hight 音标拼音: [h'ɑɪt]
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Height \
Height \ (
h [
imac ]
t ),
n . [
Written also {
hight }.] [
OE .
heighte ,
heght ,
heighthe ,
AS .
he ['
a ]
h [
eth ]
u ,
h [=
e ]
h [
eth ]
u fr .
heah high ;
akin to D .
hoogte ,
Sw .
h ["
o ]
jd ,
Dan .
h ["
o ]
ide ,
Icel .
h [
ae ][
eth ],
Goth .
hauhi [
thorn ]
a .
See {
High }.]
1 .
The condition of being high ;
elevated position .
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Behold the height of the stars ,
how high they are !
--
Job xxii .
12 .
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2 .
The distance to which anything rises above its foot ,
above that on which in stands ,
above the earth ,
or above the level of the sea ;
altitude ;
the measure upward from a surface ,
as the floor or the ground ,
of an animal ,
especially of a man ;
stature . --
Bacon .
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[
Goliath '
s ]
height was six cubits and a span . --
1 Sam .
xvii .
4 .
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3 .
Degree of latitude either north or south . [
Obs .]
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Guinea lieth to the north sea ,
in the same height as Peru to the south . --
Abp .
Abbot .
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4 .
That which is elevated ;
an eminence ;
a hill or mountain ;
as ,
Alpine heights . --
Dryden .
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5 .
Elevation in excellence of any kind ,
as in power ,
learning ,
arts ;
also ,
an advanced degree of social rank ;
pre ["
e ]
minence or distinction in society ;
prominence .
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Measure your mind '
s height by the shade it casts .
--
R .
Browning .
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All would in his power hold ,
all make his subjects .
--
Chapman .
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6 .
Progress toward eminence ;
grade ;
degree .
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Social duties are carried to greater heights ,
and enforced with stronger motives by the principles of our religion . --
Addison .
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7 .
Utmost degree in extent ;
extreme limit of energy or condition ;
as ,
the height of a fever ,
of passion ,
of madness ,
of folly ;
the height of a tempest .
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My grief was at the height before thou camest .
--
Shak .
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{
On height },
aloud . [
Obs .]
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[
He ]
spake these same words ,
all on hight .
--
Chaucer .
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Hight \
Hight \,
n .
A variant of {
Height }.
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Hight \
Hight \,
v .
t . &
i . [
imp . {
Hight }, {
Hot },
p .
p . {
Hight },
{
Hote } (?), {
Hoten } (?).
See {
Hote }.] [
OE .
heiten ,
highten ,
haten ,
hoten ;
also hight ,
hatte ,
hette ,
is called ,
was called ,
AS .
h [=
a ]
tan to call ,
name ,
be called ,
to command ,
promise ;
also h [=
a ]
tte is called ,
was called ;
akin to G .
heissen to call ,
be called ,
bid ,
Goth .
haitan to call ,
in the passive ,
to be called .]
1 .
To be called or named . [
Archaic &
Poetic .]
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Note :
In the form hight ,
it is used in a passive sense as a present ,
meaning is called or named ,
also as a preterite ,
was called or named .
This form has also been used as a past participle .
See {
Hote }.
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The great poet of Italy ,
That highte Dante . --
Chaucer .
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Bright was her hue ,
and Geraldine she hight .
--
Surrey .
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Entered then into the church the Reverend Teacher .
Father he hight ,
and he was ,
in the parish .
--
Longfellow .
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Childe Harold was he hight . --
Byron .
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2 .
To command ;
to direct ;
to impel . [
Obs .]
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But the sad steel seized not where it was hight Upon the child ,
but somewhat short did fall .
--
Spenser .
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3 .
To commit ;
to intrust . [
Obs .]
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Yet charge of them was to a porter hight . --
Spenser .
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4 .
To promise . [
Obs .]
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He had hold his day ,
as he had hight . --
Chaucer .
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