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单词 tall
释义
tall
adjective
uk
/tɔːl/us
/tɑːl/
A1
of more thanaverageheight, or of aparticularheight:
高的，高大的；有…高的
a tallgirl高个子女孩
a tallbuilding高层建筑
He's sixfeettall.他身高6英尺。
She's much tallerthanme.她比我高得多。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
having a large distance from bottom to top
  • highThe garden is surrounded by a high wall.
  • tallMount Everest is the world's tallest mountain.
  • loftyThe path winds along the lofty peaks of the Andes.
  • soaringSoaring mountains and lush valleys are every nature enthusiast's dream.
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More examples
  • Myviewwasblockedby a tall man infrontof me.
  • She'snearlyas tall as herfathernow.
  • Thehousewassurroundedby a tall,woodenfence.
  • She is fivefeet/footthreeinchestall.
  • He was about sixfeettall withbroadshoulders.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
High, tall and deep
  • abysmal
  • altitude
  • bottomless
  • deep
  • ectomorph
  • elevated
  • eye level
  • height
  • higher
  • lofty
  • overshadow
  • rangy
  • rear
  • rear above/oversomething/someone
  • stand
  • tallish
  • tallness
  • tower
  • tower above/oversomeone/something
  • towering
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Related word

tallness

Grammar

Highortall?
We use high for mountains and for things which are a long way above the ground:…

Idioms

be a tall order
stand/walk tall
(Definition oftallfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tall| American Dictionary

tall
adjective[-er/-est only]
us
/tɔl/

talladjective[-er/-est only](VERY HIGH)

of more thanaverageheight:
She’s tall andslim.
The Sears Tower is taller than the EmpireStateBuilding.

talladjective[-er/-est only](THIS HIGH)

of aparticularheight:
Four of herfriendsare sixfeetor taller.
(Definition oftallfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

tall| Business English

tall
adjective
HR,MANAGEMENT
uk
/tɔːl/us
used todescribeanorganizationwith manylevelsofjobsbetweentopmanagementand theworkersat thebottom:
In a tallorganizationalstructure,employeesoftenlieat thebottomof alongchainofsupervisors,managers, andexecutives.
(Definition oftallfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftall

tall
The dentary is long and slender and is dorsoventrally tallest at its caudal margin.
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Only trees taller than 1 m were included in the survey.
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Marble vases average 13 cm in height and 13 cm in diameter; they are typically taller than they are wide.
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Blocks of the pie chart clockwise from the bull's-eye represent the percentage of trees where the surrounding canopy is taller than the target tree.
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The resulting plots of height vs. dbh were inspected to see if the tallest trees were outliers for each species.
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As we lacked the necessary height distributions for such methods at most sites, we simply took the heights of the tallest trees per species, as direct measures of maximum height.
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No significant difference was found between the median heights of the tallest seedlings in clumps at nest sites and the tallest labelled seedlings under individual conspecific trees.
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The boy removing his shorts to the right of the canvas appears not just bigger or taller than the figure to his left but actually of a different scale.
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The tallest in the family, she is a lawyer, previously divorced, and her first appearance is in chapter 25.
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Critics suggested that basketball was becoming uninteresting with taller players dominating.
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Su-metal, the tallest of the three, is typically in the centre, with the other two members positioned either side of her.
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The back of the president's chair is two inches taller than those of the cabinet secretaries.
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He is described as slightly taller than previously known, and heavier, with hair still remarkably dark for his age.
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He is one of the tallest batsman ever to play test cricket and stands at 6 feet 5 inches.
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Also, taller residential buildings gave rise to taller office buildings.
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