perpendicular

英 [ˌpɜːpənˈdɪkjələ(r)]

美 [ˌpɜːrpənˈdɪkjələr]

adj.  垂直的; 成直角的; 垂直式的(英国14、15世纪盛行的建筑风格，以使用垂直线和大拱为特征)
n.  垂直线(或位置、方向)

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BNC.22300 / COCA.13882

牛津词典

adj.

• 垂直的；成直角的
  forming an angle of 90˚ with another line or surface; vertical and going straight up
  1. Are the lines perpendicular to each other?
     这些直线相互垂直吗？
  2. The staircase was almost perpendicular (= very steep) .
     楼梯几乎成垂直的了。
• 垂直式的（英国14、15世纪盛行的建筑风格，以使用垂直线和大拱为特征）
  connected with a style of architecture common in England in the 14th and 15th centuries, that makes use of vertical lines and wide arches

noun

• 垂直线（或位置、方向）
  a line, position or direction that is exactly perpendicular
  1. The wall is a little out of the perpendicular.
     墙壁有点倾斜。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 垂直的；笔直的
  Aperpendicularline or surface points straight up, rather than being sloping or horizontal.
  1. We made two slits for the eyes and a perpendicular line for the nose...
     我们划了两道缝儿做眼睛,另外划了一条竖线做鼻子。
  2. The sides of the loch are almost perpendicular.
     湖岸几乎都是垂直的。
• ADJ 垂直（于）的；成90度角的
  If one thing isperpendicular toanother, it is at an angle of 90 degrees to it.
  1. The left wing dipped until it was perpendicular to the ground.
     左翼下垂至与地面成90度角。

英英释义

noun

• an extremely steep face
• a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity
  Synonym:plumb line
• a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England
  Synonym:perpendicular styleEnglish-GothicEnglish-Gothic architecture
• a straight line at right angles to another line

adj

• extremely steep
  1. the great perpendicular face of the cliff
• at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
  1. a vertical camera angle
  2. the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab
  3. measure the perpendicular height
  Synonym:vertical
• intersecting at or forming right angles
  1. the axes are perpendicular to each other

双语例句

• Well, it's the direction that's perpendicular to this plane.
  它其实是朝垂直于平面的方向。
• And work is a dot product between force and the direction of motion, perpendicular to each other.
  压力和，运动方向的，数量积彼此垂直。
• A method of analysis of transverse modes in a plane perpendicular to a laser beam is reported.
  提出以激光束的横模结构特别是基模所占的比例作为激光光束质量的评价依据，并研究了测量方法。
• This was evident from the perpendicular wrinkles.
  这可以从那些垂直的折皱上看出来。
• The floor is perpendicular to the sidewalls.
  地板与边墙是成直角的。
• But we know another vector that is also perpendicular to the level set of g.That is the gradient of g.
  但我们知道有另外一个向量也是和g的等值面垂直的，这个向量就是g的梯度。
• The left wing dipped until it was perpendicular to the ground.
  左翼下垂至与地面成90度角。
• When a surface is perpendicular to the rays, their intensity is at its maximum.
  当表面与射线垂直时，射线的强度最大。
• The length of the arrow shows the approximate speed in a direction perpendicular to the line of sight.
  图中的箭头长度近似的表示在垂直于我们的视线的面上，这三个星系团的速度。
• A surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis.
  抛物面一种有与单坐标轴平行的抛物截面和与该轴垂直的椭圆截面的平面。