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

• 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。
• 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。
• This is indeed a very good breeding season for the Stilts!
  本年的繁殖季节为黑翅长脚鹬的确非常理想！
• How can they walk on stilts here?
  这儿哪能踩高跷啊？
• I came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse.
  我踩着竹高绕，玩骑马。
• 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 built a house on stilts.
  他们建了一栋用桩子支撑的房子。
• 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。
• In a rain forest, where trees stand on the stilts of their roots.
  在一片雨林中，树木挺立在它们的根上。
• The100 over-water bungalows perch on stilts above the turquoise lagoon.
  在100个水平房鲈鱼上方的绿松石泻湖高跷。