erecting
竖立,竖起来,架设,竖起
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Definitions
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- : upright in position or posture: to stand or sit erect.
- : raised or directed upward: a dog with ears erect.
- : Botany. vertical throughout; not spreading or declined: an erect stem; an erect leaf or ovule.
- : Heraldry. represented palewise: a sword erect. represented upright: a boar's head erect.
- : Optics. having the same position as the object; not inverted.
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- : to build; construct; raise: to erect a house.
- : to raise and set in an upright or vertical position: to erect a telegraph pole.
- : to set up or establish, as an institution; found.
- : to bring about; cause to come into existence: to erect barriers to progress.
- : Geometry. to draw or construct upon a given line, base, or the like.
- : to form or create legally: to erect a territory into a state.
- : Optics. to change to the normal position.
- : Machinery. to assemble; make ready for use.
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- : to become erect; stand up or out.
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Examples
By 1941 college presidents and administrators had erected a lucrative arrangement focused on football.
There, the Peruvian government is spending millions of dollars to preserve the city’s drainage systems while installing roof coverings and erecting protective scaffolding.
Other times, the shots lessen the chance of infection, but don’t completely eliminate it because influenza viruses mutate quickly and can slip by immune defenses erected by even well-matched vaccines.
The state can issue fines of up to $15,000 a day to property owners who erect illegal shoreline structures.
Astronomers could use the infrastructure to hold conferences, for instance, or they could erect a small array of radio dishes that could at least partially fill the hole left by the fallen giant.
Some facilities had begun erecting “bamboo hand washing stations” at the entrance to hospitals, but not enough.
Protests spread late Sunday evening, when people in other areas began erecting barricades and gathering in intersections.
They also can slow down the committee process, erecting obstacles to scheduling hearings.
His illicit artwork showed that erecting barriers is not only inhumane, but also futile.
One of his biggest achievements was erecting a library annex that had needed to be completed for 25 years.
This he did, erecting at the harbor a beautiful cross bearing the arms of France.
Every engine that was erecting is stopped, and the whole county thinks of no other engine.
She knew there would be plenty of rope in the Norwood barn or the garage for their need in erecting the aerials.
They laid out the work for the next morning, but did nothing practical toward erecting the wires and attendant parts that day.
On a rocky islet in the centre of a fresh water pond two miles in circuit they commenced erecting a fort and store house.