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

• I came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse.
  我踩着竹高绕，玩骑马。
• Walking on stilts is commonly known as a kind of dance performed during festivals among the people.
  踩高跷俗称缚柴脚，亦称“踏高跷”、“扎高脚”。乃民间节日在广场表演的一种舞蹈形式。
• The structure stands on stilts in a park and visitors enter across a long wooden footbridge.
  博物馆位于公园内，架在几根立柱上。游客通过一条长长的木制人行桥进入馆内，感觉就像是登上一艘临时停靠在新鲁汶的飞船。
• Later, he shows it to me, a tiny construction on stilts.
  后来，他把茶室指给我看，这是一间搭建在支柱上的小屋。
• 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。
• You will never make me believe that women were made for walking on stilts.
  你别想让我相信妇女生来就是踩高跷走路的。
• 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。
• They are walking on stilts.
  他们正在踩高跷。
• 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。
• Ambition is but avarice on stilts. w.s.
  野心只是踩在高跷上的贪婪。