Смысл: uprightupright1.[ʹʌpraıt]n <Í> 1. стойка; колонка 2. пианино (тж.upright piano) 3. сл.смесь пива с джином 4. обыкн.plспорт.стойки 5. вертикаль a post out of upright - покосившийся столб Í> 2.[ʹʌpraıt]a <Í> 1. вертикальный; прямой an upright tree - прямое дерево 2. держащийся прямо 3. отвесный (о холме, горе и т. п.) 4. честный; справедливый upright judge - справедливый судья upright man - честный человек Í> 3.[ʹʌpraıt]adv <Í> прямо, вертикально, стоймя to stand /to hold oneself/ upright - стоять прямо Í> 4.[ʹʌpraıt]v <Í> поднять в вертикальное положение, поставить стоймя Í>
upright Идиома
sit bolt upright
Idiom(s): sit bolt upright
Theme: POSITION
to sit up straight. • Tony sat bolt upright and listened to what the teacher was saying to him. • After sitting bolt upright for almost an hour in that crowded airplane, I swore I would never travel again.
bolt upright
bolt upright Precisely perpendicular, erect in carriage, as in She sat bolt upright in her pew. This expression was used in slightly different form by Chaucer in the late 1300s: “She was ... long as a mast and upright as a bolt” (The Miller's Tale).
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