perpendicular

英[ˌpɜːpən'dɪkjələ(r)] 美[ˌpɜːrpən'dɪkjələr]
  • adj. 垂直的；直立的；陡峭的
  • n. 垂直线
perpendicularly perpendicularity
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详细释义

Noun:
  1. a straight line at right angles to another line

  2. a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting

  3. a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point

  4. an extremely steep face

Adjective:
  1. intersecting at or forming right angles;

    "the axes are perpendicular to each other"

  2. at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line;

    "a vertical camera angle"
    "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"
    "measure the perpendicular height"

  3. extremely steep;

    "the great perpendicular face of the cliff"

双语例句

1. The left wing dipped until it was perpendicular to the ground.
左翼下垂至与地面成90度角。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Are the lines perpendicular to each other?
这些直线相互垂直吗？

来自《权威词典》

3. The two lines of bones are set perpendicular to one another.
这两排骨头相互垂直.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The plumbline is always perpendicular to the horizontal plane.
铅垂线总是垂直于水平面的.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. Let AB be perpendicular to CD.
设AB垂直于CD.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. The wall is usually perpendicular.
      墙通常是垂直的。
    2. There are many perpendicular marble columns in Greek temples.
      希腊庙宇有很多垂直的大理石柱。
    3. He'd drunk so much that he found it hard to remain perpendicular.
      他喝酒太多，简直站都站不直了。
    4. The wall is a little out of the perpendicular.
      那墙有点斜。
    5. The valley ended in a perpendicular rim of granite.
      那山谷的尽头是花岗石的断崖。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The pillar had been restored to the perpendicular.
      这柱子恢复垂直。

用法讲解

vertical，perpendicular，upright，erect，plumb
  • 这些形容词均有“垂直的、竖式的”之意。
  • vertical指与平面、水平线或基线成直角或几乎成直角向上延伸至顶点的物体。也可指呈直线上升或下降的。
  • perpendicular指与水平线形成90度的线或面，或朝垂直方面延伸的，尤指向下的急剧运动。
  • upright普通用词，指竖立、笔直而不是倾斜、倒塌的。
  • erect指笔直挺拔，而非倾斜、佝偻、弯曲或倒塌的。
  • plumb建筑上用词，凭锤球评判某物是否完全垂直。

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