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Vertical Latin Meaning Və:Tikəl A.垂直的 英 Adj 垂直的(Perpendicula

单词 vertical
音标 ['və:tikəl]
解释 a.垂直的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 垂直的(perpendicula r to the plane of the horizon;upright)
【记】 来自vertex(顶点), 从顶点向下→垂直的
【例】 a vertical cliff(陡直的峭壁)
字源 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.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】音:屋梯口,走到房屋楼梯口,看到梯子,电梯是垂直的

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