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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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high

Word family

high1 /haɪ/ S1 W1 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp higher, superlativesupl highest) → hi

1 from bottom to top 從底部到頂部HIGH measuring a long distance from the bottom to the top 高的 OPP low

This is the highest mountain in Japan.

這是日本最高的山。

The camp was surrounded by a high fence.

營地四周圍着高高的栅欄。

100 feet/30 metres etc high

waves up to 40 metres high

高至40米的浪頭

a ten-foot high statue

10英尺高的雕像

How high is the Eiffel Tower?

埃菲爾鐵塔有多高？

chest/waist/knee etc high (=as high as your chest etc) 齊胸/腰/膝等高的

The grass was knee-high.

草有齊膝高。

Do not use high to describe people, animals, trees, and plants. Use tall: You’re getting very tall (NOT You’re getting very high). | a tall palm tree (NOT a high palm tree)

形容人、動物、樹木、植物不要用 high . 要用 tall: You’re getting very tall (不說 You’re getting very high).你長得很高。 | a tall palm tree (不說 a high palm tree) 高高的棕榈樹。

2 above ground 在地面以上HIGH in a position that is a long way, or a longer way than usual, above the ground, floor etc 〔離地面〕高的 OPP low

The apartment had spacious rooms with high ceilings.

那間公寓房間寬敞，屋頂很高。

a high shelf

一個高的架子

high altitudes

高海拔地區

The sun was already high in the sky.

太陽已經當空照了。

High up among the clouds, we saw the summit of Everest.

在高高的雲團中，我們看到了珠穆朗瑪峰的頂峰。

3 large number 大量LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT a high amount, number, or level is large, or larger than usual 〔數量、數字、水平〕高的，超乎尋常的 OPP low

Temperatures remained high for the rest of the week.

那一周餘下的幾天裏氣溫仍然很高。

Lower-paid workers often cannot afford the high cost of living in the capital.

收入較低的工人往往承受不了首都的高昂生活費用。

high level/degree/rate etc (of something)

High levels of car use mean our streets are more congested than ever.

汽車的大量使用意味着我們的街道變得比以前更擁擠。

high crime rates

高犯罪率

high interest rates

高利率

high price/charge/tax etc

If you want better public services, you’ll have to pay higher taxes – it’s as simple as that.

想要有更好的公共服務，就要支付更高的稅金——道理就是這麽簡單。

The train was approaching at high speed.

那列火車正在高速駛來。

high proportion/percentage etc (of something) (=a very large part of a number) （某物的）高比例/百分比等

A high proportion of women with children under five work full-time.

很大一部分孩子不足五歲的婦女在做全職工作。

► see thesaurus at expensive

4 good standard 優良的水準GOOD/EXCELLENT a high standard, quality etc is very good 〔水準、質量等〕高的，好的 OPP low

a high-performance computer

高性能電腦

high quality 各種質優價廉的商品

a range of high-quality goods at low prices

各種質優價廉的商品

Our aim is to provide the highest quality service to all our customers.

我們的目標就是爲所有顧客提供最優質的服務。

high standard (=very good levels of work, achievement, behaviour etc) 高水平

The general standard of the entries was very high.

參賽作品的總體水準非常高。

Our guests expect us to maintain high standards.

我們的客人期望我們保持高水準。

5 containing a lot 含量高LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT containing a lot of a particular substance or quality 〔含量〕高的 OPP low

high in something

Choose foods that are high in fiber and low in calories.

要選擇高纖維低熱量的食品。

a high sugar/salt/fibre etc content

Red meat tends to have a high fat content.

紅肉脂肪含量往往較高。

6 rank/position 級别/職位HIGH POSITION OR RANK having an important position in society or within an organization 〔在社會或機構中〕職位高的，高級的，重要的 OPP low

a high rank in the US Navy

美國海軍中的高級軍銜

the City’s highest honour

該市的最高榮譽

high up (=in a powerful position) 位居高職

someone high up in the CIA

中央情報局的某位高層官員

high office (=an important position) 高位

Both of them held high office in the Anglican Church.

