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词汇 altitude
释义 altitude
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈæl.tɪ.tʃuːd/ us /ˈæl.tə.tuːd/
height above sea level: 海拔,海拔高度
We are currently flying at an altitude of 15,000 metres.现在我们正在15000米的高度上飞行。
Mountain climbers use oxygen when they reach higher altitudes.到了海拔较高的地方,登山者就要使用氧气。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

the distance from the bottom to the top
heightThe exact height of Everest is a matter for debate.
tallnessThe tallness of the building makes me dizzy.
statureHe was a man of short stature.
altitudeThe plane has reached a cruising altitude of 36,000 feet.
elevationThe city's elevation is 9,010 feet.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Measurements in general
bathymetric
bathymetrically
bathymetry
be running at somethingidiom
calibrate
calibre
cubic
drop
elevation
factor
knee-length
metric
micro
non-measurable
pico-
scale
setting
stopping distance
tera-
uncalibrated

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High, tall and deep

altitude | American Dictionary


altitude
noun[ C ]
us/ˈæl·tɪˌtud/

altitudenoun[C] (HEIGHT)


earth science
height above sea level:
The city of Denver is situated at an altitude of almost exactly one mile.
earth science
Altitude is also the distance measured by an angle made by a point on the earth to a star and to the horizon (= place where earth and sky seem to meet).

altitudenoun[C] (LINE)


geometry
a segment (= part of a line) that is at a 90° angle to the side to which it is drawn

Examples of altitude


altitude
Local relief is characterized by low altitude sedimentary plateaux (chapadas), which are broken by a network of peripheral or intermontane depressions.
A dummy variable for high altitude separates the study region into two major climate zones.
Yet the book is uneven : sometimes the authors cover topics at an altitude of 30,000 feet, while others are examined at a much lower altitude.
The vertical behaviours that run on the vehicle include maintain minimal depth, maintain minimum altitude, maintain depth and maintain altitude.
The azimuth and the altitude of a star are the horizontal coordinates which determine the star's position with regard to a terrestrial place.
For the cosmopolitan inversions, a significant correlation with altitude or latitude was never found, even after multiple regression analyses.
In general, low prevalences of dirofilariasis were found in areas with high altitude or high wind speed.
Nevertheless, the effect of increasing altitude on adult emergence patterns is unknown.
In fact, electric fields due to auroral activities have been measured using balloons at about 40 km altitude, which is well below the ionosphere.
It recognises the specific qualities of the sun in high latitudes; from low, dissectional qualities in midwinter to high altitudes of longevity in summer.
Furthermore, location is described both by physical properties (such as longitude, latitude, altitude) and other properties, such as temperature, noise level, and lighting.
Also, broods moved around such that ' location ' and ' altitude ' were approximations only of where chicks picked up ticks.
We therefore recorded a brood's location and altitude as at the nearest intersection of a 100 m grid.
As altitude and year were measured at the brood level, they can explain only variation among broods and not variation among individuals within broods.
These differences would appear to favour transmission and may be interpreted as strategies associated with adaptation to high altitude conditions.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations withaltitude


altitude

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cruising altitude
Example (5) occurs soon after a flight has reached its assigned cruisingaltitude as the pilots complete the aftertakeoff checklist (line 2).
extreme altitude
It is only liable to happen in certain conditions of extreme altitude.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
high altitude
At highaltitude, where productivity is low, there are no sites where terrace investments are always profitable.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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