Cao; cao hơn trung bình; cao hơn xung quanh (người, đồ vật)

how tall is he?

nó cao bao nhiêu?

a tall man

một người cao

Có chiều cao được nói rõ

Tom is six feet tall

Tom cao sáu phít

(từ lóng) phóng đại, quá mức

tall talk

lời nói khoác lác, lời nói phóng đại (không biết (cũng) nói)

a tall order

(thông tục) nhiệm vụ quá nặng; đòi hỏi quá cao

a tall story

(thông tục) chuyện khó tin

Ngoa, khoác lác, khoe khoang

to talk tall

nói ngoa, nói khoác, nói khoe khoang

cao ráo

cao

chiều cao

High, towering, big, soaring, lofty, giant, gigantic;multi-storey: The giant sequoias of California are the tallesttrees in the world. There are many tall buildings in most majorcities. 2 lanky, gangling, rangy, leggy, long-legged, big,giant, huge, gigantic, large: Some of those basketball playersare unbelievably tall.

Exaggerated, overblown, far-fetched,improbable, unbelievable, incredible, preposterous, outrageous,overdone, absurd, Colloq Brit steep: He told us some amusingtall tales about his fishing adventures.

Adj.

Of more than average height.

Of aspecified height (looks about six feet tall).

Higher than thesurrounding objects (a tall building).

Colloq. extravagant orexcessive (a tall story; tall talk).

Adv. as if tall;proudly; in a tall or extravagant way (sit tall).

Tall drink adrink served in a tall glass. tall hat = top hat (see TOP(1)).tall order an exorbitant or unreasonable demand. tall ship asailing ship with a high mast.

Tallish adj. tallness n.[ME, repr. OE get‘l swift, prompt]