stilts

英 [stɪlts]

美 [stɪlts]

n.  (支撑建筑物高出地面或水面的)桩子，支柱; 高跷
stilt的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指在潮湿或松软的地面竖起的)木桩，金属桩，支柱
  Stiltsare long upright pieces of wood or metal on which some buildings are built, especially where the ground is wet or very soft.
  1. They inhabit reed huts built on stilts above the water.
     他们住在建于水中木桩之上的芦苇草屋里。
• 高跷
  Stiltsare two long pieces of wood with pieces for the feet fixed high up on the sides so that people can stand on them and walk high above the ground.

双语例句

• They inhabit reed huts built on stilts above the water.
  他们住在建于水中木桩之上的芦苇草屋里。
• You will never make me believe that women were made for walking on stilts.
  你别想让我相信妇女生来就是踩高跷走路的。
• They took me up in the hills to a house on stilts.
  他们曾经带我去过山上的一座房子。
• Ambition is but avarice on stilts. w.s.
  野心只是踩在高跷上的贪婪。
• Walking on stilts is another traditional performance event popular in china.
  还有一种至今仍受人欢迎的传统表演活动，叫踩高跷。
• They seem to be perched far above the world, like men on stilts.
  他们似乎栖息在距离这世界很远的高处，像踩在高跷上。
• Major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills.
  高跷鹊两类中的主要的一种；与反嘴鹊相似，但嘴巴是直的。
• They are walking on stilts.
  他们正在踩高跷。
• He rambled restlessly across his office on legs like stilts.
  他一刻不安宁地在办公室踱来踱去，两条腿象踩着高跷。
• Later, he shows it to me, a tiny construction on stilts.
  后来，他把茶室指给我看，这是一间搭建在支柱上的小屋。