on stilts

基本解釋

These guys always travel around on stilts that make them like 9 feet tall.
那些家伙將總是踩著高蹺四處環(huán)游以使他們看起來有9尺高。
When they're not training Snow to fight or play card games, these dwarves walk about on stilts to appear taller.
當(dāng)他們還沒有教白雪公主去斗爭或玩紙牌時(shí)，這些小矮人會(huì)在高蹺板上走來走去以便使他們顯得更高些。
The expedition went door to door among homes propped up on stilts to reach potential speakers of those little-known languages.
這支探險(xiǎn)隊(duì)挨家挨戶的訪問那些踩著高蹺的房屋（譯注：類似吊腳樓），為的是能接觸到那些鮮為人知的語言的潛在使用者。

The other would be to--historically what has happened in south Louisiana--build houses on stilts again.
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It is a ruling class of pygmies who walk on stilts and call themselves giants.
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