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BNC: 1757 COCA: 1524

tall

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tall /tɔːl $ tɒːl/ ●●● S2 W2 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp taller, superlativesupl tallest)  
1  HIGHTALL PERSONa person, building, tree etc that is tall is a greater height than normal 〔人、建筑物、树木等〕高的，高大的
 He was young and tall.
他年轻，身材高大。
 a house surrounded by tall trees
大树环绕的房子
 This bush grows tall very quickly.
这种灌木很快就能长高。
► see thesaurus at high
2  you use ‘tall’ to say or ask what the height of something or someone is 有…高的；身高…的〔用于表示或询问高度〕
6ft/2m/12 inches etc tall
 He’s only 5 feet tall.
他只有5英尺高。
 How tall is that building?
那栋楼有多高？
 She’s a little taller than her sister.
她比她姐姐略高一些。
3. American EnglishAmEDFD a tall drink contains a small amount of alcohol mixed with a large amount of a non-alcoholic drink 〔饮料〕含少量酒精的
4  a tall order informalIMPOSSIBLE a request or piece of work that is almost impossible 很难实现的要求，奢求；很难完成的工作
 Finding a replacement is going to be a tall order.
找个替代者绝非易事。
Examples from the Corpus
a tall order• Breaking a habit, be it over-eating, over-drinking, biting your nails or jumping to conclusions, is a tall order.• Isn't that a tall order?• To ask for definitive answers to such grandiose questions would, of course, be a tall order.• That's a tall order, even for some one with Howard's apparent integrity.• This is a tall order for busy parents.• Holding these seemingly incompatible forces together would seem a tall order indeed.• If this sounds a tall order, it is.• It can be a tall order sometimes.
5. tall story/tale a story that is so unlikely that it is difficult to believe 荒诞的故事；难以置信的事
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tall story/tale• And yet all his life, his integrity warred with a flair for the theatrical, a fondness for tall tales.• He wowed his colleagues after hours with tall tales.• No Baron Munchausen would have dared to imprison his saga within the limits of a tall tale.• But there's still time to remember tall stories from previous superintendents.• With his feeling for tall stories he's a radio natural, though.• Horden's design blended innovation and massing A tall story or a tourdeforce?
—tallness noun [uncountableU]
→ stand tall at stand1(39), → walk tall at walk1(10)
Examples from the Corpus
tall• Sebastian was now fifteen, and had grown tall and strong.• Martin was tall and thin, with curly blond hair.• Who is that tall bloke standing next to Diane?• It was then that she noticed a tall blond man busy coaching some young local boys in football.• At the age of fifteen he was already six foot three and the tallest boy in the school.• She was a tall girl, quite pretty, I thought, and she always wore a lovely kimono robe.• The cat was hiding in the tall grass in the backyard.• Chutra became a tall man in the saddle.• Two tall marble columns stood at either side of the entrance.• The photographer asked the taller people to stand at the back of the group.• Siward, taller than anyone else, was behind him and to the left.• Lorna is a little taller than her husband.• Do you need to be tall to play basketball well?• First, we need to find a nice tall tree.• The valley was scrubby here: elephant grass, occasional tall trees, and dry rice paddies.
grows tall• The plant is very bushy, and with long stems grows tall.• He grows taller but barely grows up and will never grow old.
How tall• Mildred had pressed for more details. How tall?• He brings a bottle of bubbly and a basketball. How tall, fair, gentle he is!• How tall is the Eiffel Tower?• Jacob squeezed Katherine's hand, urged her up. How tall she had grown, and beautiful.
From Longman Business Dictionary
talltall /tɔːltɒːl/ adjectiveadjHUMAN RESOURCES
a tall organization has many levels of employment between top management and the work done at the bottom
Tall organizations are sometimes prone to problems of communication.
Origin tall
Old English getæl “quick, ready”
tall adjectiveadj
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BNC: 1757 COCA: 1524
tall

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VERBS | ADVERB VERBS➤be, look, seem高；看上去高；好像高▸➤become, get, grow變高；長高▸➤stand高◇Suddenly he seemed to stand taller.忽然間他顯得更高了。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常高◇She is quite tall for her age.就她這個年齡來說，她個子已經相當高了。➤exceptionally, freakishly, unusually格外高；異常高；非同尋常地高
BNC: 1757 COCA: 1524
tall adj.
⇨ tall (a tall man) ⇨ high 2 (a tall building) tall

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tall ♦︎ lanky ♦︎ leggy ♦︎ willowyThese words all describe a person who has a greater than average height or long legs. 这些词均表示人个子高的、腿长的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a tall / lanky man / teenager / youth / figure◆a tall / leggy woman■ tall (of a person) having a greater than average height （人）高的，高大的◆She's tall and thin with light brown hair.她身材高瘦，头发是浅棕色的。◆He is quite tall for his age.他的个子在同龄人中算很高了。 OPP short ⇨ short 2 ■ lanky (often disapproving) having long thin legs and arms and moving in an awkward way 四肢细长而行动笨拙的◆He was thin, lanky and pale-skinned.他很瘦，四肢细长，肤色苍白。■ leggy (informal, usually approving but sometimes offensive) (especially of girls and women) having long legs; tall and sexually attractive （尤指女性）腿长的；高而性感的◆She was a leggy redhead with a terrific figure.她红发长腿，身材极佳。ⓘ Although leggy is often used in an approving way by men to describe women, some women might find it offensive because it describes them purely in terms of their sexual attractiveness. 尽管男人用leggy形容女人时常为褒义，但有些女性可能会觉得受到冒犯，因其仅描述她们性方面的吸引力。■ willowy ˈwɪləʊi; NAmE ˈwɪloʊi (approving) (especially of women) tall, thin and graceful （尤指女人）修长苗条的，婀娜多姿的◆Dark and willowy, she has the natural grace of a ballerina.她一头黑发，身材苗条，具有芭蕾舞演员的天然优雅气质。ⓘ Willowy is often a nicer way to describe a woman than leggy, because it suggests simple admiration, not sexual attraction. * willowy形容女人时常比leggy更得宜，因为它意味着单纯的赞赏，而非性的吸引力。
BNC: 1757 COCA: 1524
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