他們兩人都位居聖公會高層。

high society (=rich people of the highest social class) 上流社會

→ high-class , high-ranking , high-up, → friends in high places at friend1(12)

7 advanced 先進的 [only before noun] advanced and often complicated 先進的

We can offer all the benefits of the latest high technology.

我們可以提供最新高科技的益處。

the world of high finance

高級金融界

the higher animals/mammals/organisms etc (=animals etc that are more intelligent or advanced than others) 高等動物/哺乳動物/生物等

8 high opinion/regard/praise etc ADMIREstrong approval of someone or something, or an expression of strong approval 高度評價/尊重/贊揚等

I’ve always had a high opinion of her work.

我對她的工作一直評價很高。

hold somebody/something in high esteem/regard (=respect them very much) 高度尊重某人/某事

As an educationalist, he was held in very high esteem.

作爲一名教育家，他受到人們的高度尊敬。

Romsey earned high praise from his boss.

羅姆西赢得了老板的高度贊揚。

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earned high praise• It was a display which earned high praise, not least from Coventry boss Bobby Gould.

9 high priority (also high on the list/agenda)IMPORTANT important and needing to be done or dealt with quickly 被列爲重要[優先處理]事項

Most people feel that education needs to be given higher priority.

大多數人認爲教育應該是當務之急。

Arms control is high on the agenda.

軍備控制排在議程表的前列。

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high priority• Free individual choice in matters affecting this right should, in my opinion, be accorded very high priority.• I assure the hon. Gentleman that my hon. Friend and I give the matter a high priority.• The development of the theoretical framework remains therefore of high priority.• The pleasure principle should motivate the programmes of study, and always be given high priority.• In general, only high priority cases are able to gain a place.• Launching a new round of trade liberalisation talks after the failure of the Seattle summit remains a high priority for both sides.• He was even, ironically in light of the Simpson verdicts bearing down on him, placing his highest priority on education.• If saving lives is your aim, providing clean water should be a higher priority still.

10 high hopes/expectations HOPEwhen someone hopes or expects that something will be very good or successful 很高的希望/期望

My expectations of the place were never very high, but I didn’t think it would be this bad.

我對此處從未抱太高期望，不過也沒想到會這麽糟糕。

have high hopes/expectations

Like many young actors, I had high hopes when I first started out.

如許多青年演員一樣，我剛開始的時候也抱有很高期望。

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have high hopes/expectations• Such partnerships will provide strong, tangible support but will have high expectations.• They are more than a spark but less than a small fire and exporters have high hopes.• In attempting this I have high hopes because there are strong historical precedents for such speculations.• Teachers should have high expectations for their students.• I have high hopes for you.• We will also, of course, imagine that they have high expectations of us.• They have high expectations when they come here and sometimes feel anything less than perfection is a failure.

11 sound 聲音CHIGH SOUND OR VOICE near or above the top of the range of sounds that humans can hear 〔音調〕高的，尖聲的 OPP low

I always had difficulty reaching the high notes (=when singing).

我唱高音總是有困難。

a high squeaky voice

又高又尖的嗓音

→ high-pitched

12 high point (also high spot) British EnglishBrEBEST an especially good part of an activity or event 〔活動或事情的〕高潮，最精彩部分

The visit to the ancient capital city was one of the high points of the tour.

參觀古都是這次旅遊中最精彩的内容之一。

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high point• Political repression and racial discrimination were at a high point.• At the top of the theater steps, the highest point, all four forms appear.• They were at the highest point for twenty li about.• Christmas and New Year have long been the high point for visitor and Madeiran alike.• As the pedal is pressed downward from its highest point, it also moves forward.• That is just the intensification, the high point of an ongoing process.• His engagement to Nora Cushing had been the high point of her life.• We are now reaching the high point of the truly happy life.

13 high ground

a) an area of land that is higher than the area surrounding it 高地

Villagers herded the livestock to high ground to keep them safe during the floods.

