Upright
['ʌpraɪt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a piano with a vertical sounding board.
(noun.) a vertical structural member as a post or stake; 'the ball sailed between the uprights'.
(adj.) in a vertical position; not sloping; 'an upright post' .
尤妮斯錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
(a.) Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.
(a.) Conformable to moral rectitude.
(a.) Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.
(n.) Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.
手打:特伦斯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Erect, perpendicular, vertical, plumb, on end.[2]. Honest, just, honorable, conscientious, virtuous, good, pure, straightforward, not mean, not base.
阿伊达整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Vertical, erect, perpendicular, honest, honorable, pure, principled,conscientious, just, fair, equitable
ANT:Inverted, Inclined, dishonest, dishonorable, corrupt, unprincipled,unconscientious
恩里克錄入
解釋/意思:
adj. right or straight up: in an erect position: adhering to rectitude: honest: just.—adv. vertically.—advs. Uprigh′teously (obs.) in an upright or just manner; Up′rightly in an upright manner: honestly.—n. Up′rightness.
弗朗西斯整理
例句/造句/用法:
- The semaphore consisted of an upright post, having arms on each side, that could be readily extended, at any given angle. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- They were of different forms, but that most commonly in use consisted of an upright post and a transverse movable beam on which the seat was fitted or from which it was suspended by a chain. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- This amiable, upright, perfect Jane Fairfax was apparently cherishing very reprehensible feelings. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Alfred, now nine years old, was an upright, manly little fellow, with radiant brow, soft eyes, and gentle, though independent disposition. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- But I'll wager that at ninety she would be near as upright as me, and near as broad across the shoulders. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- His press consisted of two upright timbers held together by cross pieces at top and bottom. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The upright strokes in each indicate the number of the crew, and the bird represents a chief, The Kingfisher. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- For this purpose the spindles were set upright at the end of the frame, and the rovings or strips of untwisted fibre were carried on bobbins on the inclined frame. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- But there were some upright and honorable men in the South Carolina Legislature, and they finally succeeded in convincing their associates that Whitney had been maligned. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- However, one or two young men remained upright, and by constant persecution we wormed out of them some little information. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- You dig a square in the steep base of the mountain, and set up two uprights and top them with two joists. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The hammer-block, _a_, weighing four tons, is guided in its ascent and fall by grooves in two massive uprights, which hold the whole together. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
校對:梅勒妮