English Dictionary

high

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈhaɪ/

名詞

くだけた表現

A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven).or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).

日本語の意味

高さや高み：文字通り、地理的または物理的に高い位置、例えば丘、建物、あるいは天国などを指す。 / 最高潮、頂点：比喩的に成功や成果のピーク、物事が最も良い状態を表す。

The shepherd led the flock up to the high before the storm arrived.

嵐が来る前に、羊飼いは群れを高台へと導いた。

意味（1）

A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven).or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).

意味（2）

The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.

Today's high was 32 °C.

意味（3）

A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.

They will have to reflect on a seventh successive defeat in a European final while Chelsea try to make sense of an eccentric season rife with controversy and bad feeling but once again one finishing on an exhilarating high.

意味（4）

A drug that gives such a high.

No sooner has a [synthetic] drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. These “legal highs” are sold for the few months it takes the authorities to identify and ban them, and then the cycle begins again.

意味（5）

(meteorology, informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.

A large high is centred on the Azores.

意味（6）

(card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.

highs （ plural ）