释义 |
up·rise I. \|əp|rīz\ intransitive verb (up·rose \-rōz\ ; also archaic up·rist \-rist\ ; up·ris·en \-rizən\ ; also archaic uprist ; uprising ; uprises) Etymology: Middle English uprisen, from up + risen to rise — more at rise 1. a. : to rise to a higher position < the lands were uprising and new mountains were rearing their heads — W.E.Swinton > b. (1) : to get up on one's feet : stand up (2) : to get out of bed c. : to come into view from below; especially : to come into view from below the horizon < the glorious sun uprist — S.T.Coleridge > 2. : to rise from the dead or the underworld 3. : to rise up in or as if in rebellion 4. : to become existent < since earth uprose — P.B.Shelley > 5. : to rise up in sound < the whisper of gongs and trumpets uprose again — James Hilton > • up·ris·er \-zə(r)\ noun II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun 1. : an act or instance of uprising: as a. : the rising of a celestial body (as the sun) : dawn b. : an act or instance of rising to a higher position < the uprise of the flood waters > c. : an act or instance of becoming existent or prominent : rise < the uprise of a new school of painters > d. : a direct rise from the end of a backward swing to a position of rest on a gymnastic apparatus (as the horizontal bar or flying rings) 2. : the beginning of a rise in the land : an increase in elevation < the horizon at which the plains end and, with a swift dramatic uprise, the world of the mountains begins — Wynford Vaughan-Thomas > |