Erect
[ɪ'rekt] or [ɪ'rɛkt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) upright in position or posture; 'an erect stature'; 'erect flower stalks'; 'for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression'; 'a column still vertical amid the ruins'; 'he sat bolt upright' .
盖尔校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.
(a.) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
(a.) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
(a.) Watchful; alert.
(a.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
(a.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
(v. t.) To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
(v. t.) To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.
(v. t.) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
(v. t.) To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
(v. t.) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.
(v. t.) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
(v. i.) To rise upright.
卡米尔錄入
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Set up, place upright, set upright.[2]. Raise, build, construct.[3]. Exalt, elevate, magnify.[4]. Institute, found, form, plant, establish.[5]. [Poetical.] Cheer, animate, inspirit, enliven, encourage.
a. [1]. Upright, not prone.[2]. Elevated, turned upward.[3]. Bold, undaunted, undismayed, unterrified, firm, unshaken.
阿黛尔編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Elevate, raise, establish, plant, uplift, construct, build, found, institute,set_up
ANT:Lower, supplant, subvert, der_press, remove, destroy, demolish
手打:凯西
解釋/意思:
v.t. to set upright: to raise: to build: to exalt: to establish.—adj. upright: directed upward.—adj. Erect′ed.—ns. Erect′er Erect′or one who or that which erects or raises: a muscle which assists in erecting a part or an organ: an attachment to a compound microscope for making the image erect instead of inverted.—adj. Erect′ile that may be erected.—ns. Erectil′ity quality of being erectile; Erec′tion act of erecting: state of being erected: exaltation: anything erected: a building of any kind.—adj. Erect′ive tending to erect.—adv. Erect′ly.—n. Erect′ness.
卡梅拉校對
例句/造句/用法:
- When I could trust myself to look back at him he was out of his bed, standing erect at the side of it. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Helstone came in marching nimbly and erect, looking browner, keener, and livelier than usual. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The Chief Butler, erect and calm, replied in these memorable words. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- No practical business man would erect a turbine or paddle wheel without calculating in advance the value of his water power. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- One was to erect a new order of jurisdiction, by establishing magistrates and a town-council in every considerable town of his demesnes. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- To erect a ban doesn't stop the want. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- He was erect and complete, there was a strange stealth glistening through his amiable, almost happy appearance. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- In 1792 Murdoch erected a gas distilling apparatus, and lighted his house and offices by gas distributed through service pipes. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- This we have now been doing for some time, and in order to help us in our operations we erected a hydraulic press. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- After the structures built for the special purpose comes the modification of building already erected. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- The car consists of heavy steel plate structure, erected upon a flat car of standard type. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- A stationary engine was erected at the top of the incline, and the waggons were drawn up by a rope wound round a large drum. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- In illustration of this idea he invented a crane, which was erected on Newcastle quay in 1846; another was constructed on the Albert dock at Liverpool, and others at other places. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The exhibition was held in Hyde Park in a great building of glass and iron--which afterwards was re-erected as the Crystal Palace. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- There would be no more empty taboos, no erecting of institutions upon abstract and mechanical analogies. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- They spoke of erecting a university at London, where Gresham College had been established in 1597 and Chels ea College in 1610. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Gilbert Tennent, came to me with a request that I would assist him in procuring a subscription for erecting a new meeting-house. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The smith erects some sort of iron, the weaver some sort of linen or woollen manufactory. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The fellow erects a gate in the night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Monopolies of this kind are properly established against the very nation which erects them. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
整理:泰勒