right

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv. 感叹词 intj.
/ˈɹaɪt/|[ˈɹaɪt]|/ˈɹɑjt/|[ˈɹɑjt] ~ [ˈɹɑjʔ]    /ˈɹaɪt/|[ˈɹaɪt]|/ˈɹaɪt/|[ˈɹɑe̯t]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. That which complies with justice, law or reason.
    — We're on the side of right in this contest.
  2. A legal, just or moral entitlement.
    — You have no right to go through my personal diary.
  3. The right side or direction.
    — The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.
  4. The right hand or fist.
    — "Before he could strike again, however, I got in my right, and he was sprawling on his back on the floor."
  5. The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.
  6. The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
    — The political right holds too much power.
  7. The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
    — Simple cross-stitch, with a space between each stitch, may be worked in two rows, in which case the completed stitch on the wrong sides alternates with that on the right.
  8. A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).
动词 v.
  1. To correct. transitive
    — Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.
  2. To set upright. transitive
    — The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
  3. To return to normal upright position. intransitive
    — When the wind died down, the ship righted.
  4. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of. transitive
    — to right the oppressed
形容词 adj.
  1. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →
    — Near-synonym: starboard
  2. Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
    — The road up ahead contains a right bend.
  3. Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
    — That's not the right thing to do.
  4. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
    — Is this the right software for my computer?
  5. Healthy, sane, competent.
    — I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
  6. Real; veritable (used emphatically).
    — You've made a right mess of the kitchen!
  7. Of an angle, measuring 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
    — The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
  8. Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
    — a right triangle   a right prism   a right cone
  9. Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river.
    — The Louvre Museum is on the right bank of the Seine.
  10. Designed to be placed or worn outward.
    — the right side of a piece of cloth   Begin this stitch on the right side.
  11. Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
  12. All right; not requiring assistance. Australia
    — Kirsty: I suppose you're hungry. Would you like something to eat? Ken: No. I'm right, thanks.
  13. Most favourable or convenient; fortunate. dated
    — The lady has been disappointed on the right side.
  14. Straight, not bent. archaic
    — a right line
  15. Of or relating to the right whale.
    — In the course of the day we saw several large whales of the right species, and innumerable flights of the albatross passed over the vessel.
副词 adv.
  1. On the right side. not-comparable
  2. Towards the right side. not-comparable
  3. Exactly, precisely. not-comparable
    — The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.
  4. Immediately, directly. not-comparable
    — Can't you see it? It's right beside you!
  5. Very, extremely, quite. UK,US,dialectal,not-comparable
    — I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?
  6. Very, extremely, quite.; To a great extent or degree. UK,US,dated,dialectal,not-comparable
    — Sir, I am right glad to meet you …
  7. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really. not-comparable
  8. In a correct manner. not-comparable
    — Do it right or don't do it at all.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Yes, that is correct; I agree.
    — Sam Tyler: Look, look, you know when I said I wasn't wrong? Well, I was. But I was right about this not being the IRA. I was right to follow my instincts. Like you said, go with your gut feeling. I'm just taking your lead. Gene Hunt: So I'm right. Sam Tyler: We both are. Gene Hunt: Right. Sam Tyler: Right. Gene Hunt: Just as long as I'm more right than you.
  2. I have listened to what you just said and I acknowledge your assertion or opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it (opinion) or can verify it (assertion).
    — Sam Tyler: Look, look, you know when I said I wasn't wrong? Well, I was. But I was right about this not being the IRA. I was right to follow my instincts. Like you said, go with your gut feeling. I'm just taking your lead. Gene Hunt: So I'm right. Sam Tyler: We both are. Gene Hunt: Right. Sam Tyler: Right. Gene Hunt: Just as long as I'm more right than you.
  3. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
    — — After that interview, I don't think we should hire her. — Right. Who wants lunch?
  4. Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.
    — You're going, right?
  5. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
    — Withnail: Right […] I'm gonna do the washing up.

