middle English stilte, stulte, from Old English *stilte, *stylte, from Proto-Germanic *stiltijǭ, *staltijǭ, *stultijǭ (“stilt”), from Proto-Germanic *stelt- (“to be stiff”). Akin to Danish stylte, Dutch stelt, German Stelze.

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