stilt
英[stɪlt]
美[stɪlt]
- n. 高跷；支柱，支撑物
- vt. 使踏上高跷
英英释意
- 1. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
- 2. one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground;
- "he was so tall I thought he was on stilts"
- 3. long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
- 4. long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons