1. The cliff was almost vertical.
    那个悬崖近乎直上直下.

2. The UPC is printed by the manufacturer on each grocery item — a set of thin and thick vertical stripes accompanied by a series of numbers under the stripes and a zero, centered to the left of them.
    条形码由厂家印在每一食品上——这是一组粗细不同、垂直排列的线条，线条下方有一组数字，左边有一个“0”字。

3. A trough (the lowest point), a height (the vertical distance from the trough to the crest),
    波谷（最低点）、浪高（从波谷到浪峰的垂直距离）、

4. Also, to prevent property damage, architects now design buildings so that the building's columns and horizontal beams are of equal strength, and vertical support columns are inserted deep into solid soil.
    同样，为了预防财产损失，建筑师如今设计楼房时会使房屋的支柱和横梁力度相等，而垂直支柱则深深插入坚实的地基中。

5. But contains steep, probably vertical, cliffs, and gentle sediment-covered terraces,
    但其中包括陡峭的、乃至垂直的峭壁和沉积物覆盖的缓和的阶梯地带，