upright
英 [ˈʌpraɪt] 美 [ˈʌpˌraɪt]

adj.

直立的；垂直的；正直的；诚实的

adv.

垂直[竖立]地；

n.

（支撑用的）直柱，立放构件；

变形

复数：uprights

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

1. 直立的,垂直的 in a vertical position
2. 正直的,诚实的honest

英英释义

upright[ 'ʌprait, ,ʌp'r- ]

• n.
  • a vertical structural member as a post or stake

    "the ball sailed between the uprights"

    同义词：vertical

  • a piano with a vertical sounding board

    同义词：upright piano

• adj.
  • in a vertical position; not sloping

    "an upright post"

    同义词：unsloped

  • of moral excellence

    "an upright and respectable man"

    同义词：goodjust

  • upright in position or posture

    "he sat bolt upright"

    同义词：erectvertical

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

• upright man诚实的人
• upright piano竖型钢琴

词组短语

upright position正浮位置；直坐式

upright post立柱

an upright man正直的人

同近义词辨析

upright, vertical, erect, perpendicular, plumb

这组词都有“垂直的、竖式的”的意思，其区别是：

upright普通用词，指竖立、笔直而不是倾斜、倒塌的。

vertical指与平面、水平线或基线成直角或几乎成直角向上延伸至顶点的物体。也可指呈直线上升或下降的。

erect指笔直挺拔，而非倾斜、佝偻、弯曲或倒塌的。

perpendicular指与水平线形成90度的线或面，或朝垂直方面延伸的，尤指向下的急剧运动。

plumb建筑上用词，凭锤球评判某物是否完全垂直。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Only humans have a natural upright posture.
   只有人类才有自然直立的姿势。
2. Please put the back of your seat in an upright position.
   请把座位靠背转到垂直位置。
3. He was a famous upright statesman.
   他是一位著名的、正直的政治家。

用作副词(adv.)

1. Several columns among the ruins still stood upright.
   在废墟中依然挺立着几根柱子。

用作名词(n.)

1. The piano was nearly always an upright.
   钢琴差不多总是直立式钢琴。

权威例句

Can muscle stiffness alone stabilize upright standing?
Esophageal and pleural pressures in man, upright and supine
Central and peripheral limitations to upright exercise in untrained cardiac transplant recipients.
Hemodynamic correlates of myocardial oxygen consumption during upright exercise.
Studies in space orientation. III. Perception of the upright in the absence of a visual field.
Regulation of stroke volume during submaximal and maximal upright exercise in normal man.
Impact of age on the cardiovascular response to dynamic upright exercise in healthy men and women
Provocation of bradycardia and hypotension by isoproterenol and upright posture in patients with unexplained syncope
INDOCYANINE GREEN CLEARANCE AND ESTIMATED HEPATIC BLOOD FLOW DURING MILD TO MAXIMAL EXERCISE IN UPRIGHT MAN.
Left ventricular performance in normal subjects: a comparison of the responses to exercise in the upright and supine positions.