2021-02-09 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด T – tall & lofty & high
2021-02-09
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด T – tall & lofty & high
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง tall = ‘TAWL’
ออกเสียง lofty = ‘LAWF-tee’
ออกเสียง high = ‘HAHY’
Dictionary.com
SYNONYM STUDY FOR HIGH
High, lofty, tall, towering
refer to something that has considerable height.
High is a general term, and denoteseither extension upward
or position at a considerable height:
six feet high; a high shelf.
Lofty denotes imposing or even inspiring height:
lofty crags.
Tall is applied either to something that is high in proportion to its breadth,
or to anything higher than the average ofits kind:
a tall tree, building.
Towering is applied to something that rises to a great or conspicuous height
as compared with something else:
a towering mountain.
Collins COBUILD English Usage
high & tall
1. 'high'
You use high to describe things which measure a larger distance
than usual from the bottom to the top.
For example, you talk about a high hill or a high fence.
...the high mountains of northern Japan.
...the high walls of the prison.
2. 'tall'
You use tall to describe things which are higher than usual,
but which are also much higher than they are wide.
So, for example, you talk about a tall tree or a tall chimney.
Insects buzzed in the tall grass.
We saw several birds, including a tall heron standing on one leg.
You always use tall when you are talking about people.
Andreas was a tall handsome man.
She was a young woman, fairly tall and slim.
3. another meaning of 'high'
High also means 'a long way above the ground'.
For example, you talk about a high window or a high shelf.
It was a large room with a high ceiling.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions
Tall & lofty & high
Each of these terms means
“having greater than ordinary height,”
“extending upward.”
Which of them to use depends upon what is being mentioned:
one refers to a tall or loftytree, a high or lofty mountain,
a high wall, a tall woman, and a lofty elevation.
Tall and high, the most general of these words,
are most frequently used.
Tall is used to refer to something that rises to a considerable extent
and also applies particularly to people:
“a tall building,” “a tall boy.”
High applies to that which rises well above a base:
“a high hill,” “a shelf high on the wall.”
Lofty describes what is imposingor majestically elevated:
“This huge room has a lofty ceiling.”
Each of the terms is also use figuratively:
“a man of high purpose”;
“a tall tale”;
“a lofty ambition”;
“high ideals,”
“lofty pretensions,”
“tall talk.”
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