tall

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

Translation

adj. 高的;長的;誇大的
adv. 誇大地
Word Forms
比較級taller
最高級tallest

Phrases & Collocations

Tall buildings

高樓大廈

Tall trees

高大的樹木

tall building

高層建築物

walk tall

理直氣壯,挺直腰桿;不低三下四

tall tree

喬木

stand tall

形象高大;昂首站着

tall oil

[化]妥爾油,落爾油

tall order

離譜的要求;難以完成的任務

tall grass

茂草;高莖草

tall fescue

高羊茅;[植]牛尾草

tall story

難以置信的故事

tall ship

n. 高桅橫帆船

tall tale

n. 吹牛,說大話;誇張的故事,荒誕的故事

tall structures

高層結構物

Example Sentences

a tall blonde woman.

一個高個子金髮女人。

the crowd of tall buildings.

高層建築羣。

a tall man in an overcoat.

穿着大衣的一個高大男人

Mary was tall and fair.

瑪麗是個高個子的金髮女郎。

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

譯爲:從密林裏找到個在雙層櫃裏過高要求、無稽之談和大話。

the clink of ice in tall glasses.

大玻璃杯中冰塊的叮噹聲。

a tall, hefty wrestler.

高大、強健的摔跤手。

a tall, sturdy six-footer.

身高六英尺的高大壯漢。

a tall woman of about forty.

四十歲左右的高個兒女人。

a tall youth with broad shoulders.

魁梧的年輕人。

the tall spouts of geysers.

間歇性噴泉所噴出的高水柱。

a tall, thin man with a stoop.

一個又高又瘦的駝背男子。

how tall are you?.

你有多高?。

a tall order to fill.

一項難以完成的命令

a teller of tall tales.

講述難以令人相信的故事的人

That tall actor is a dishy man.

那個高大的演員是個有性感魅力的男人。

Real-world Examples

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

它高81英尺,是世界上最高的室內瀑布。

Source: Travel around the world

This is very tall. Very tall.

這是非常高。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,袁博士曾在夢裏看到水稻長得像高粱一樣高,。

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

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

它們很高,所以它們能喫到高樹上的葉子。

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?

我是像蘑菇一樣小,還是蘑菇和我一樣高?

Source: Drama: Alice in Wonderland

Minsu is the tallest in our class.

民肅是我們班上最高的。

Source: American Family Universal Parent-Child English

It would be around 445 meters tall.

它大約有445米高。

Source: VOA Special July 2023 Collection

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

我們非常非常高,跟超模似的,對我們來說這個麥克風太矮了。

Source: Celebrity Speech Compilation

And they aren't likely to get any taller.

他們已經不可能再長得更高了。

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!

我的侄子現在幾乎和我一樣高了!

Source: Oxford University: IELTS Foreign Teacher Course

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