洪水期間，村民們把牲畜趕到高地上以確保它們的安全。

b) a better, more moral, or more powerful position in an argument or competition 〔辯論或比賽中的〕優勢，有利條件

Neither side in this conflict can claim the moral high ground.

沖突雙方在道德上都不佔優勢。

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moral high ground• Some corporations have seized the moral high ground.• It occupied the moral high ground and refused to budge.• Its members view themselves as occupants of the moral high ground because they see their cause as legitimate, their crimes political.• The candidates held the moral high ground because they stood up and offered to serve.• Stick to the moral high ground by blaming the current system for not saving as many lives as it might.• But such a brash grasp for the moral high ground called for an answer.• The new alliance will attempt to win the moral high ground from anti-abortion and antivivisection groups, he says.• Television is therefore seen to be taking the moral high ground, the side of the punter against the forces of evil.

14 high spirits HAPPYfeelings of happiness and energy, especially when you are having fun 歡欣鼓舞，興高采烈

It was a bright sunny day and we set off in high spirits.

那天陽光明媚，我們興高采烈地出發了。

I don’t think they intended any harm – it was just high spirits.

我認爲他們沒有惡意——他們只是太興奮了。

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in high spirits• Despite the rain, everyone was in high spirits.• He is in high spirits...• The piece needs to be taken at a good pace and in high spirits.• The girls go down to the locker room in high spirits, all except Eddie.• Lee wasted no time entering Maryland, the men being in high spirits as the bold move was made.• Said victim, in high spirits at justice actually being served against all probability, immediately calls the police.• Prue told George that Dawn Allenby was in high spirits because an admirer had sent her flowers.• Mercutio is in high spirits, teasing Romeo about his love as they prepare to go to the Capulet masked ball.

15 happy/excited 高興的/興奮的HAPPYEXCITED [not before noun] happy and excited 高興的；興奮的

I was still high from the applause.

我依然沉浸在掌聲帶來的興奮中。

16 drugs 毒品 [not before noun]MDD behaving in a strange and excited way as the result of taking drugs 〔吸食毒品後〕極度興奮的，陶醉的

high on

Most people there were high on cocaine.

那裏的大多數人吸食了可卡因，精神極度亢奮。

get high (=take a drug to make yourself high) 吸毒以求得快感

Steve was as high as a kite (=strongly affected by drugs or alcohol).

史蒂夫吸了毒感覺飄飄欲仙。

17 sea/river 海/河HIGH having risen to a high level 〔水位〕高的 OPP low

The river is at its highest in spring.

這條河春季水位最高。

→ high tide

18 it is high time somebody did something TIME/RIGHT OR WRONG TIMEused to say that something should be done now 某人該做某事了

It’s high time you got a job.

你該找份工作了。

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it is high time somebody did something• It's high time we pulled together and got the job done right.

19 time 時間PERIOD OF TIME the middle or the most important part of a particular period of time 中期的；全盛的

high summer

盛夏

high noon (=12 o'clock in the middle of the day) 正午

→ high season

20. high wind DNa strong wind 大風

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high wind• Four guylines are attached half way up the pole sleeve to storm-lash the tent - great for very high winds.• It was a shed that wobbled in high winds.• Nevertheless, there was a degree of innovation in one aspect of this design: its ability to resist high wind.• More than 1,100 plows struggled to keep up with the high winds and drifts of four to six feet.• First high winds blow Stu Miller off the mound, forcing a balk, at Candlestick Park.• This allows good use of space, but high winds compress the sides.• On one particular day I lay there watching a strong, high wind move the clouds.• At present, they can only develop profitably in locations with high wind speed.

21 high alert a situation in which people are told to be ready because there is a strong possibility of an attack or of something dangerous happening 高度戒備

put/place somebody on high alert

Troops were put on high alert.

部隊奉命處於高度戒備狀態。

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high alert• Early in the war Soviet southern troops were put on high alert.

22 high life/living SPEND MONEYRICHthe enjoyable life that rich and fashionable people have 〔富人及時尚人士的〕奢華生活

We’re all stuck here, while he’s off living the high life in New York.

