vertical
adjective OPAL W
/ˈvɜːtɪkl/
/ˈvɜːrtɪkl/
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) going straight up or down from a level surface or from top to bottom in a picture, etc.线、杆等 竖的;垂直的;直立的 - the vertical axis of the graph
图的纵轴 - The cliff was almost vertical.
那悬崖几乎是垂直的。 - There was a vertical drop to the ocean.
至海洋有一段垂直落差。
- the vertical axis of the graph
- having a structure in which there are top, middle and bottom levels
纵向的 - a vertical flow of communication
上下级纵向交流
- a vertical flow of communication
- (medical
) passed from one generation to the next医学 代代相传 - 4% of these infections result from vertical transmission from mother to baby.
这些感染中有4%是由母婴垂直传播造成的。
- 4% of these infections result from vertical transmission from mother to baby.
词源mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘directly overhead’): from French, or from late Latin verticalis, from vertex ‘whirlpool, crown of a head, vertex’, from vertere ‘to turn’.