| 单词 | vertical |
| 释义 | vertical (vɜːʳtɪkəl ) Word forms: verticals 1. adjective Something that is vertical stands or points straight up. The climber inched up a vertical wall of rock. The gadget can be attached to any vertical or near vertical surface. Synonyms: upright, sheer, perpendicular, straight (up and down) vertically adverb [ADVERB after verb] Cut each bulb in half vertically. 2. singular noun The vertical is the direction that points straight up, at an angle of 90 degrees to a flat surface. Pluto seems to have suffered a major collision that tipped it 122 degrees from the vertical. 3. countable noun A vertical is a line or structure that is vertical. As long as the verticals align, the design will look regular. Collocations: vertical beam As a very simple explanation of a bifurcation in a dynamical system, consider an object balanced on top of a vertical beam. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On each side, both horizontal beams are attached to a vertical beam. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This variable would need to be added in cases where the radio tower emits a very narrow vertical beam. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each boat was powered by a single cylinder vertical beam steam engine and was divided into three decks and twelve watertight compartments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Two were through the feet where the nail(s) passed through both to the vertical beam. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We don't anticipate it will be a helicopter as we would understand a helicopter, but it will have some kind of rotary wings to provide vertical lift. Times, Sunday Times Built as a swing span, the bridge was converted in 1994 to a vertical lift bridge to increase the width of the navigational channel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The squadron consists of seven flights: fixed wing, vertical lift, operations analysis, combat applications, special missions, instrumentation and mission support. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The world's heaviest and largest double deck vertical lift bridge. 4-lane road on upper deck, rail on lower deck (converted to trail). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The five vertical lift bridges and a railroad swing bridge, all within close distance of one another, made the manoeuvring tricky and the journey stressful. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He claimed that he had completed the last vertical mile to the summit without bottled oxygen after his supply failed at about 7,000m. Times, Sunday Times Most manage it in under 15 minutes, though one hardy soul has signed up to complete a 'vertical mile' by running up nine times. Times, Sunday Times For example, its northwest face rises one vertical mile (5,280 ft/1,609 m) in approximately 1.5 horizontal miles (7,920 ft/2.4 km). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To assemble the house, pipe icing along the vertical wall edges to join the walls together. Times, Sunday Times It even has a vertical wall garden to keep the air clean. Times, Sunday Times The kitchen, for example, has vertical wall radiators and glass shelves. Times, Sunday Times We reached the limits of usefulness for the 4x4 and clambered up a ravine towards a vertical wall. Times, Sunday Times Such waves were said to consist of an almost vertical wall of water preceded by a trough so deep that it was referred to as a 'hole in the sea'. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 垂直的 Japanese: 垂直の |
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