These ocean waves are among the earth”s most complicated natural phenomena. The basic features include a crest (the highest point of the wave), a trough (the lowest point), a height (the vertical distance from the trough to the crest), a wave length (the horizontal distance between two wave crests), and a period (which is the time it takes a wave crest to travel one wave length).

这些海浪属于地球上最复杂的自然现象。它们的基本特征包括浪峰(波浪的最高点)、波谷(最低点)、浪高(从波谷到浪峰的垂直距离)、波长(两个浪峰间的水平距离)和周期(海峰走过一个波长所需的时间)。

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第四册

The editor at once sent the journalist a telegram instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.

编辑立即给那位记者发去传真，要求他核实一下台阶的确切数字和围墙的高度。

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第三册

The cathedral is famous for the height of its tower,which is without doubt the highest and the most handsome in England ,being from the ground 404 feet .

大教堂塔高404英尺，因此而闻名于世。并毫无争议地成为英国最高、也是最漂亮的塔

属类：学习英语-教材英语-高二上

King Gustavus Adolphus, ’The Northern Hurricane’, then at the height of his military success in the Thirty Years’ War, had dictated her measurements and armament.

号称"北方飓风"的GustavusAdolphus国王,当时正处于"三十年战争"的军事胜利成就时期,他亲自规定这艘战舰的规模和武器装备。

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第四册

She played at her classmate’s height .

她拿她同学身高开玩笑。

属类：学习英语-成语例句-

You’ll have to modify the height of the table to make it fit.

你得改一下桌子的高度使它正好合适。

属类：学习英语-同义词辨析-

Children under 1.2m in height cannot be taken into the concert hall.

身高1.2米以下的儿童不能被带入礼堂。

属类：学习英语-教材英语-初三

After taking off, we were flying low over the city and slowly gaining height , when the plane suddenly turned round and flew back to the airport.

收音机起飞后，正在城市上空作低空飞行，并且慢慢逐步升高，突然飞机掉转头来，飞回机场。

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第二册:lesson 79

Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet.

塔身高出水面将近700英尺。

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第三册

Travelling at a height of 30,000 feet, far above the clouds, and at over 500 miles an hour is an exhilarating experience.

腾云驾雾，在3000英尺高空以500英里的时速旅行，这种经历令人心旷神怡。

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第三册

Equal in height or standard

同高度(水准)的,同等的,不相上下的

属类：学习英语-新词-例句

The greatness of a people is not any more determined by their number than the greatness of a man is determined by his height .

一个民族的伟大不取决于其人口多少，正如人的伟大不取决于他的身高。

属类：学习英语-修辞篇-明喻

to stop climbing higher or falling lower, and continue at a fixed height

作水平飞行,平飞

属类：学习英语-新词-例句

3. Lastly, we usually use the singular form when talking about a person’s height . This is an exception to the plural noun rule in #2. Here’s an example:

I am 5-foot-6.

属类：学习英语-Ask a Teacher 名师答疑-名师答疑：Foot和Feet的区别

However, when the person’s height is an exact number of feet --without inches -- we use the plural form.

然而，当人的身高是整英尺不带英寸时，我们使用复数形式。

属类：学习英语-Ask a Teacher 名师答疑-名师答疑：Foot和Feet的区别