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

• Circus clowns are experts at walking and running on stilts.
  马戏团的小丑善于踩着高跷走和跑。
• 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。
• They are walking on stilts.
  他们正在踩高跷。
• 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。
• 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。
• There are "double stilts" and "single stilt" performances.
  表演有双跷、单跷之分。
• Others were fitted with stilts in the form of pig-bristles glued to their feet.
  其他的蚂蚁则在其脚部粘上猪鬃，做成高跷。
• 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。
• It's a panda on stilts!
  大熊猫在踩高跷！
• 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。