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B2 CET-4 大学 FREQ #10229 ★★☆☆☆

a. 正直的, 诚实的, 公正的, 垂直的, 竖式的 [化] 立杆

发音

US /ˈʌpɹaɪt/

词形变化

uprights 复数 uprights uprighted uprighting uprights 三单 uprighting 现在分词 uprighted 过去式 uprighted 过去分词 more upright 比较级 most upright 最高级

别名

vpright

教材释义与例句

名词

垂直；竖立

形容词

正直的，诚实的；垂直的，直立的；笔直的；合乎正道的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any vertical part of a structure.

  2. 2.

    Any vertical part of a structure.

    A goal post.

    体育
  3. 3.

    Any vertical part of a structure.

    A leg.

    俚语
  4. 4.

    A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.

  5. 5.

    Short for upright piano

    非正式
  6. 6.

    Short for upright arcade game cabinet

    非正式
  7. 7.

    Ellipsis of upright vacuum cleaner.

  8. 8.

    The tips of the antlers of a young deer.

    方言 废旧 体育
v.
  1. 1.

    To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

    及物
adj. B2
  1. 1.

    Vertical; erect.

    笔直

    Supported by pillows, ſhe ſat almoſt upright.

  2. 2.

    In its proper orientation; not overturned.

    My brother didn't get angry when his son knocked over the lamp; he simply called the boy over and helped him set it upright again.

  3. 3.

    Greater in height than breadth.

  4. 4.

    Of good morals; practicing ethical values.

    正直

    比喻
  5. 5.

    Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

adv. B2
  1. 1.

    In or into an upright position.

    I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

vertical upright piano

上位词 3

piano fortepiano pianoforte

下位词 10

post column shaft stud pillar jamb scantling scape spinet stile

整体词 1

goalpost
形容词

同义词 5

just good vertical erect unsloped

近义相关 10

straight standing righteous vertical stand-up rampant erectile perpendicular fastigiate orthostatic

相关短语

upright piano n. 直立式钢琴 upright pianos upright yellow-sorrel upright bass upright bassist upright bassists upright basses upright man upright men Upright Man bolt upright 笔笔直直 tuppenny upright

词源

From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).

来源：wiktionary