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riser

/rahy-zer/US // ˈraɪ zər //UK // (ˈraɪzə) //

立管,直升机,立柱,直立

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who rises, especially from bed: to be an early riser.
    • : the vertical face of a stair step.
    • : any of a group of long boards or narrow platforms that can be combined in stepwise fashion: The choir stood on a horseshoe of risers behind the orchestra.
    • : a vertical pipe, duct, or conduit.
    • : Metallurgy. a chamber or enlarged opening at the top of a mold for allowing air to escape or adding extra metal.
    • : Nautical. a heavy strake of planking in the vicinity of the garboard strake in a wooden vessel.rising.

Examples

  • The 44-inch collapsible desk comes with a monitor riser, which allows you to position your monitor at the perfect height in order to prevent neck pain and eye strain.

  • You may be able to position a stand higher with added risers, but stands are not designed for robust adjustability.

  • Lows slip down to the upper 50s to low 60s, giving a pleasant surprise for early risers.

  • For early risers, look to the south and you find the nearly full moon bracketed by Jupiter and Saturn.

  • We live close by and we’re early risers, so we have no problem.

  • He ran like he was barreling down the stairs and he struggled to climb the 15-foot-tall drum riser.

  • He was an outsider who had never run for office before and upset the establishment candidate, state Sen. Neil Riser.

  • He won in a special election upset over State Senator Neil Riser, who was considered the establishment GOP candidate.

  • HBO Gives Lena Dunham Free Underwear: Lena Dunham is both an early riser and not a fan of wearing underwear to work.

  • I'm an early riser, so I often work the morning shift and seldom get woken up by the blast.

  • I know this small organ well—an old friend on dreary mornings, putting the laziest riser in a good humor for the day.

  • The king, who was an early riser, sat at ten in the morning.

  • Bob Broadley was an early riser, as his business in life demanded.

  • Roberta, who was an early riser and withal a child of poetic imagination, used to say "that the fairies woke them up."

  • I beg your pardon, madam; the entry is so very dark I did not see you,” said Mr. Bond; “you are as early a riser as myself.