height

/hait/

Thân thiện

The mountain's height is measured from its base to its summit.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The measurement of someone or something from base to top; how tall or high something is: "Height" refers to the vertical distance from the bottom to the top of an object or person.
   • A high place or area: "Height" can refer to a point or area that is elevated above its surroundings.
   • The most intense point or period of something: "Height" can describe the peak or climax of a situation, feeling, or period of time.

Usage

• Use "height" to describe the physical tallness of a person or object.
• Use "height" to refer to a specific elevated location.
• Use "height" to indicate the peak or maximum level of a non-physical condition (e.g., success, emotion, season).

Examples

• Physical Measurement:
  • What is your height? (Asking for a person's measurement.)
  • The height of the mountain is over 8,000 meters. (Describing a vertical distance.)
• Elevated Place:
  • She was afraid of heights. (Referring to a general condition of being in high places.)
  • From that height, you can see the entire city. (Referring to a specific high point.)
• Peak or Climax:
  • He was at the height of his career when he retired. (Referring to the most successful period.)
  • The fever has reached its height. (Referring to the most intense point of an illness.)

Advanced Usage

• "At the height of": during the most intense or successful period of something.
  • The market crashed at the height of the economic boom.
• "The height of fashion/sophistication/foolishness, etc.": used to emphasize that something is an extreme example of a quality.
  • Wearing that hat was the height of foolishness.

Variants and Related Words

• Heighten (verb): to make or become higher or more intense.
  • The news only served to heighten their anxiety.
• Heightened (adjective): increased, intensified.
  • The police are on heightened alert.

Synonyms

• Altitude: height above sea level (often used in aviation and geography).
• Stature: a person's natural height (often used figuratively for reputation).
• Peak: the highest point or maximum level.
• Pinnacle: the most successful point; the culmination.
• Summit: the highest point of a hill or mountain.

Antonyms

• Depth: the distance from the top down to the bottom.
• Nadir: the lowest or most unsuccessful point.

Idioms and Phrases

• To be afraid of heights: to have acrophobia; a fear of high places.
• To scale the heights: to achieve great success, especially after difficulty.
  • She scaled the heights of her profession through hard work.

Học thuật

Noun

1. elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
   • the altitude gave her a headache
2. (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
3. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
   • his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty
   • the artist's gifts are at their acme
   • at the height of her career
   • the peak of perfection
   • summer was at its peak
   • ...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame
   • the summit of his ambition
   • so many highest superlatives achieved by man
   • at the top of his profession
4. the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top

Từ đồng nghĩa

• altitude
• stature
• tallness