heightの意味・使い方・発音

height

英 [haɪt] 美 [haɪt]

高さ height, height

heightの名詞形から。

height: height: [OE] Etymologically as well as semantically, height is the ‘condition of being high’. It was formed in prehistoric Germanic from *khaukh- (source of high) and *-ithā, an abstract noun suffix: combined, they came down to Old English as hēhthu. The change of final -th to -t seems to have begun in the 13th century. The spelling ei reflects the word’s pronunciation in Middle English times, when it rhymed approximately with modern English hate.
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height (n.): Old English hiehtu, Anglian hehto "highest part or point, summit; the heavens, heaven," from root of heah "high" (see high) + -itha, Germanic abstract noun suffix. Compare Old Norse h?e, Middle Dutch hoochte, Old High German hohida, Gothic hauhita "height." Meaning "distance from bottom to top" is from late 13c. Meaning "excellence, high degree of a quality" is late 14c. The modern pronunciation with -t emerged 13c., but wasn't established till 19c., and heighth is still colloquial.

1. The sudden height dizzied her and she clung tightly.: 突然上昇した高さに彼女は頭をくらくらさせ、彼女はしっかりつかんだ。

2.I think it 's the height of bad manners to be dressed badly.: 服装が正しくないのは最も失礼な行為だと思います。

3.A girl may fill out before she reaches her full height .: 女の子は体が大きくなる前に太る可能性があります。

5.The corridors there were painted chocolate-brown to shoulder height .: そこの廊下は地面から肩の高さまで茶色に塗装されている。