a trough (the lowest point), a height (the vertical distance from the trough to the crest),
波谷（最低点）、浪高（从波谷到浪峰的垂直距离）
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 40 Waves

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

point [pɔɪnt] 词频1 词根: 刺扎
n. 点;要点;得分;标点; vt. （意思上）指向;削尖;加标点于;指路; vi. 表明;指向;
💡 point(prick)→点；地点；目的；时刻；使锐利；指示
"Racial tension has reached boiling point ."
种族间的紧张状态已达到一触即发的程度。
近义：range, aim, hone, sharpen, strap, strop
vertical ['vɝtɪkl] 词频4 词根: ver
adj. 垂直的，竖立的;[解]头顶的;顶点的;[植]纵长的，直上的; n. 垂直线，垂直面;[建]竖杆;垂直位置;
💡 vert转变+ical...的 → 转变成直的 → 垂直
"the vertical axis of the graph"
图的纵轴
近义：plumb 反义：lying, flat
distance ['dɪstəns] 词频1 词根: di
n. 距离，路程;远处;疏远;（时间的）间隔，长久; vt. 把…远远甩在后面;疏远;与…保持距离;
💡 dist距离 + ance 表名词，状态、情况、性质、行为 → n.距离,间距;远处
"A peal of church bells rang out in the distance."
远处响起了一阵教堂的钟声。
近义：isolation, separation, estrangement, aloofness, distantial, separate 反义：approximate, abut, immediacy, nearness, neighborhood, neighbourhood
trough ['trɔ:f] 词频4
n. 水槽，食槽;低谷期;[航]深海漕;[气]低气压槽;
"As the wave bore down on us, the trough deepened."
当波涛向我们压来时, 波谷加深了.
近义：basin, manger, rack, stall, drinker, waterer
height [haɪt] 词频2 词根: /hi:/
n. 高度，海拔;高地;身高;绝顶，顶点;
💡 deep(a.深的)-depth(n.深度) high(a.高的)-height(n.高度) wide(a.宽的)-width(n.宽度) broad(a.广的
"The height of the bicycle seat is adjustable."
这辆自行车车座的高度可以调节。
近义：rise, elevation, altitude, stature, tallness, heyday 反义：profundity, deepness, pit, abyss, gulf

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe --
以及观众身后各个国家的态度。面对着这些荒唐的比赛，参赛的各个国家会如痴如狂，甚至煞有介事地相信 --
and there is a very firm rule that the bank has no right or authority to pay out a customer's money on a cheque on which its customer's signature has been forged.
银行没有任何权利或理由把储户的钱让伪造储户签名的支票取走。
and slipping through we no longer take omens from their flight on this side and that; and even the most superstitious villagers no longer take off their hats to the magpie and wish it good-morning.
这些鸟对我们是有益的，虽然我们不再从它们的飞翔姿态来占卜吉凶，连最迷信的村民也不再对喜鹊脱帽行礼，祝它早安了。
of the nature of the illness from which his friend was suffering,
不知道他的朋友得的是什么病，
Moondwellers will be able to fly in space at only three percent of the cost of similar journeys by their terrestrial cousins.
月球居民在太空遨游的费用仅是地球上朋友飞越同样路所需费用的3%。
begging response from those around them.
询问周围人的反应。