erected
past simple and past participle oferect
| 单词 | erected |
| 释义 | erected past simple and past participle oferect erect verb[T] formaluk/ɪˈrekt/us/ɪˈrekt/erectverb[T](BUILD)tobuildabuilding,wall, or otherstructure: Thewarmemorialwas erected in 1950. Thesoldiershad erectedbarricadestoprotectthemselves. to build something
Building: construction work & workers
erectverb[T](MAKE VERTICAL)toraisesomething to averticalposition: They erected amarqueetoaccommodate500weddingguests. Raising and lowering
Examplesoferectederected In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This is thought to contain the life force of the deceased and iserectedon the grave. From theCambridge English Corpus The ring, once completed, would have been able to take any hoop stresses that arose from the next course to beerected. From theCambridge English Corpus In bad weather, convicts had to spend the night in nomad tentserectedby the locals, in caravansaries, or in empty huts. From theCambridge English Corpus Starting slowly in the 1860s, more pastoralistserectedwire fences and within a decade the number was growing rapidly (figure 1). From theCambridge English Corpus It should allow workmen to live on the ground floors of houses whilst theyerectedthe upper floors. From theCambridge English Corpus A handful of weatherboard houses had beenerectedhere by 1851. From theCambridge English Corpus The two were simply not compatible within the developmental paradigmerectedby the colonial authorities and inherited by the new regime. From theCambridge English Corpus In 1950, a university waserectedon the incomplete palace site. From theCambridge English Corpus All bats were collected using mist netserectedat ground level. From theCambridge English Corpus In several chapters there is a penetrating conceptual analysis of the matter at hand, on which a superstructure of code iserected. From theCambridge English Corpus Cities and townserectedfor tifications, suggesting competition over land and other resources. From theCambridge English Corpus The townerecteda statue of him and named a street and their new basketball gym after him. From theCambridge English Corpus They wereerectedbetween 9.14.9.9.14 and 9.18.15.0.0 by unknown rulers. From theCambridge English Corpus He was able to do so because of a fence that had beenerectedaround the whole site. From theCambridge English Corpus Of course, the value of this land turned not so much on its quality as the buildingserectedupon it. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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