| 单词 | upright |
| 释义 | upright (once / 303 pages) adjn Something that's upright stands straight up. When you sit upright, your back is straight and vertical. Even your grandmother would approve of your posture. Most cars have seats that can fold forward or lean back, and then snap upright, back into a normal sitting position; and when you're in class, you're usually expected to sit upright, facing your teacher at the front of the room. Another way to use upright is to mean "upstanding" or "trustworthy," so if your friend finds a wallet full of money and returns it to its owner, you can call her an upright citizen. WORD FAMILYupright: semi-upright, uprightly, uprightness, uprights USAGE EXAMPLESSitting bolt upright, laboring to breathe, was the poet Robert Lowell. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) A motor causes the thin, upright metal rods of Mike Shaffer’s “Ocean Motion” to jiggle and sway. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Every time I ran past her old upright piano, I would slam all the keys at the same time. The New Yorker(Dec 26, 2016) 1adj in a vertical position; not sloping an upright post Syn unsloped perpendicular, vertical at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line 2adj upright in position or posture he sat bolt upright Syn|Ant erect, vertical erectile capable of being raised to an upright position fastigiatehaving clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column) orthostaticpertaining to an upright standing posture passantin walking position with right foreleg raised rampant, rearingrearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile semi-climbingof plants that are semi-climbers semi-erectof plants that are partly erect semi-uprightof animals that are partly erect standinghaving a supporting base stand-uprequiring a standing position statantstanding on four feet straight, unbent, unbowederect in posture unerect not upright in position or posture accumbent, decumbent, recumbentlying down; in a position of comfort or rest bended, bentused of the back and knees; stooped cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weepinghaving branches or flower heads that bend downward couchantlying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward dormant, sleepinglying with head on paws as if sleeping flat, prostratestretched out and lying at full length along the ground crooked, hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stoopinghaving the back and shoulders rounded; not erect procumbenthaving stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots prone, prostratelying face downward semi-prostrateimperfectly prostrate; prostrate for part of its length resupine, supinelying face upward 3adj of moral excellence an upright and respectable man Syn good, just righteous characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice 4n a vertical structural member as a post or stake the ball sailed between the uprights Syn|Hypo|Hyper vertical column, pillar (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure jambupright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame postan upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position scantling, studan upright in house framing scape, shaft(architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column stilean upright that is a member in a door or window frame atlas, telamona figure of a man used as a supporting column bitt, bollarda strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines) carrick bitteither of a pair of strong posts that support a windlass on a ship's deck caryatida supporting column carved in the shape of a person corner posta square post supporting a structural member at the corner of a building doorjamb, doorposta jamb for a door gateposteither of two posts that bound a gate goalpostone of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field hitching posta fixed post with a ring to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying hop polea tall pole to support the wires on which the hop plant is trained king postpost connecting the crossbeam to the apex of a triangular truss lampposta metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight) maypolea vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day newelthe central pillar of a circular staircase newel, newel postthe post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail pilastera rectangular column that usually projects about a third of its width from the wall to which it is attached pile, piling, spile, stilta column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure queen postvertical tie post in a roof truss rudderpost, rudderstocka vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables the rudder to pivot stakea strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground stanchionany vertical post or rod used as a support standardan upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support) stump(cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket support columna column that supports a heavy weight telegraph pole, telegraph post, telephone poletall pole supporting telephone wires timbera post made of wood whipping postpost formerly used in public to which offenders are tied to be whipped structural member support that is a constituent part of any structure or building 5n a piano with a vertical sounding board Syn|Hypo|Hyper upright piano spinet a small and compactly built upright piano forte-piano, piano, pianoforte a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds |
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