upright 音标拼音: [əpr'ɑɪt] ['ʌpr
, ɑɪt]
a . 垂直的,直立的;正直的,诚实的
ad . 竖立着,笔直地
垂直的,直立的;正直的,诚实的竖立着,笔直地
upright adj 1 :
in a vertical position ;
not sloping ; "
an upright post "
[
synonym : {
upright }, {
unsloped }]
2 :
of moral excellence ; "
a genuinely good person "; "
a just cause "; "
an upright and respectable man " [
synonym : {
good },
{
just }, {
upright }]
3 :
upright in position or posture ; "
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 " [
synonym : {
erect }, {
vertical }, {
upright }] [
ant :
{
unerect }]
n 1 :
a vertical structural member as a post or stake ; "
the ball sailed between the uprights " [
synonym : {
upright }, {
vertical }]
2 :
a piano with a vertical sounding board [
synonym : {
upright },
{
upright piano }]
Upright \
Up "
right `\,
n .
1 .
Something standing upright ,
as a piece of timber in a building .
See Illust .
of {
Frame }.
[
1913 Webster ]
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 ]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
With chattering teeth ,
and bristling hair upright .
--
Dryden .
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1913 Webster ]
All have their ears upright . --
Spenser .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Morally erect ;
having rectitude ;
honest ;
just ;
as ,
a man upright in all his ways .
[
1913 Webster ]
And that man [
Job ]
was perfect and upright . --
Job i .
1 .
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3 .
Conformable to moral rectitude .
[
1913 Webster ]
Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure .
--
J .
M .
Mason .
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1913 Webster ]
4 .
Stretched out face upward ;
flat on the back . [
Obs .] "
He lay upright ." --
Chaucer .
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1913 Webster ]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
244 Moby Thesaurus words for "
upright ":
Christian ,
Klavier ,
Samson post ,
Steinway ,
angelic ,
arrowlike ,
at attention ,
azimuth circle ,
baby grand ,
baluster ,
balustrade ,
banister ,
base ,
blameless ,
bolt upright ,
caryatid ,
cast up ,
cembalo ,
clarichord ,
clavicembalo ,
clavichord ,
clavicittern ,
clavicymbal ,
clavicytherium ,
clavier ,
clean ,
colonnade ,
column ,
concert grand ,
conscientious ,
cottage piano ,
couched harp ,
creditable ,
dado ,
dead straight ,
decent ,
die ,
direct ,
doorjamb ,
doorpost ,
downright ,
dulcimer harpsichord ,
elevate ,
elevated ,
endways ,
endwise ,
equitable ,
erect ,
erectly ,
estimable ,
ethical ,
even ,
exalted ,
exemplary ,
fair ,
flat ,
footstalk ,
full of integrity ,
gatepost ,
godly ,
good ,
grand ,
grand piano ,
hammer dulcimer ,
harmonichord ,
harpsichord ,
high ,
high -
minded ,
high -
principled ,
highly respectable ,
hitching post ,
honest ,
honorable ,
horizontal ,
immaculate ,
impartial ,
in a line ,
incorruptible ,
inviolate ,
irreproachable ,
jack ,
jamb ,
just ,
king post ,
law -
abiding ,
law -
loving ,
law -
revering ,
level ,
lift up ,
lifted ,
lineal ,
linear ,
lofty ,
manichord ,
manichordon ,
manly ,
melodion ,
melopiano ,
milepost ,
monochord ,
moral ,
mullion ,
newel -
post ,
noble ,
normal ,
on end ,
on stilts ,
orthodiagonal ,
pair of virginals ,
parlor grand ,
pedestal ,
pedicel ,
peduncle ,
perpendicular ,
perpendicularly ,
pianette ,
pianino ,
piano ,
piano -
violin ,
pianoforte ,
pier ,
pilaster ,
pile ,
piling ,
pillar ,
pitch ,
plinth ,
plumb ,
pole ,
post ,
principled ,
pure ,
queen -
post ,
raise ,
raise aloft ,
raise up ,
raised ,
rampant ,
rear ,
rear aloft ,
rearing ,
rectilineal ,
rectilinear ,
reputable ,
respectable ,
right ,
right angle ,
right on end ,
right -
minded ,
righteous ,
ruler -
straight ,
saintlike ,
saintly ,
scrupulous ,
seraphic ,
set up ,
shaft ,
signpost ,
smooth ,
snubbing post ,
socle ,
sostinente pianoforte ,
spinet ,
spotless ,
square piano ,
staff ,
stainless ,
stalk ,
stanchion ,
stand ,
stand upright ,
stand -
up ,
standard ,
standing up ,
stem ,
sterling ,
stile ,
stilted ,
straight ,
straight -
cut ,
straight -
front ,
straight -
side ,
straight -
up ,
straightforward ,
streamlined ,
subbase ,
sublime ,
surbase ,
true ,
true -
dealing ,
true -
devoted ,
true -
disposing ,
true -
souled ,
true -
spirited ,
truehearted ,
trunk ,
trustworthy ,
unbending ,
unbent ,
unblemished ,
unbowed ,
unbroken ,
uncorrupt ,
uncorrupted ,
uncurved ,
undefiled ,
undeflected ,
undeviating ,
undistorted ,
unimpeachable ,
uninterrupted ,
unspotted ,
unstained ,
unsullied ,
unswerving ,
untarnished ,
unturned ,
up ,
up on end ,
upcast ,
upend ,
upended ,
upflung ,
upheave ,
uplift ,
uplifted ,
upraise ,
upraised ,
uprear ,
upreared ,
upright piano ,
uprighteous ,
uprightly ,
upstanding ,
upstandingly ,
upthrown ,
upwards ,
vertical ,
vertical circle ,
violin piano ,
virginal ,
virtuous ,
worthy ,
yeomanly
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