我們都困在這裏，他卻遠在紐約過着奢華的生活。

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high life/living• He told the villa's owner Count Robert de Beaumont how much he loved the sun-soaked Costa high life.• He was a lively and stylish writer, and contributed a column to the Jerusalem Post on high life and low living.• But this is one weekend, he thought, when there will be high living and no thinking.• His dream had finally run out in an Arabian nightmare of high living and questionable favours.• As in Shakespeare, there are scenes of high life and scenes of low life.• It looked like the high life, but it was life on borrowed time.• But other authorities also face recruiting difficulties, which suggests that the problem extends beyond high living costs and poor pay.

23 high drama/adventure EXCITEDvery exciting events or situations 充滿戲劇性的事件/極刺激的歷險

a life with moments of high drama

擁有刺激經歷的人生

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high drama/adventure• The movie is full of grandeur and high adventure.• But what a chance for high adventure!• They refused to yield against awkward opponents, on a difficult pitch, in a match of high drama and controversial incidents.• The high drama at the Fed involves its decisions on interest rates and the money supply.• But now, along with high drama, diners at Checkers can enjoy a lighter menu.• The problem is even more severe with the natural world, where the ratio of observable high drama is much lower.• Any high drama that remains is found deep in technical working party country.• Thus ended an episode of high drama, the excitement of which tends to distort its significance.• But Merseyside and Manchester both proved last week that it is possible to concoct high drama without substituting motivation for mutilation.

24 end/finish/begin etc (something) on a high note to end, finish something etc in a successful way 圓滿結束/成功開始（某事）

The team finished their tour on a high note in Barbados.

該隊的巡回賽在巴巴多斯畫上了圓滿的句號。

25 high principles/ideals GOOD/MORALideas about personal behaviour based on the belief that people should always behave in an honest and morally good way 高尚[崇高]的原則/理想

a man of high moral principles

具有崇高道德準則的人

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high principles/ideals• Henry Lunn, one of the major figures of the early days of organized travel, was also inspired by high ideals.• They put short-term expediency and selfish interest before the application of high principles.• Though it created problems in times of political crisis, it was the price one had to pay for pursuing high ideals.• What we worship these days is financial success, as though it automatically confers high principles and admirable character.• He believed genuinely in high principles and aims even if he was not yet assured of a sense of perspective.• Her virginity is one of the highest ideals in Catholicism.• The war, the president insists, is about higher principles than control of a grubby liquid in the ground.

26 high and mighty BOASTtalking or behaving as if you think you are better or more important than other people 盛氣淩人的，不可一世的

Don’t get high and mighty with me.

别在我面前神氣活現的。

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high and mighty• You know how it is up there on the throne of clouds occupied by the very high and mighty of communications.• Afterward he and Corinne went to the White House for lunch and mingled with the high and mighty of official Washington.• For the high and mighty only appear so because we are on our knees.

27 be/get on your high horse BOASTto give your opinion about something in a way that shows you think you are definitely right and that other people are wrong 自以爲是，自高自大

If she’d get down off her high horse for a moment, she might realize there’s more than one point of view here.

如果她不這麽自以爲是的話，她可能會意識到别人對這個問題有其他看法。

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be/get on your high horse• All right, all right; don't get on your high horse.• Oh, now he gets on his high horse and accuses me of being an anti-Semite!• Don't get on your high horse with me.

28. food 食物DFF British EnglishBrE cheese, meat etc that is high is not fresh and has a strong smell or taste 〔奶酪、肉類等〕不新鮮的，馊臭的

29. high days and holidays British EnglishBrE special occasions 節假日

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high days and holidays• They were people who really let themselves go on high days and holidays, not likely to fuss about anything left over.

30. high complexion/colouring British EnglishBrEDCCCC a naturally pink or red face 紅潤的臉色

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high complexion/colouring• Tone down high colouring by using a green moisturiser or under-make-up base before applying foundation.

31. in high dudgeon formal in an angry or offended way – often used humorously 憤然；怒氣沖沖〔常爲幽默用法〕

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in high dudgeon• I was just so furious that I swept out in high dudgeon.• The kuei will usually give up and leave a house in high dudgeon.

