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Noun:
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a straight line at right angles to another line
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a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
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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
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an extremely steep face
Adjective:
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intersecting at or forming right angles;
"the axes are perpendicular to each other"
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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"
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extremely steep;
"the great perpendicular face of the cliff"
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用作形容詞 (adj.)
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The wall is usually perpendicular.
墻普通是重直的。
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There are many perpendicular marble columns in Greek temples.
希臘廟宇有有很多垂直于的文山石柱。
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He'd drunk so much that he found it hard to remain perpendicular.
他喝醉酒不要，真他媽站都站不能了。
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The wall is a little out of the perpendicular.
那墻不怎么斜。
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The valley ended in a perpendicular rim of granite.
那山間的終點是石材的斷巖。
用作名詞 (n.)
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The pillar had been restored to the perpendicular.
這柱子恢愎縱向。
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The needle is held perpendicular to the skin and 15 quick punctures are made.
源自：Scientific American
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- vertical，perpendicular，upright，erect，plumb
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- 這些形容詞均有“垂直的、豎式的”之意。
- vertical指與平面、水平線或基線成直角或幾乎成直角向上延伸至頂點的物體。也可指呈直線上升或下降的。
- perpendicular指與水平線形成90度的線或面，或朝垂直方面延伸的，尤指向下的急劇運動。
- upright普通用詞，指豎立、筆直而不是傾斜、倒塌的。
- erect指筆直挺拔，而非傾斜、佝僂、彎曲或倒塌的。
- plumb建筑上用詞，憑錘球評判某物是否完全垂直。
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海詞辭典，十八年高端品牌
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