high/low altitudes• Asexualspeciestend to be small and live at high latitudes and high altitudes, in fresh water or disturbed ground.• The planes flew at high altitudes, so that we had no warning.• Comets, being weak, fragment at high altitudes.• Ozoneoccurs more frequently at higher altitudes, so uplands may be particularly at risk.• Its proponentsclaim that it has the advantage of functioning at high altitudes, where winds are strong and stable.• The flight began in July but was delayed for two weeks until early August following initial problems with take-off at high altitudes.• The community typically occurs on peaty soils on gentleslopes or plateaus at higher altitudes.• Dust is raised by near-surface bursts and lifted to high altitudes by the mushroomcloud.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ALTITUDE | ALTITUDE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤extreme, great, high極高的海拔;高空;高海拔▸➤low低海拔➤maximum, minimum最大高度;最低高度▸➤cruising(飛機)巡航高度◇The plane took off and climbed to cruising altitude.飛機起飛,然後爬升到巡航高度。VERB + ALTITUDE➤cruise at, fly at, maintain以巡航速度飛行在⋯高度;在⋯高度飛行;保持在⋯高度◇The aircraft maintained an altitude of 28 000 feet.飛機保持在 28,000 英尺的高度。➤reach, rise to到達⋯高度;升至⋯高度◇The aviators reported the columns of smoke rising to an altitude of 2 000 feet.飛行員報告說,煙柱已升至 2,000 英尺的高度。➤gain升高▸➤lose下降◇The plane suddenly started to lose altitude.飛機突然開始下降。ALTITUDE + NOUN➤sickness高山病➤training高原訓練◇She plans to carry out altitude training before going to the Olympics.她計劃在參加奧運會之前進行高原訓練。PREPOSITION➤at (an/the) altitude在海拔⋯的高度上◇No trees will grow at that altitude.在那一海拔高度上沒有樹木能生長。◇people who lived at high altitudes住在高海拔地區的人們◇It's harder to breathe at altitude.在高海拔地區呼吸更加困難。➤altitude of⋯的高度◇They fly at altitudes of up to 15 000 feet.他們的飛行高度高達 15,000 英尺。