High

(noun.) a lofty level or position or degree; 'summer temperatures reached an all-time high'.

(noun.) a high place; 'they stood on high and observed the countryside'; 'he doesn't like heights'.

(noun.) a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics; 'they took drugs to get a high on'.

(noun.) a state of sustained elation; 'I'm on a permanent high these days'.

(noun.) an air mass of higher than normal pressure; 'the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high'.

(adj.) happy and excited and energetic .

(adj.) slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) .

(adj.) (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); 'a high mountain'; 'high ceilings'; 'high buildings'; 'a high forehead'; 'a high incline'; 'a foot high' .

(adj.) greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; 'a high temperature'; 'a high price'; 'the high point of his career'; 'high risks'; 'has high hopes'; 'the river is high'; 'he has a high opinion of himself' .

(adj.) used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency .

(adv.) at a great altitude; 'he climbed high on the ladder'.

(adv.) far up toward the source; 'he lives high up the river'.

(adv.) in or to a high position, amount, or degree; 'prices have gone up far too high'.

(adv.) in a rich manner; 'he lives high'.

手打:曼弗雷德

• Yet it was a hard time for sensitive, high-spirited Jo, who meant so well and had apparently done so ill. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The table was of the usual European style --cushions dead and twice as high as the balls; the cues in bad repair. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• A struggle for existence inevitably follows from the high rate at which all organic beings tend to increase. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The building was of grey, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each side. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Such the decree of the High Ruler from whom there is no appeal: to whom I submit. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• During my journey I might dream, and with buoyant wings reach the summit of life's high edifice. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• At this point the water recedes a few hundred yards from the high land. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The English and the Germans (he indignantly declared) were always reviling the Italians for their inability to cultivate the higher kinds of music. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• And it was so delightful that this higher degree of sympathy should be reached through their interest in Lily Bart! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• It makes him so much higher in his neighbouring collier's eyes. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• This, in turn, has opened up possibilities of much higher speed and greater efficiency in the machine. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• But over most of the world the Lower Pal?olithic culture had developed into a more complicated and higher life twenty or thirty thousand years ago. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The wages of labour, however, are much higher in North America than in any part of England. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• At the same time, we must not lose sight of our own higher object. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• On the strength of Darcy's regard, Bingley had the firmest reliance, and of his judgement the highest opinion. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• He once said that he was educated in a university where all the students belonged to families of the aristocracy; and the highest class in the university all wore little red caps. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The men engaged in the Mexican war were brave, and the officers of the regular army, from highest to lowest, were educated in their profession. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Fellow Travellers In the autumn of the year, Darkness and Night were creeping up to the highest ridges of the Alps. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Jane Fairfax was very elegant, remarkably elegant; and she had herself the highest value for elegance. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• If the flank were turned, the best men would be left on the highest mountains. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• I wish continued success to the labours of the Royal Society, and that you may long adorn their chair; being, with the highest esteem, dear sir, &c. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Here a Lancashire man named Highs, who had constructed a double jenny to work fifty-six spindles in 1770, was declared by Arkwright’s opponents to be the real inventor. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.

手打:蒙塔古