altitude
US: /ˈæɫtəˌtud/
UK: /ˈæltɪtjˌuːd/
UK: /ˈæltɪtjˌuːd/
English Vietnamese dictionary
altitude /'æltitju:d/
- danh từ
- độ cao ((thường) so với mặt biển)
- (số nhiều) nơi cao, chỗ cao, đỉnh cao
- địa vị cao
- (toán học) độ cao, đường cao
- altitude flight: sự bay ở độ cao
- altitude gauge (measurer): máy đo độ cao
- to lose altitude
- (hàng không) không bay được lên cao
- hạ thấp xuống
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C, usually sing.] the height above sea level: We are flying at an altitude of 6 000 metres. + The plane made a dive to a lower altitude.
2 [C, usually pl., U] a place that is high above sea level: Snow leopards live at high altitudes. + The athletes trained at altitude in Mexico City. + The climbers failed to reach the summit because of altitude sickness.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
great, high | low | cruising
The plane took off and climbed to cruising altitude.
VERB + ALTITUDE
cruise at, fly at, maintain
The aircraft maintained an altitude of 28,000 feet.
| reach, rise to
The aviators reported the columns of smoke rising to an altitude of 2,000 feet.
| gain | lose
The plane suddenly started to lose altitude.
ALTITUDE + NOUN
sickness
PREP.
at an/the ~
No trees will grow at that altitude.
Concise English dictionary
altitudes'æltɪtjuːd
noun
+elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
+the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to opposite vertex (or side if parallel)
+angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
