tall

[US]/tɔːl/
[UK]/tɔl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 高的;长的;夸大的
adv. 夸大地
Word Forms
比较级taller
最高级tallest

Phrases & Collocations

Tall buildings

高楼大厦

Tall trees

高大的树木

tall building

高层建筑物

walk tall

理直气壮,挺直腰杆;不低三下四

tall tree

乔木

stand tall

形象高大;昂首站着

tall oil

[化]妥尔油,落尔油

tall order

离谱的要求;难以完成的任务

tall grass

茂草;高茎草

tall fescue

高羊茅;[植]牛尾草

tall story

难以置信的故事

tall ship

n. 高桅横帆船

tall tale

n. 吹牛,说大话;夸张的故事,荒诞的故事

tall structures

高层结构物

Example Sentences

a tall blonde woman.

一个高个子金发女人。

the crowd of tall buildings.

高层建筑群。

a tall man in an overcoat.

穿着大衣的一个高大男人

Mary was tall and fair.

玛丽是个高个子的金发女郎。

tall:Find a tall oil in the tallboy from the timber is tall order,tall story and tall talk.

译为:从密林里找到个在双层柜里过高要求、无稽之谈和大话。

the clink of ice in tall glasses.

大玻璃杯中冰块的叮当声。

a tall, hefty wrestler.

高大、强健的摔跤手。

a tall, sturdy six-footer.

身高六英尺的高大壮汉。

a tall woman of about forty.

四十岁左右的高个儿女人。

a tall youth with broad shoulders.

魁梧的年轻人。

the tall spouts of geysers.

间歇性喷泉所喷出的高水柱。

a tall, thin man with a stoop.

一个又高又瘦的驼背男子。

how tall are you?.

你有多高?。

a tall order to fill.

一项难以完成的命令

a teller of tall tales.

讲述难以令人相信的故事的人

That tall actor is a dishy man.

那个高大的演员是个有性感魅力的男人。

Real-world Examples

Standing 81 feet tall, it is the tallest indoor waterfall in the world.

它高81英尺,是世界上最高的室内瀑布。

Source: Travel around the world

This is very tall. Very tall.

这是非常高。非常高。

Source: Blue little koala

Long ago Dr yuan had a dream about rice plants as tall as sorghum.

很久以前,袁博士曾在梦里看到水稻长得像高粱一样高,。

Source: People's Education Press High School English Required Volume 4

They are very tall, so they can eat from tall trees.

它们很高,所以它们能吃到高树上的叶子。

Source: Beijing Normal University New Curriculum Reform Junior High School English Grade 7 Volume 2

Am I as small as a mushroom, or is the mushroom as tall as me?

我是像蘑菇一样小,还是蘑菇和我一样高?

Source: Drama: Alice in Wonderland

Minsu is the tallest in our class.

民肃是我们班上最高的。

Source: American Family Universal Parent-Child English

It would be around 445 meters tall.

它大约有445米高。

Source: VOA Special July 2023 Collection

We're very, very tall, we're supermodels.

我们非常非常高,跟超模似的,对我们来说这个麦克风太矮了。

Source: Celebrity Speech Compilation

And they aren't likely to get any taller.

他们已经不可能再长得更高了。

Source: Past exam papers of the English reading section for the postgraduate entrance examination (English I).

My nephew is almost as tall as me now!

我的侄子现在几乎和我一样高了!

Source: Oxford University: IELTS Foreign Teacher Course

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