stilts
n.
（支撑建筑物高出地面或水面的）桩子，支柱( stilt的名词复数 );
高跷;
例句:
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Lifting himself into notoriety on the stilts of blasphemy.
来自fig.
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The bamboo huts here are all built on stilts.
这里的竹楼都是架空的.
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a circus performer on stilts
马戏团里踩高跷的演员
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They inhabit reed huts built on stilts above the water.
他们住在建于水中木桩之上的芦苇草屋里。
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Those mysterious giants were really men...balancing themselves on stilts.
来自George Eliot
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Clearly we don't want athletes running on stilts.
来自BBC