upright
adj. 直立的; 正直的; 規矩的
n. 立柱
If you are sitting or standing upright, you are sitting or standing with your back straight, rather than bending or lying down.
Helen sat upright in her chair...
海倫筆直地坐在椅子上。
...those who had managed to remain upright...
那些盡力保持腰背挺直的人
An upright vacuum cleaner or freezer is tall rather than wide.
...the latest state-of-the-art upright vacuum cleaners.
最新款、最先進的立式吸塵器
An upright chair has a straight back and no arms.
He was sitting on an upright chair beside his bed, reading.
他正坐在床前一張直背椅上看書。
You can refer to vertical posts or the vertical parts of an object as uprights .
...the uprights of a four-poster bed.
四柱床的立柱
You can describe people as upright when they are careful to follow acceptable rules of behaviour and behave in a moral way.
...a very upright, trustworthy man.
一個非常正直可靠的人
1. a vertical structural member as a post or stake;
2. a piano with a vertical sounding board
1. in a vertical position; not sloping;
2. of moral excellence;
3. erect in posture;
4. maintaining an erect position;
5. upright in position or posture;
vertical, perpendicular, upright, erect, plumb
這些形容詞均有"垂直的,豎式的"之意。
When she heard the news, she jerked upright in surprise.
當聽到這則訊息時, 她驚訝得跳了起來.
My father was upright and outspoken . He held hypocrites in detestation.
我父親為人剛直, 他憎恨偽君子.
It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.
空口袋難以直立.
The tree shot quickly upright the giant , yelling with terror, was whirled away through the air.
那棵樹迅速地立了起來,巨人驚恐地叫著, 在空中旋轉著摔了出去.
The war memorial stands upright in the square.
戰爭紀念碑矗立在廣場上.