| 词汇 | upright |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： O.E. upriht, from up "up" + riht "right." Similar compounds are found in other Gmc. languages (cf. O.Fris. upriucht, M.Du. oprecht, O.H.G. ufreht, Ger. aufrecht, O.N. uprettr). Fig. sense of "good, honest" is first attested 1530. The noun in the sense of "something standing erect" is from 1742. "THREE-PENNY UPRIGHT. A retailer of love, who, for the sum mentioned, dispenses her favours standing against a wall." ["Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1811] 词根记忆： a. 垂直的,直立的;正直的,诚实的ad.竖立着The bright fighter is frightened and flies upright in straight line from the right.那架明亮的战斗机受到惊吓后呈直线地从右边垂直飞起来. |
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