| 单词 | erect |
| 释义 | erect I. 1. a. < he is in an erect position and flying parallel to the earth's surface — H.G.Armstrong > : standing < buried their dead erect > < a column still erect amid the ruins > < his armorial crest bore a sword erect proper > specifically < an erect stem > — contrasted with prone b. < hair erect from fright > c. of an image < in this device the image is observed erect > d. < the erect bearing of one … accustomed to official uniform — A. Conan Doyle > 2. archaic < with face erect against the sun — George Chapman > 3. obsolete < bid her well be … erect lest by some fair-appearing good surprised she dictate false — John Milton > 4. < an erect mind > < an erect life > 5. • erect·ly II. transitive verb 1. a. (1) < the settlers erected walls of field stones > < when the state erects a new bridge > < a building erected in 1920 > specifically (2) < erect a flagpole > < erected a marker over the grave > (3) < erected himself to full height > < the porcupine erects its quills > < erect the hood of the camera > < an armorial crest bearing a ship at anchor, her oars erected > b. archaic < to stand with their mouths open and erected — Jonathan Swift > c. < a microscope attachment that erects the image seen > 2. < erected the worship of nationality into a religion usurping the ancient religion — Hilaire Belloc > < erect methods into dogmas > < has been erected into a great poet of the 13th century — George Saintsbury > specifically < the doctrine which erects pleasure as the end of human action — G.D.H.Cole > 3. a. < erect social barriers along religious lines > : establish < the attempt to erect political authority upon the basis of self-interest — John Dewey > : build up : develop < erect a complex philosophical system > < erect a civilization > b. < Indiana and Illinois were erected into territories during Jefferson's first term — H.L.Mencken > < the Holy See alone erects dioceses, cathedral churches, abbeys of monks or nuns, archconfraternities — Catholic Dict. > c. 4. obsolete < better counsels might erect our minds and teach us to cast off this yoke — John Milton > 5. a. b. intransitive verb < will make thy hair like … bristles to erect — Robert Burns > Synonyms: see build |
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