喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture something measured from the ground up, reaching further than you expect: a person, a tree, a building. The word is about that upward distance. Push the idea past what is reasonable and English gets two fixed phrases out of it — a job too big to manage, a story stretched past belief.

可以想成：一樣東西從地面往上量，比你預期的還要高——一個人、一棵樹、一棟樓。這個字講的就是那段往上的距離。把「往上」…更多收起可以想成：一樣東西從地面往上量，比你預期的還要高——一個人、一棵樹、一棟樓。這個字講的就是那段往上的距離。把「往上」推過頭、推到不合理的地方，英文就生出兩個固定說法：大到做不到的任務，和誇張到不可信的故事。

From the picture

高杯裝的飲料

直接指杯子的形狀：又高又細的玻璃杯，裡面主要是汽水或果汁，所以整杯喝起來清涼、不濃。

tall drink · adjective · A1

A tall drink is a cool drink served in a big, high glass, made mostly of a soft drink or juice. (American English)

高杯飲料

高過頭了

把「高」推到超出合理範圍：要求高到做不到，故事誇張到不可信——這兩個意思都只活在固定搭配裡。

a tall order · adjective · A1

A tall order is a request or task that is very hard, almost impossible, to do.

艱鉅的任務

Also in this word

tall (height) · adjective · A1

Higher than normal — used about people, buildings, trees, and other things that reach up high.

高

tall (asking or stating height) · adjective · A1

Used to say or ask what the height of a person or thing is, often with a measurement.

高（表身高或高度）

原始詞典資料11 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

talladj/tɔːl/

  • 1

    Having a top that is far up (contrast: deep (having a bottom that is far down' ).)

    • Being tall is an advantage in basketball.
    • Ostriches are the tallest living birds.
  • 2

    Having a top that is far up (contrast: deep (having a bottom that is far down' ).)

    • Tall trees, at least about 30m high.
    • To him it seemed that the Bornean rainforests, the tallest on Earth, were places that had: 'remained untouched and unchanged since remote geological epochs[.]'
  • 3

    Having a top that is far up (contrast: deep (having a bottom that is far down' ).)

  • 4

    Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.

    • "That's tall talk." "Not an inch taller than the truth."
  • 5

    obsoleteOld senses that arose before the height-related senses

  • 6

    obsoleteOld senses that arose before the height-related senses

  • 7

    obsoleteOld senses that arose before the height-related senses

  • 8

    archaicOld senses that arose before the height-related senses

tallnoun/tɔːl/

  • 1

    Someone or something that is tall.

    • But in the second generation of hybrids (from seed of the first) talls and dwarfs were both present, and in the proportion of twelve talls to four dwarfs.
    • The industries that best accommodate talls are those that have faced personal injury lawsuits.
  • 2

    A clothing size for taller people.

    • Do you have this in a tall?
  • 3

    A tall serving of a drink, especially one from Starbucks, which contains 12 ounces.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。