tall 音标拼音: [t'ɔl]
a . 高的,长的,夸大的
ad . 夸大地
高的,长的,夸大的夸大地
tall adj 1 :
great in vertical dimension ;
high in stature ; "
tall people "; "
tall buildings "; "
tall trees "; "
tall ships "
[
ant : {
little }, {
short }]
2 :
lofty in style ; "
he engages in so much tall talk ,
one never really realizes what he is saying " [
synonym : {
grandiloquent },
{
magniloquent }, {
tall }]
3 :
impressively difficult ; "
a tall order "
4 :
too improbable to admit of belief ; "
a tall story " [
synonym :
{
improbable }, {
marvelous }, {
marvellous }, {
tall (
a )}]
n 1 :
a garment size for a tall person Tall \
Tall \,
a . [
Compar . {
Taller };
superl . {
Tallest }.] [
OE .
tal seemly ,
elegant ,
docile (?);
of uncertain origin ;
cf .
AS .
un -
tala ,
un -
tale ,
bad ,
Goth .
untals indocile ,
disobedient ,
uninstructed ,
or W . &
Corn .
tal high ,
Ir .
talla meet ,
fit ,
proper ,
just .]
1 .
High in stature ;
having a considerable ,
or an unusual ,
extension upward ;
long and comparatively slender ;
having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height ;
as ,
a tall person ,
tree ,
or mast .
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Two of far nobler shape ,
erect and tall . --
Milton .
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2 .
Brave ;
bold ;
courageous . [
Obs .]
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As tall a trencherman As e '
er demolished a pye fortification . --
Massinger .
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His companions ,
being almost in despair of victory ,
were suddenly recomforted by Sir William Stanley ,
which came to succors with three thousand tall men .
--
Grafton .
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3 .
Fine ;
splendid ;
excellent ;
also ,
extravagant ;
excessive .
[
Obs .
or Slang ] --
B .
Jonson .
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Syn :
High ;
lofty .
Usage : {
Tall }, {
High }, {
Lofty }.
High is the generic term ,
and is applied to anything which is elevated or raised above another thing .
Tall specifically describes that which has a small diameter in proportion to its height ;
hence ,
we speak of a tall man ,
a tall steeple ,
a tall mast ,
etc .,
but not of a tall hill .
Lofty has a special reference to the expanse above us ,
and denotes an imposing height ;
as ,
a lofty mountain ;
a lofty room .
Tall is now properly applied only to physical objects ;
high and lofty have a moral acceptation ;
as ,
high thought ,
purpose ,
etc .;
lofty aspirations ;
a lofty genius .
Lofty is the stronger word ,
and is usually coupled with the grand or admirable .
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Tallage 141 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tall ":
Gongoresque ,
Johnsonian ,
a bit thick ,
a bit thin ,
a mile long ,
absurd ,
affected ,
altitudinous ,
bedizened ,
beyond belief ,
big ,
big -
sounding ,
bombastic ,
bumper ,
colossal ,
considerable ,
convoluted ,
declamatory ,
doubtable ,
doubtful ,
dubious ,
dubitable ,
elevated ,
euphuistic ,
exaggerated ,
extensive ,
extravagant ,
far -
flung ,
far -
reaching ,
fargoing ,
flamboyant ,
flaming ,
flashy ,
flaunting ,
fulsome ,
gangling ,
gangly ,
garish ,
gassy ,
gaudy ,
giant ,
gigantic ,
goodly ,
grand ,
grandiloquent ,
grandiose ,
grandisonant ,
great ,
hard of belief ,
hard to believe ,
healthy ,
high ,
high -
flowing ,
high -
flown ,
high -
flying ,
high -
reaching ,
high -
sounding ,
high -
swelling ,
highfalutin ,
highfaluting ,
huge ,
implausible ,
improbable ,
inconceivable ,
incredible ,
inflated ,
inkhorn ,
interminable ,
labyrinthine ,
lank ,
lanky ,
large ,
large -
scale ,
leggy ,
lengthy ,
lexiphanic ,
lofty ,
long ,
long -
legged ,
longish ,
longsome ,
lurid ,
magniloquent ,
man -
sized ,
meretricious ,
no end of ,
not deserving belief ,
numerous ,
open to doubt ,
open to suspicion ,
orotund ,
ostentatious ,
outrageous ,
overblown ,
overdone ,
overelaborate ,
overinvolved ,
overwrought ,
passing belief ,
pedantic ,
pompous ,
preposterous ,
pretentious ,
problematic ,
questionable ,
rangy ,
rhetorical ,
ridiculous ,
sensational ,
sensationalistic ,
sententious ,
sesquipedal ,
sesquipedalian ,
showy ,
sizable ,
sky -
high ,
skyscraping ,
soaring ,
sonorous ,
staggering belief ,
statuesque ,
steep ,
stilted ,
substantial ,
suspect ,
suspicious ,
swollen ,
thick ,
thin ,
tidy ,
tortuous ,
towering ,
unbelievable ,
unconvincing ,
unearthly ,
ungodly ,
unimaginable ,
unthinkable ,
unworthy of belief ,
windy ,
without end
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