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

• The100 over-water bungalows perch on stilts above the turquoise lagoon.
  在100个水平房鲈鱼上方的绿松石泻湖高跷。
• There are "double stilts" and "single stilt" performances.
  表演有双跷、单跷之分。
• 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。
• I came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse.
  我踩着竹高绕，玩骑马。
• Some stood on pilings or stilts; some were fastened to rock with iron rods.
  有的灯塔建在支架上，有的则用铁条固定在岩石上。
• How can they walk on stilts here?
  这儿哪能踩高跷啊？
• 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。
• 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 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。