upright

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any vertical part of a structure.
    — On the change in architectural forms from the pyramidal to the obeliscar, the fires were transferred from the altars, or cubes, to the summits of the typical uprights, or towers; […]
  2. Any vertical part of a structure.; A goal post.
    — Chelsea improved, with Salomon Kalou denied by goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey and Didier Drogba hitting the upright.
  3. Any vertical part of a structure.; A leg. slang
  4. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
  5. Short for upright piano abbreviation,alt-of,informal
  6. Short for upright arcade game cabinet abbreviation,alt-of,informal
    — The video arcade machines are typically in stand up arcade cabinets, although some have been built as tables. The uprights have a monitor and controls in front and players insert coins or tokens into the machines to play the game.
  7. Ellipsis of upright vacuum cleaner. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
  8. The tips of the antlers of a young deer. UK,dialectal,obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen). transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Vertical; erect.
    — Fab[ell]: What meanes the tolling of this fatall chime, // O what a trembling horror ſtrikes my hart! // My ſtiffned haire ſtands vpright on my head, // As doe the briſtles of a porcupine.
  2. In its proper orientation; not overturned.
    — My brother didn't get angry when his son knocked over the lamp; he simply called the boy over and helped him set it upright again.
  3. Greater in height than breadth.
  4. Of good morals; practicing ethical values. figuratively
    — There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
  5. Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
副词 adv.
  1. In or into an upright position.
    — I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.

词形变化

more upright comparative most upright superlative vpright alternative,obsolete more upright comparative most upright superlative vpright alternative,obsolete uprights plural vpright alternative,obsolete uprights present,singular,third-person uprighting participle,present uprighted participle,past uprighted past vpright alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
bolt upright tuppenny upright upright bass upright bassist upright man upright yellow-sorrel
相关词
upright piano

词源

词源 1
From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).
词源 2
From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).
词源 3
From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).
词源 4
From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).
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