erect

/i'rekt/

Thân thiện

He stood with an erect posture as the national anthem played.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Upright in position or posture: Describes something that is in a vertical position, not leaning or lying down.
   • Stiff and rigid: Specifically of sexual organs or certain body parts, describing a state of being stiffened and upright.

2. Verb:

   • To construct, build, or raise: To put something together and set it upright, such as a building or structure.
   • To cause to rise up or become upright: To lift something into a vertical position.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • The soldiers stood erect during the inspection. (The soldiers stood in a perfectly upright posture.)
  • The old flagpole remained erect despite the storm. (The flagpole stayed in a vertical position.)
  • An erect tail can signal alertness in many animals. (A tail held upright can indicate alertness.)

• Verb:

  • The crew will erect the new sculpture in the park tomorrow. (The crew will assemble and raise the new sculpture.)
  • It took a week to erect the tent for the festival. (It took a week to set up the tent in an upright position.)
  • The goal is to erect a monument in the town square. (The goal is to build and install a monument.)

Advanced Usage

• In a biological/physiological context: Used to describe the stiffening and rising of certain tissues, often due to increased blood flow.

  • The drug can cause blood vessels to dilate and the tissue to become erect.

• In a formal or technical context: Often used in architecture, engineering, and mathematics to describe the action of constructing or drawing a perpendicular line.

  • The theorem explains how to erect a perpendicular from a point on a line.

Variants and Related Words

• Erectly (adverb): In an upright manner.
  • The tower stood erectly against the skyline.
• Erectness (noun): The quality or state of being upright.
  • The erectness of his posture conveyed confidence.
• Erection (noun): The act of erecting something; the state of being erected. (Note: This word also has a specific physiological meaning.)
  • The erection of the bridge was completed on schedule.

Synonyms

• Adjective (upright): Vertical, perpendicular, upstanding, straight.
• Verb (build): Construct, assemble, raise, put up, set up.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Erect" is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its meanings are typically expressed directly.)

Related Idioms

• Stand erect: To stand up straight with a rigid, upright posture.
  • The guards were ordered to stand erect at their posts.
• Hold one's head erect: To carry oneself with pride or confidence.
  • Despite the criticism, she held her head erect and continued her work.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
2. upright in position or posture
   • an erect stature
   • erect flower stalks
   • for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression
   • a column still vertical amid the ruins
   • he sat bolt upright

Verb

1. cause to rise up
2. construct, build, or erect
   • Raise a barn

Từ đồng nghĩa

• tumid
• vertical
• upright
• rear
• raise
• set up
• put up