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o trụ đứng, cột, tháp
o thẳng đứng
§ upright of salt : cột muối
Xem thêm: vertical, upright piano, unsloped, good, just, erect, vertical
upright adj.
VERBS be, sit, stand rows of children sitting upright at their desks | come, jerk, scramble, shoot, spring, struggle Slowly the boat came upright. Polly jerked upright, wild-eyed and blinking. | remain, stay The flag pole wouldn't stay upright. | drag sb/sth, haul sb/sth, heave sb/sth, jerk sb/sth, place sth, prop sth, pull sb/sth Pulling himself upright, he squared his shoulders. | hold sb/sth, keep sth
ADV. fully a fully upright posture | almost | relatively | rigidly, stiffly She held herself rigidly upright.
PHRASES sit/stand bolt upright (= to sit/stand with your back straight) He was sitting bolt upright on his chair, looking very tense.
n.
the ball sailed between the uprights
adj.
an upright post
a genuinely good person
a just cause
an upright and respectable man
an erect stature
erect flower stalks
for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression
a column still vertical amid the ruins
he sat bolt upright