| 词汇 | altitude |
| 词源 | altitude [LME] Altitude is from Latin altitudo, from altus ‘high’. The latter is also the source of altar [OE], a raised structure for worship, enhance [ME], originally ‘make higher’; exalt [LME], with ex- ‘out, upwards’; and haughty [LME], from altus via French haut. |
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