TALL1 words for describing someone who is tall2 how tall someone is3 to be much taller than someoneRELATED WORDSoppositeSHORTtall building, tree, mountain etc 高大的建筑、树木、山等HIGH (2)1 words for describing someone who is tall 描述身材高的人的词语tall /tɔːl/ [adjective] Martin was tall and thin, with curly blond hair. 马丁又高又瘦，有一头金色曲发。 At the age of fifteen he was already six foot three and the tallest boy in the school. 他15岁时已有6英尺3英寸了，是学校里最高的男孩。 The photographer asked the taller people to stand at the back of the group. 摄影师让身材较高的人站到人群的后排。 Who is that tall bloke standing next to Diane? 站在黛安娜旁边的高个子是谁？grow tall/taller Sebastian was now fifteen, and had grown tall and strong. 塞巴斯蒂安现在15岁，长得又高又壮。lanky /ˈlæŋki/ [adjective]a man who islanky is tall and thin, and has very long legs 〔男人〕瘦长的 We were met by a tall, lanky youth called Yusef. 一个名叫尤素福的高高瘦瘦的年轻人来接我们。 a lanky sixteen-year-old boy 一个腿长身瘦的16岁男孩gangling/gangly /ˈgæŋglɪŋ, ˈgæŋgli/ [adjective usually before noun]use this about a young person who is tall and thin with very long legs and arms, and moves in an awkward way 又高又瘦而动作笨拙的〔指年轻人〕 Janet introduced me to her son, a shy, gangling teenager. 珍妮特把我介绍给她儿子，一个羞涩的、又高又瘦的少年。 a tall, gangly youth 又高又瘦的青年人leggy /ˈlegi/ [adjective]a woman who isleggy is tall and attractive with long legs 〔女人〕双腿修长的 Robert arrived at the party with a leggy brunette. 罗伯特带了一个长着深褐色头发的长腿女郎来参加聚会。 a tall, leggy blonde 一个身材高挑、双腿修长的金发美女a giant /ə ˈdʒaɪənt/ [singular noun]use this about a man who is very tall, especially when you are surprised at how tall he is 身材非常高大的男人；巨人〔尤表示高得令人惊讶〕 Bigger even than his father, who was a tall man, James was a giant. 詹姆斯的父亲是个高个子，而詹姆斯甚至比他父亲还高大，他是个巨人。a giant of a man The biggest of the three brothers was a sad-faced giant of a man. 三兄弟中身材最高大的是一个面容愁苦的巨人。2 how tall someone is 某人有多高how tall /ˌhaʊ ˈtɔːl/ [adjective phrase]use this to ask or talk about someone's height 多高 How tall are you? 你有多高？ I hadn't seen her for five years and I was amazed at how tall she was. 我有五年没见到她，她长得这么高让我很惊讶。6 ft tall/2 m tall etc /ˌsɪks fʊt ˈtɔːl/ [adjective phrase]use this to say exactly how tall someone is 有六英尺/两米等高 John is 1.78 metres tall and weighs 95 kilos. 约翰身高1.78米，体重95公斤。 She was accompanied by her six foot tall boyfriend. 陪伴着她的是她那个身高六英尺的男朋友。height /haɪt/ [countable/uncountable noun]how tall someone is 身高somebody's height State your age, height, and weight. 说出你的年龄、身高和体重。 Sally had always been self-conscious about her height. 萨莉总是对自己的身高感到难为情。be the same height She's about the same height as I am. 她跟我差不多一样高。stature /ˈstætʃəʳ/ [uncountable noun]formalsomeone's height, used especially when you are talking about their appearance 【正式】身高；身材〔尤用于描述外表〕 The bank manager was a grey-haired man of imposing stature. 这位银行经理是个头发灰白，气宇轩昂的男人。in stature I was by no means short in stature, but next to this man I felt like a dwarf. 我的身材绝不矮，但在这个人身边我觉得自己像个侏儒。3 to be much taller than someone 比某人高许多tower over/above /ˈtaʊər əʊvəʳ, əbʌv/ [transitive phrasal verb] When Howard stood up, he towered over his father. 霍华德站起来时，比他父亲要高许多。 A tall, broad-shouldered, striking figure, he towered above others around him. 他身材高、肩膀宽、仪表堂堂，比起周围的人他要高出很多。dwarf /dwɔːʳf/ [transitive verb usually in passive]to be so much taller than someone else that you make them seem shorter than they really are 使〔某人〕显得矮小很多 Rachel was small and slight, and was dwarfed by the other competitors. 雷切尔个子小而纤弱，与其他参赛者相比显得矮小得多。