词形变化

further right comparative farther right comparative more right comparative righter comparative furthest right superlative farthest right superlative most right superlative rightmost superlative rightest superlative reight alternative,Yorkshire reet alternative rite alternative,informal righte alternative,obsolete ryght alternative,obsolete rights plural rights present,singular,third-person righting participle,present righted participle,past righted past

词汇关系

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alright be right flush left and right flush right foreright give one's right arm left-to-right left-to-right assimilation nonright ragged-right right-about right and left screw Right Arm of the Free World right ascension right atrium right back right bank right bower right bracket right brain right-click right coset right cross rightdom right-drag right eigenvalue right eigenvector righteous rightern right exact right face right field right-footed right-footer right-half right-hand right-handed right-hander right hand of fellowship righthood right hook right ideal right identity right inverse rightish right-justified right lane camper right lane hog right lane hogger right lane hugger right-libertarian right middle lobe syndrome rightmost rightness right outer join Rightpondia Right Reverend right shift right side out right stochastic matrix right-to-left right-to-left assimilation right total rightwards right whale dolphin right wing righty rightie stage right the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing arse has gone right out of 'er be right back coming right up draw right eyes right get right down to cases go horribly right have one's head screwed on right house right it doesn't matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name right left and right play one's cards right play one's hand right please turn right right and left right away right back at you right-down right enough right here right now right out right out straight right quick right smart right up someone's alley straighten up and fly right swipe right the arse is gone right out of 'er wake up and die right right-o righto yeah right absolute right alternative right as of right audience right background right base right birthright bookright bragging rights by right by rights by right of camera right civil right constitutional right cyberrights ding right dissident right divine right divine right of kings drag-along right enumerated right e-right everyman's right exclusive right folkright fundamental right grandfather rights hang a right hard right have no right headright human right human rights industrial design right in one's own right in right of in the right junior right metaright mineral right Miranda right Miranda rights natural right neighbouring right neuroright non-enumerated right nonenumerated right petition of right playright preemptive right proper right property right real right related right reproductive right rightful rightholder rightless right-libertarianism right of asylum right of audience right of counsel right of drip right of entry right of first refusal right of Genghis Khan right of passage right of publicity right of reentry right of repair right of repentance right of reply right of return right of sepulchre right to bear arms right to be forgotten right to choose right to die right to honor right to keep and bear arms right to life right-to-life right to remain silent right to repair right to roam right to silence right to try right to work riparian right shop right sole right special drawing right tag-along right tenant-right trackage rights traditional right two wrongs don't make a right two wrongs make a right unenumerated right Weingarten right writ of right your other right aright beright eright reright rightable right the ship self-right self-righting unright unrighted

词源

词源 1
From Middle English reȝt, right, righte, riht, riȝt, riȝte, ryght, ryȝt, from Old English reht, reoht, rieht, riht, ryht (“right,” also the word for “straight” and “direct”), from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (“right, straight; just, morally upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“right, straightened”), from *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten; to righten”).
The Germanic adjective which has been used also as a noun since the common Germanic period.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots richt (“right”), Yola reights, rights (“rights”), North Frisian recht, rocht, rucht (“right”), Saterland Frisian gjucht (“right”), West Frisian rjocht (“straight”), Central Franconian rääch (“right”), Dutch recht (“straight”), German recht, Recht (“right”), Limburgish réët (“right”), Luxembourgish Recht, riets (“right”), riicht (“straight”), Yiddish רעכט (rekht, “right”), Danish ret (“right”), Faroese rættur (“right”), Icelandic réttur (“right”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk rett (“right”), Swedish rät, rätt (“right”), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (raihts, “straight; correct”). The Indo-European root is also the source of Breton reiñ (“to give”), Cornish ri (“to give; to grant; to present”), Irish reachd, reacht (“law, statute; authority; dispensation”), Scottish Gaelic reachd (“law, right; command, power”), Welsh rhoddi, rhoi (“to give; to put”), Latin rēctus (“led straight along; correct, right; just, lawful”), Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός (orektós, “stretched out; longed for”), Latvian redzēt (“to see”), Lithuanian regėti (“to see, view”), Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬎 (ər^əzu, “straight”), Baluchi راست (rást, “right”), Central Kurdish ڕاست (rast, “right; straight”), Northern Kurdish rast (“straight; right; true; erect; direct”), Ossetian раст (rast, “honest, true; correct; exact; straight; fair; direct”), Persian راس (rās / râs), راست (râst, “straight; direct; true; erect”), Zazaki raşt (“right; straight”), Sanskrit ऋजु (ṛju, “straight; honest, sincere”).
词源 2
From Middle English right, righte, from Old English rihte, rehte (“right; rightly; due; directly; straight”), from Proto-Germanic *rehta, from *rehtaz (“right; straight”).
词源 3
From Middle English right, from Old English riht, reht, ġeriht (“that which is right, just, or proper”), from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtą (“a right”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵt- (“to straighten; direct”).
Cognate with Dutch recht (“a right; privilege”), German Recht (“a right”), Danish ret (“a right”).
词源 4
From Middle English righten, reghten, riȝten, from Old English rihtan, ġerihtan (“to straighten, judge, set upright, set right”), from Proto-West Germanic *rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną (“to straighten; rectify; judge”).
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