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- vertical; erect垂直的, 笔直的, 直的, 直立的：
the posts must be in an upright position.
柱子必须是垂直的。
1.1
- (of a piano) having vertical strings（钢琴）立式的。
1.2
- greater in height than breadth高度大于宽度的, 立式的：
an upright freezer.
立式冰箱。
1.3
- denoting a device designed to be used in a vertical position竖着用的：
an upright vacuum cleaner.
直立式真空吸尘器。
1.4
- denoting a chair with a straight back and typically no arms（椅子）直背（无扶手）的。
2
- (of a person or their behaviour) strictly honourable or honest（人或其行为）诚实的, 正直的：
an upright member of the community.
一个正直的社区成员。
- in or into a vertical position笔直地, 直立地, 垂直地：
she was sitting upright in bed.
她直挺挺地坐在床上。
1
- a post or rod fixed vertically, especially as a structural support直柱, 立柱：
the stone uprights of the parapet.
女儿墙的石制立柱。
2
- an upright piano立式钢琴。
派生词
uprightly
adverbuprightness
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