| 单词 | horizontal |
| 释义 | horizontal (once / 561 pages) nadj The opposite of vertical, something horizontal is arranged sideways, like a person lying down. When you sleep (unless you're a horse), your body is horizontal: horizontal things are parallel to the ground or running in the same direction as the horizon. If you stack books horizontally, then they're on their side. You hear a lot about horizontal lines in geometry: If you picture a square, the top and bottom lines are horizontal lines. WORD FAMILYhorizontal: horizontality, horizontally, horizontals USAGE EXAMPLESIn general, aim for horizontal and vertical lines in shots. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Sometimes vertical and horizontal are intricately mixed in scenes of woodland streams, or ocean crags and surf. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) Occasionally, a gene will move between species, through a process called horizontal gene transfer. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) 1n something that is oriented horizontally Hyper orientation position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions 2adj parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line a horizontal surface Syn|Ant crosswise in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross flathorizontally level levelbeing on a precise horizontal plane naiant, swimmingapplied to a fish depicted horizontally perpendicular, vertical at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line inclinedat an angle to the horizontal or vertical position gradual(of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt steephaving a sharp inclination plumbexactly vertical upendedturned up on end unsloped, uprightin a vertical position; not sloping atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tippeddeparting or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, slopinghaving an oblique or slanted direction high-pitchedset at a sharp or high angle or slant low-pitchedset at a low angle or slant monoclinalof a geological structure in which all strata are inclined in the same direction pitchedset at a slant salientrepresented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward) sidelonginclining or directed to one side skew, skewedhaving an oblique or slanting direction or position obliqueslanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled straighthaving no deviations |
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