.upright pi'ano n[C] a piano with strings that are in a vertical position →grand piano
1. Besides being an upright and respectable woman she was also a very sensible one. 她是个正派体面的女人,也是个非常明智的女人。
2. The money I get from teaching the piano is a useful supplement to my ordinary income. 我教钢琴挣的钱是一笔很管用的外快.
3. The coin rolled underneath the piano. 硬币滚到钢琴下面去了.
4. Though they never had much money, my grandmother saw to it that her daughter had speaking lessons and piano lessons, and assured her that she would go to college. 虽然他们从来没有多少钱,外婆还是设法让自己的女儿学习演说和钢琴,同时让她相信她可以上大学。
5. His back is so crooked that he can not stand upright. 他的背弯得很厉害, 无法站直。
6. He doesn´t show much flair for the piano. 他对弹钢琴没有什么天资.
7. He is an upright man. 他是一个正直的人。
8. He makes time every day to listen to his seven-year-old son play the piano — even if it is no more than a few minutes during a phone call while he is away at a conference. 他每天都挤出时间来听7岁的儿子弹钢琴,既使在他外出开会时,也要通过电话听几分钟。
9. After that there was no trouble in making it stand upright. 这样就毫不费力地使鸡蛋笔直地立在桌上。
10. After this it took me a month to shape it to something like the bottom of a boat, so that it might swim upright. 此后又用了一个月的时间才把树干砍得有点像船底,使它能稳稳地浮在水上。