| 单词 | erect |
| 释义 | erect (once / 133 pages) 1adjv 2adj Erect means "build" or "upright." If you erect a house, you build it. If you stand erect, you hold your body as tall as possible. Erect comes from the Latin word erectus, meaning “upright, elevated, lofty” or “eager, alert, aroused.” Erect is a verb, as in, it will take you years to erect your replica of the Eiffel Tower using only gum and toothpicks. Erect is also an adjective, as in something that is tall, firm, straight or rigid, like a half-dead plant that becomes more erect when you water it. WORD FAMILYerect: erected, erecting, erection, erectly, erectness, erects, semi-erect, unerect+/erection: erections USAGE EXAMPLESYet from pelvis to chest, their deportment is so unyieldingly erect that they might be wearing girdles. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) So not long after the signs were erected, cherry pickers showed up and took down seven of them. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) In a cross-examination, he stands erect, chest cocked, as if to fill the courtroom. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1 1adj upright in position or posture an erect stature erect flower stalks for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression Syn|Ant upright, 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 2v construct, build, or erect Syn|Ant|Hyper put up, raise, rear, set up dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down tear down so as to make flat with the ground build, construct, make make by combining materials and parts 3v cause to rise up 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper rear pitch, set up erect and fasten cock up, prick, prick upraise camp, camp downestablish or set up a camp bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise raise from a lower to a higher position adj of sexual organs; stiff and rigid Syn hard resisting weight or pressure |
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