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

• 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。
• This is indeed a very good breeding season for the Stilts!
  本年的繁殖季节为黑翅长脚鹬的确非常理想！
• How can they walk on stilts here?
  这儿哪能踩高跷啊？
• Walking on stilts is commonly known as a kind of dance performed during festivals among the people.
  踩高跷俗称缚柴脚，亦称“踏高跷”、“扎高脚”。乃民间节日在广场表演的一种舞蹈形式。
• They are talking on stilts about the poetry of painting.
  他们在夸夸其谈地议论绘画的诗意。
• Ambition is but avarice on stilts. w.s.
  野心只是踩在高跷上的贪婪。
• 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。
• In a rain forest, where trees stand on the stilts of their roots.
  在一片雨林中，树木挺立在它们的根上。
• I came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse.
  我踩着竹高绕，玩骑马。
• 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。