32 language 語言

a) high style/register British EnglishBrEAL a very formal style of language, especially used in literature 文學語言風格/語域

b) high German/Dutch etc a form of a language used for formal purposes that is often different from the ordinary form used by most people 高地德語/標準荷蘭語等

→ highly, → stink to high heaven at stink1(1)

THESAURUS

buildings/mountains etc 建築物/高山等

high measuring a long distance from the bottom to the top – used about mountains, walls, and buildings 〔山、牆壁、建築物〕高的

the highest mountain in the world

世界上最高的山

The castle was surrounded by high walls.

城堡的四周圍着高牆。

a high cliff

高高的懸崖

nThe council told the architects the tower was too high.

tall high – used about people, trees, plants, and buildings. Tall is used especially about things that are high and narrow 〔人、樹木、植物和建築物，尤指細長物〕高的，高大的

tall marble columns

高高的大理石柱子

A cat was hiding in the tall grass.

高高的草叢中躲着一只貓。

a tall modern building

一幢現代化的高樓

majestic especially written very impressive because of being very big and tall – used about mountains, buildings, trees, and animals 〔山、建築物、樹木、動物〕雄偉的，壯麗的

the majestic mountains of the Himalayas

壯麗的喜馬拉雅山脈

nThe abbey is noted for its majestic arches, fine doorways and elegant windows.

nThe cathedral looked majestic in the evening light.

soaring [only before noun] especially written used about a building or mountain that looks extremely tall and impressive 〔建築物或山〕高聳的

a soaring skyscraper

高聳入雲的摩天大樓

nthe soaring towers of the palace

towering [only before noun] especially written extremely high, in a way that seems impressive but also often rather frightening 高聳的〔常令人害怕〕

The sky was shut out by the towering walls of the prison.

天空被高聳的監獄圍牆擋住了。

towering trees

參天大樹

lofty [usually before noun] literary very high and impressive – used in literature 巍峨的，高聳的〔用於文學作品〕

the lofty peaks in the far distance

遠處巍峨的群峰

high-rise [usually before noun] a high-rise building is a tall modern building with a lot of floors containing apartments or offices 〔建築物〕高層的

a high-rise apartment block

高層公寓樓

nHe works in a high-rise office in New York.

COLLOCATIONS CHECK

high mountain/building/wall/fence

tall person/tree/plant/building/tower/statue

majestic mountain/building/tree/animal

soaring building/tower/mountain

towering wall/tree/mountain/building

lofty building/mountain/tree/heights

high-rise building

sounds 聲音

high-pitched higher than most sounds or voices 聲調高的

He has a rather high-pitched voice.

他的聲調相當高。

Bats make high-pitched squeaks.

蝙蝠發出吱吱的尖叫聲。

nthe high-pitched whine of a dentist's drill

shrill high and unpleasant 尖銳的，刺耳的

Her voice became more shrill.

她的聲音變得刺耳起來。

The bird has rather a shrill cry.

那只鳥的叫聲相當刺耳。

piercing extremely high and loud, in a way that is unpleasant 尖銳的，刺耳的

a piercing scream

刺耳的尖叫聲

nSuddenly I heard a piercing whistle.

