erect

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts. transitive
    — to erect a house or a fort
  2. To cause to stand up or out. transitive
  3. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
    — to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
  4. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.; To spin up and align to vertical. intransitive
    — As soon as electrical power was restored, the attitude indicators' gyros would have begun to erect.
  5. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify. transitive
    — that didst his state above his hopes erect
  6. To animate; to encourage; to cheer. transitive
    — It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a loving complaisance.
  7. To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.). transitive
    — In 1581 Parliament made it a statutory felony to erect figures, cast nativities, or calculate by prophecy how long the Queen would live or who would succeed her.
  8. To enter a state of physiological erection. intransitive
    — On the 17th of July, the patient returned to the country, perfectly healed: the penis erected and he was capable of coition.
  9. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc. transitive
    — from fallacious foundations, and misapprehended mediums, erecting conclusions no way inferrible from their premises
  10. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute. transitive
    — to erect a new commonwealth
形容词 adj.
  1. Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
    — Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect—a column in a scene of ruins.
  2. Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation.
    — The penis should be fully erect before commencing copulation.
  3. Having an erect penis or clitoris.
    — OK, baby, I'm erect now. Let's get it on!
  4. Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed. obsolete
    — But who is he, by years / Bowed, but erect in heart?
  5. Directed upward; raised; uplifted. obsolete
    — His piercing Eyes, erect, appear to vievv / Superior VVorlds, and look all Nature thro'.
  6. Watchful; alert.
    — vigilant and erect attention of mind
  7. Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.

词形变化

more erect comparative most erect superlative erects present,singular,third-person erecting participle,present erected participle,past erected past

词汇关系

近义词
build
反义词
flaccid
衍生词
erectly erectness erectogenic erectopatent erectophile inerect nonerect semierect suberect unerect erectable erecter erecting shop erective nonerecting piloerect preerected re-erect reerect unerected
相关词
erect-crested penguin erectile erection erigible

词源

词源 1
From Middle English erect, a borrowing from Latin ērectus (“upright”), past participle of ērigō (“raise, set up”), from ē- (“out”) + regō (“to direct, keep straight, guide”).
词源 2
From Middle English erecten, from the adjective (see above).
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