stilts是什么意思？

stilts

• n. （支撑建筑物高出地面或水面的）桩子，支柱( stilt的名词复数 )，高跷；

例句

• a beach house on stilts 支柱上的海滩房子
• a circus performer on stilts 马戏团里踩高跷的演员
• The bamboo huts here are all built on stilts. 这里的竹楼都是架空的.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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  (尤指在潮湿或松软的地面竖起的)木桩，金属桩，支柱
  Stilts are long upright pieces of wood or metal on which some buildings are built, especially where the ground is wet or very soft.
  例句
  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。
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  高跷
  Stilts are 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.