squeaky making very high noises that are not loud 輕聲而尖利的，嘎吱作響的

a squeaky gate

吱嘎作響的大門

squeaky floorboards

嘎吱作響的地板

a squeaky little voice

尖細的嗓音

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high• In summer, the temperatures can be as high as 40°C.• Paul has extremely high blood pressure.• A couple of boys had climbed the high chain-link fence to get into the park.• He mocked her by repeating what she said in a high, childish voice.• The price deflator measures the size of price increases, and detects whether higher costs drive consumers away from a product.• I recognized Juliet's high, excited voice on the phone immediately.• I always try to avoid foods with a high fat content.• Dogs respond to sounds that are too high for humans to hear.• Gas prices are much higher here than in other parts of the country.• How high is the Eiffel Tower?• God, I got so high last night.• It's hard to know which products have high lead levels.• Analysts are concerned about the high level of consumer debt.• Gable regards this as an insult to the audience handed out by critics who consider themselves on a higher level.• High levels of radiation have been reported near the nuclear plant.• However, with experience of rather higher levels of use an asphalt surface has now been added to reduce annual maintenance costs.• Mt. McKinley is the highest mountain in North America.• I was amazed that he could sing such high notes.• Donna had some trouble reaching the high notes.• Newton died at age 47 while high on crack cocaine.• Mount St. Alban is Washington's highest point.• Airlines experiment with the highest possible fares over the weekend.• Increased production costs will mean higher prices for consumers.• I try to eat a low-fat, high-protein diet.• The less well off do receive transfer payments and the rich face the highest rates of income tax.• Its first proposed product, is a drug treatment to prevent viral pneumonia in high risk infants.

chest/waist/knee etc high• At its deepest I reckoned the water might be waist high.• Cicely sprints down the court, knees high.• It is over my ankles and outside in some places it is waist high.• The thin coat, too thin surely for a night in early November, was pulled waist high.• He ran in a comic manner, lifting his knees high, his elbows pumping furiously.• As soon as the water was waist high, she stood and walked to the side near to the female showers.

high proportion/percentage etc (of something)• A high percentage involved people aged between 17 and 24.• A similarly high proportion end in a swift judgment because the defendant is in default or has no real defence.• A very high proportion of nearly all industrialized countries' aid is tied to their own goods or personnel.• Administrative changes during the late nineteenth century should have resulted in a higher proportion of cases being reported.• It is not surprising that a high proportion of patients burst into tears as soon as the physiotherapist begins work.• The cause for this is not clear but one factor could be the higher proportion of miners who had had gastric surgery.• The most relevant feature is the high proportion of multinational corporations in Britain.• Thus participation in sport is increasing due to a higher proportion of the adult population taking part in at least one activity.

maintain high standards• He reckons suppliers have a choice: stick with lower prices and compromise on quality or raise prices and maintain high standards.• Tact, vigilance and persistence in maintaining high standards are necessary.• This gives students responsibility for maintaining high standards in these areas.• At the same time, the protectorate's authorities want to maintain high standards of financial propriety with strict rules.• The aim of the group is to maintain high standards of Goldfish keeping.

a high sugar/salt/fibre etc content• Certain types of liquids, especially those with a high sugar content, cause bottle tops to stick.• Eating less meat, which has a high salt content, meant that they needed to supplement their salt intake.

high society• members of New York's high society• Although personally modest, Astaire pushed off from a world of high society.• He reckoned he'd fit much better into Hollywood and high society.• My first venture into high society.• The brothers intend to show that they will not conform to the practices and hypocrisies of high society.• Torn between high society and the life of the workers on the estate, she makes many mistakes before seeing the truth.• There was no doubt that he could write well about high society, but the market for that sort of thing was dwindling.• Before long, Brighton was a centre of high society second only to London.• And the few people he mixed with in high society turned their backs on him.

the higher animals/mammals/organisms etc• Their less advanced bodies appear to be easier to reconstitute than those of the higher animals.

high as a kite• They were both as high as a kite.• Last reported early yesterday morning, high as a kite, heading for a train.• That he was high as a kite on Ecstasy and had thought they were larking about!

high noon• The siren was simply announcing high noon.• The game starts at high noon.• Pictorially this visual time sequence can be used to suggest morning, high noon, afternoon and evening.• It is high noon and 108 degrees in the shade.• The glaring light of high noon encouraged his use of rich blacks.• Say you were stuck out in the Sonoran wilderness at high noon in summer, lost, thirsty and tired.• The 1987 election marked the high noon of the government of Margaret Thatcher.• It was always high noon there.• From high noon to sundown we blazed and buzzed like hot island bees on sweet cherry trees.• And there they sat without frames, naked in the heat of high noon, waiting to be paid attention to.

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high2 S2 W3 adverbadv

1 above the ground 在地面以上HIGH at or to a level high above the ground, the floor etc 〔離地面〕高高地；在[向]高處 OPP low

He kicked the ball high into the air, over the heads of the crowd.

