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 upright ['ʌprait]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 正直的, 诚实的, 公正的, 垂直的, 竖式的

[化] 立杆




    upright
    [ noun ]
    1. a vertical structural member as a post or stake

      2. <noun.artifact>
      the ball sailed between the uprights
    2. a piano with a vertical sounding board

      3. <noun.artifact>
    [ adj ]
    1. upright in position or posture

      2. <adj.all>
      an erect stature
      erect flower stalks
      for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression
      a column still vertical amid the ruins
      he sat bolt upright
    2. in a vertical position; not sloping

      3. <adj.all>
      an upright post
    3. of moral excellence

      4. <adj.all>
      a genuinely good person
      a just cause
      an upright and respectable man


    Upright \Up"right`\, a. [AS. upright, uppriht. See {Up}, and
    {Right}, a.]
    1. In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical,
    or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.

    With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.
    --Dryden.

    All have their ears upright. --Spenser.

    2. Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man
    upright in all his ways.

    And that man [Job] was perfect and upright. --Job i.
    1.

    3. Conformable to moral rectitude.

    Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure.
    --J. M. Mason.

    4. Stretched out face upward; flat on the back. [Obs.] `` He
    lay upright.'' --Chaucer.

    5. (Golf) Designating a club in which the head is
    approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

    {Upright drill} (Mach.), a drilling machine having the
    spindle vertical.

    Note: This word and its derivatives are usually pronounced in
    prose with the accent on the first syllable. But they
    are frequently pronounced with the accent on the second
    in poetry, and the accent on either syllable is
    admissible.


    Upright \Up"right`\, n.
    1. Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a
    building. See Illust. of {Frame}.

    2. (Basketwork) A tool made from a flat strip of steel with
    chisel edges at both ends, bent into horseshoe, the
    opening between the cutting edges being adjustable, used
    for reducing splits to skeins. Called in full {upright
    shave}.
    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

    3. (Football) the vertical part of a goalpost, especially the
    part above the horizontal bar; as, a field goal directly
    between the uprights.
    [PJC]

    1. During a 90-minute news conference, Ballard described how he his ocean-crawling robot located the Bismarck "sitting upright and proud" two weeks ago.
    2. "The rail spread apart enough to cause the wheels to drop into a ridge between the rails," he said. "The wheels dropped down between the rails and that's what kept it upright.
    3. "We were about to have a party to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication next Thursday," said Francis, who described Syme as an "upright, courageous, totally dedicated man." Syme was knighted in 1959.
    4. A car that had contained 18,000 to 20,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide had been turned upright.
    5. A huge pepper tree is the centerpiece of the two-acre garden of marble and granite where most graves bear the inscription: "Rest in Peace." "We suffered extensive damage to the upright stones in four cemeteries," said Dias.
    6. The boy genius was 10 when his Aunt Clara gave the family an upright piano.
    7. It needs the support of police forces that are upright and honest, and it needs our support.
    8. Although the company went through a couple of leveraged buy-outs, both it and its creditors emerged from the '80s standing upright.
    9. Here are two of the five large upright views of the ancient sites of Rome, again probably intended for Smith's palazzo.
    10. Undismayed, they would get out of the car, push the light fiberglass body upright and continue on their way, he says.
    11. Press Association, the domestic news agency, said the helicopter landed upright and stayed afloat with the occupants remaining inside, but it said weather conditions were rough.
    12. To pick up dust that accumulates underneath beds or sofas, choose a cleaner that will operate in both upright and horizontal positions.
    13. O'Keeffe and Hamilton also displayed the painting with the tree upright on a WNET-TV PBS documentary in 1977.
    14. The grave is marked with an upright artist's pen crowned with an Air Force helmet bearing Caniff's name.
    15. This is not about Allen and his troubles; it is about all of us and our troubles. As the camera judders and pans around the chic New York sitting rooms, lives strive to stay upright in the hurricane.
    16. But - as anyone with the slightest acquaintance with the texts of Plato will know - this does not exclude the possibility of 'upright' or 'decent' behaviour.
    17. The seat belt light never gets turned off, arm rests are always in their upright position and travelers must ask permission to use the lavatory.
    18. So what does Oscar think the future holds for quake-wary Californians? "He's upright, so we don't have to worry about it any more," Schnitger said.
    19. That tells you something," he said, calling the whole business "foolishness." Kunkel and his crew of six volunteers spent 45 minutes unloading the gift by crane and setting it upright in the driveway.
    20. They're going to demand honest, upright labor negotiations," First Assistant U.S. Attorney Buddy Kelly said.
    21. Some of the melodies worked and others would not." The only other musicians on the LP are Edgar Meyer, who played upright bass, and guitarist Mark Howard.
    22. The Bismarck was sitting upright on the sea floor "intact in an excellent state of preservation" about 600 miles west of Brest on the Brittany coast, said Ballard, who is based at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod.
    23. As for rosemary, Miss Jessup's upright form was a constant problem.
    24. Officers also found a hot iron upright on an ironing board in the bedroom, the report said.
    25. Recent ones include a huge hotel in the shape of an upright Mickey Mouse and a semi-isolated resort where 20,000 people "would meet and share experiences."
    26. After three decades of sneaking into the United States to earn a living for his family, Mexican farm worker Alejandro Fierro this year strode across the border, upright and legal, with proof in his pocket that America's new amnesty program works.
    27. In the Brand Central departments, Sears's selection of upright vacuum cleaners contains the same number of models as before.
    28. The correct way is to set the base of the ladder against the house so that it is at right angles to the foundation and the rungs will be in the correct position when it is upright.
    29. IMAGINE cars which are just five inches longer than a Rover Mini but accommodate four adults, sitting upright, with their heads clear of the roof, and which also have adequate luggage space.
    30. NASA will have to remove the 100-pound unit from Discovery while the shuttle is in an upright position, something the space agency has never done before.
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