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

• It was a rustic little place, on stilts, with a balcony that wrapped around it.
  这个小屋空间不大，很有乡村气息，底部有脚柱支撑着，外部一圈都是阳台。
• They took me up in the hills to a house on stilts.
  他们曾经带我去过山上的一座房子。
• They are talking on stilts about the poetry of painting.
  他们在夸夸其谈地议论绘画的诗意。
• They are walking on stilts.
  他们正在踩高跷。
• 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。
• Ambition is but avarice on stilts. w.s.
  野心只是踩在高跷上的贪婪。
• Circus clowns are experts at walking and running on stilts.
  马戏团的小丑善于踩着高跷走和跑。
• They built a house on stilts.
  他们建了一栋用桩子支撑的房子。
• 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。
• I came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse.
  我踩着竹高绕，玩骑马。