他把球高高地踢向空中，越過了人群。

high above/into etc

Hotel Miramar is situated high above the bay.

米拉馬爾酒店高高地坐落在海灣之上。

A ski lift whisks you high into the mountains.

滑雪纜車會把你迅速送到高高的山上。

2 value/cost/amount 價值/成本/數量EXPENSIVELOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT at or to a high value, cost, amount etc 〔價值、成本、數量等〕高高地 OPP low

If prices shoot up any higher, no one will be able to afford to live in the area.

如果物價繼續上漲，這一地區就沒人住得起了。

Tom scored higher than anyone else in the class.

湯姆在班上的得分最高。

3 sound 聲音CHIGH SOUND OR VOICE with a high sound 高音調地

A strange cry rang high into the night.

奇怪的叫聲劃破了夜空。

4 achievement 成就HIGH POSITION OR RANK at or to a high rank or level of achievement, especially within a company 處於[向]高的地位[成就] OPP low

It seems that the higher you rise, the less time you have to actually do your job.

似乎職位越高，參與實際工作的時間越少。

My parents always encouraged me to aim high.

我父母一直鼓勵我要志存高遠。

5 (leave somebody/something) high and dry HELP

a) if someone is left high and dry, they are left without any help or without the things that they need （使某人）孤立無援，陷入困境

b) if a boat, area etc is left high and dry, it is left on land because the water that surrounded it has gone down 〔船〕擱淺；〔地方〕高出水面

The once-thriving port of Rye was left high and dry as sea levels retreated.

一度繁榮的拉伊港由於海平面下降變成了旱港。

Examples from the Corpus

(leave somebody/something) high and dry• Between breakups the continents stood high and dry.• But at Hereford, the oil level had been allowed to drop, leaving the probe high and dry.• It is profitable, but it leaves the comic muse high and dry.• The pirates left us high and dry!• Unfortunately, instead of being integrated in a general hospital as planned, the wing will now be left high and dry.• When Matt married Inez I was left high and dry.• Otherwise, a drop in the water level might leave boaters high and dry and give property owners mudflat views.• Some crews actually rope cell phones down to high and dry rock climbers to get information.

6 look/search high and low FINDto try to find someone or something by looking everywhere 到處尋找

We looked high and low for Sandy but couldn’t find her.

我們到處尋找桑迪，但找不到她。

Examples from the Corpus

look/search high and low• Throughout her letters, Clappe was searching high and low for a room of her own.• You say you have looked high and low for new building sites but let me tell you there are some.• We looked high and low for Sandy but couldn't find her.• He had searched high and low for these.

→ hold your head high at hold1(16), → live high on the hog at live1(26), → be riding high at ride1(6), → run high at run1(28)

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high• Could the pressure be too high?• The girl's voice rang high above everyone else's.• The dollar climbed higher against the yen today.• Monopolies tend to keep their prices and profits high by restricting the supply of a good.• It has long been thought that a diet high in fiber reduces the risks of cancer.• Sandy continued to rise higher in Zefco's ranks.• And the elder Miss Snoot at her window high up in Old Odborough looks over the roofs of the town.• The phone is high up on the wall.

high above/into etc• Empty chairs with harnesses swung violently through the air, high above people's heads.• For once he allowed the cork to fly high into the air.• There he stands, high above the congregation, as though he has removed his last connection with worldly beings.• He flicked away another cigarette as they made their way towards him to continue the drive still higher into the hills.• Neither could she see that around them there were islands rising high above the sea, many islands.• Forget Michelangelo, lying on his back high above the Sistine Chapel floor to paint his famous frescoes.• Living as he did high above the Thames on the fringe of the city, this wasn't his part of London.

rang high• Down went Pew, under the horse's feet, with a cry that rang high into the night.

aim high• Job satisfaction is commonly a crucial factor in a decision not to aim high.• She wanted to aim high as she was naturally competitive.• I froze in the shelter of my rock, but the glasses were aimed higher, at the tent.

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