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upright

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up·right1 /ˈʌpraɪt/ ●○○ adjectiveadj, adverbadv  
1  VERTICALstanding or sitting straight up 〔站或坐得〕笔直的[地]，挺直的[地]
sit/stand/walk upright
 The chimpanzee stood upright and grasped the bars of its cage.
黑猩猩直立着，抓住笼子的铁栅。
 Katie was still awake, sitting bolt upright (=sitting with her back very straight) staring at the television.
凯蒂还醒着，坐得笔直，眼睛盯着电视。
pull/push/draw etc yourself upright
 He pulled himself upright and faced me.
他直起身面对我。
2  placed in a vertical position (=pointing in a line that is at an angle of 90° to a flat surface) 竖直的[地]，垂直的 [地]，直立的[地]
 Your seat should be in the upright position when the plane is landing.
飞机降落时应调直座椅靠背。
 Keep the bottle upright.
让瓶子立着。
3  GOOD/MORALalways behaving in an honest way 正直的，诚实的
 He was a good honest upright man.
他是位诚实、正直的好人。
► see thesaurus at honest
—uprightness noun [uncountableU]
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
sit upright
She was sitting upright in bed.
stand upright
The ceiling was so low I was unable to stand upright.
walk upright
These apes came down from the trees and gradually learned to walk upright.
pull/push yourself upright
He pulled himself upright on the sofa.
draw yourself upright (=stand straighter)
Susan drew herself upright and thrust out her chin.
phrases
sit/stand bolt upright (=sit or stand with your back very straight)
Murphy and I both sat bolt upright when we heard the alarm.
nouns
an upright posture/stance (=a straight body position)
He appears big because of his powerful shoulders and upright posture.
Examples from the Corpus
upright• He had seen one advertised, a small upright Bösendorfer.• Dickensian child victims grow into upright citizens if they grow up at all.• It went on a line into the stands and hit the same upright girder.• Here were the upright golden flames of the poplars lining the road, and the willows yellowing down by the creek.• Elfed, a sober and upright man who was to become unfairly the sounding board for Richard's first rebellions.
pull/push/draw etc yourself upright• She landed in the mud and struggled to push herself upright.• Twigs dug into the palms of his hands as he pushed himself upright.• As he pushed himself upright he saw a fleeting figure just on the other side of the perimeter fence.• He pushed himself upright, shaking his head to make the wheeling stars go away.
upright position• But he leapt through the staggering sharpness of it and achieved an upright position.• Kneeling beside him, she tried, unsuccessfully, to push him into an upright position.• She pushed a button, cranking the bed to a more upright position.• The reliquary consists of the figure of the Saint from the head to the waist and is situated in an upright position.• The uterus rises to a more upright position.• He achieved some sort of upright position, although his treacherous legs deserted him immediately.• The taller stances, in which the practitioner adopts an almost upright position, are fast but weak.• I eased into an upright position, ducking back out of sight until I heard him start the car and pull away.
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upright2 noun [countableC]  
TITBCa long piece of wood or metal that stands straight up and supports something 〔支撑用的〕直柱，立柱
Examples from the Corpus
upright• He bounced one field goal off an upright and had two others blocked, including one returned for a touchdown.• They are fixed to the top of the existing uprights.• Cylinders rely on suction, which is why they often have a higher wattage than uprights.• If there are any horizontal joints, noggins have to be fixed between the uprights to take the edges of these boards.• At the foot of the post are horizontal beams and diagonal beams to carry the weight of the uprights.
up·right1 adjectiveadj, adverbadv →n COLLOCATIONS1upright2 noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6573 COCA: 7488
upright

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASES VERBS➤be, sit, stand直立；筆直坐着；筆直站立◇rows of children sitting upright at their desks一排排端正地坐在課桌旁的學生➤come, jerk, shoot, spring逕直到來；突然跳起；直立射擊；躍起◇Slowly the boat came upright.小船緩緩地逕直靠過來。◇Polly jerked upright, wild-eyed and blinking.波莉猛地跳起來，眼睛睜得很大，還不停地眨着。➤remain, stay保持直立姿勢◇The flag pole wouldn't stay upright.旗杆總是立不直。➤haul sb/sth, heave sb/sth, jerk sb/sth, place sth, prop sth, pull sb/sth, push sb/sth把⋯拉直；把⋯猛地拉起來；將⋯豎直放置；推動⋯至直立◇Pulling himself upright, he squared his shoulders.他直起身子，端平肩膀。➤hold sb/sth, keep sth使⋯保持直立ADVERB➤completely, fully, perfectly筆直◇a fully upright posture筆挺的姿勢➤almost幾乎筆直▸➤relatively相當直▸➤rigidly, stiffly僵直◇She held herself rigidly upright.她保持筆挺的姿勢。PHRASES➤sit bolt upright, stand bolt upright (= to sit/stand with your back straight) 直挺挺地坐着／站着◇He was sitting bolt upright on his chair, looking very tense.他直挺挺地坐在椅子上，顯得很緊張。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6573 COCA: 7488
upright

adjective

upright ♦︎ vertical ♦︎ erect ♦︎ straight ♦︎ on endThese words all describe the position that sth has when it goes straight up or down. 这些词均表示竖直的、直立的、垂直的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆an upright / a vertical position◆an upright / erect posture◆to stand upright / erect / straight / on end◆to sit upright / erect / straight◆to hold sth upright / vertical / erect / straight■ upright (of a person) not lying down, and with the back straight rather than bent; (of an object) placed in a position that goes straight up or down （人）直立的，挺直的；（物体）竖直的，垂直的◆Humans have evolved an upright stance.人类已经进化形成直立的姿势。◆Gradually raise your body into an upright position.慢慢起身，成直立状态。◆Keep the bottle upright.保持瓶子直立。▸ upright

adverb

◆He managed to pull himself upright.他设法直起身子。◆She sat bolt upright in bed.她在床上坐得笔直。■ vertical (of a line, surface or pole) going straight up or down from a level surface or from top to bottom in a picture （线、平面或杆）竖的，垂直的，直立的◆The cliff was almost vertical.那悬崖陡峭得几乎与地面垂直。◆There was a vertical drop to the ocean.离海面有一段垂直落差。◆Temperature is shown on the vertical axis of the graph.图的纵轴显示温度。 OPP horizontal ⇨ flat adj. ▸ vertically

adverb

◆The cliffs rose up vertically out of the water.悬崖壁立，高耸出水面。■ erect ɪˈrekt (formal) (especially of a person or part of the body) in an upright position （尤指人或身体部位）竖直的，直立的，挺立的◆Stand with your arms by your side and your head erect.手放两边，昂首直立。■ straight positioned in the correct way; level, upright or parallel to sth 平正的；直的；与⋯平行的◆Is my tie straight?我的领带正不正？◆He stepped back to make sure that the picture was straight.他向后退，看看画是否挂正了。▸ straight

adverb

◆Sit up straight!坐直了！◆She pulled her hat straight.她把帽子拉正了。▸ straighten

verb

 [transitive, intransitive] ◆He stood up and straightened his shoulders.他站起身，挺起肩膀。■ on ˈend

idiom

positioned so that the longest side of sth is in a vertical position 竖着；直立着◆It'll fit if you stand it on end.如果把它竖着就放得进去了。
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