upright
/ˈʌpɹaɪt/ 形容词 B2中文： 笔直、正直
- Vertical; erect.
- 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.
- Greater in height than breadth.
- Of good morals; reliable and trustworthy; practicing ethical values.
- Having a head at approximately a right angle with the shaft.
- Characterized by a style of running with the head and shoulders held high. · He's an upright runner.
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“It is a very good height indeed!” said the Caterpillar angrily, rearing itself upright as it spoke (it was exactly three inches high).
If a home is happy it cannot fit too close—let the dresser collapse and become a billiard table; let the mantel turn to a rowing machine, the escritoire to a spare bedchamber, the washstand to an upright piano; let the four walls come together, if they will, so you and your Delia are between.
Mowgli stood upright--the fire pot in his hands.
The walls were as white, the pincushion as hard, the chairs as stiffly and yellowly upright as ever.
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