height

高さ、身長

人や物の一番下から一番上までの距離。

やさしい英語で： The distance from the bottom to the top of a person or thing.

• What is the height of this table?
• The tree reached a height of ten metres.
• They measured the children’s heights.

類義語： tallness

よく使う表現： height of something, average height, full height, someone’s height

高度、高さ

地面や海面、基準とした高さから上へ測った距離。

やさしい英語で： The distance above the ground, sea, or another chosen level.

• The plane flew at a great height.
• Keep the shelf at a height children can reach.
• The balloon rose to a height of fifty metres.

使い方： at a height of + measurement (The helicopter hovered at a height of twenty metres.)

類義語： altitude, elevation

よく使う表現： at a height, height above ground, great height

絶頂、最盛期

物事の勢い、成功、程度などが最も大きくなる時や段階。

やさしい英語で： The time or point when something is strongest, most successful, or most extreme.

• She was at the height of her career.
• We visited at the height of summer.
• At the height of the storm, the lights went out.

使い方： at the height of something (At the height of the crisis, thousands needed help.)

類義語： peak, climax, pinnacle

よく使う表現： height of something, at the height, height of summer