vertical
vertical 英 [ˈvɜ:tɪkl] 美 [ˈvɜrtɪkl]
adj. 垂直的 n. 垂直线，垂直面
名词复数:verticals
- Vertical describes something that rises straight up from a horizontal line or plane. A telephone pole or a tree can usually be described as vertical in relation to the ground.
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- adj. 垂直的
- n. 垂直线，垂直面
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1. The cliff was almost vertical.
那悬崖几乎是笔陡的。
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2. There was a vertical drop to the ocean.
至海洋有一段垂直落差。
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3. a vertical flow of communication
上下级纵向交流
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4. The wall is several degrees off the vertical.
这堵墙倾斜了有好几度。
- vertical (adj.) 1550s, "of or at the vertex, directly overhead," from Middle French vertical (1540s), from Late Latin verticalis "overhead," from Latin vertex (genitive verticis) "highest point" (see vertex). Meaning "straight up and down" is first recorded 1704. As a noun meaning "the vertical position or line" from 1834. Related: Vertically.
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