vertical
adjective uk/ˈvɜː.tɪ.kəl/ us/ˈvɝː.t̬ə.kəl/
C1 竖直的;垂直的;立式的
standing or pointing straight up or at an angle of 90° to a horizontal surface or line
vertical lines/stripes 竖线／竖条纹
She looked over the cliff and found she was standing at the edge of a vertical drop. 她从悬崖上向下看，发现自己正站在陡直悬崖的边缘。
Compare: horizontal adjective
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- Carefully tighten the clamp until it firmly supports the pipette in a vertical position.
- In tin mining today, workers excavate tunnels horizontally from a vertical shaft.
- Rotate it slowly from the horizontal into a vertical position.
- Plot distance on the vertical Y-axis against time on the horizontal X-axis.
- This vertical section of the soil shows four basic soil layers.
vertical
noun [ C usually singular ] uk/ˈvɜː.tɪ.kəl/ us/ˈvɝː.t̬ə.kəl/
垂直线;垂直面;竖直位置
a vertical line, surface, or position
In a two-stage operation, the steel structure will be raised to the vertical. 在分成两个步骤的操作中，钢结构将被竖成垂直状态。