upright

• adj.直立した、正直な; 垂直な、直立した; まっすぐな; 正しい心を持つ
• n. 垂直；直立

up、upward、right、straight、語源的にはregregate、erectと同じ。

upright (adj.)

Old English upriht "erect, face-upward;" see up (adv.) + right (adj.1). Similar compounds are found in other Germanic languages (Old Frisian upriucht, Middle Dutch oprecht, Old High German ufreht, German aufrecht, Old Norse uprettr). Figurative sense of "good, honest, adhering to rectitude" is first attested 1520s.

As an adverb, Old English uprihte. As a noun, 1560s in the sense "a vertical front;" c. 1700 as "a vertical timber in framing;" 1742 in the sense "something standing erect." Meaning "an upright piano" is from 1860.

THREE-PENNY UPRIGHT. A retailer of love, who, for the sum mentioned, dispenses her favours standing against a wall. ["Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1811]

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The bent-over rear-entry posture they are talking about, of course, is kubda, the three-obol position at the bottom-end of a prostitute's price-range. [James N. Davidson, "Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens," 1997]

1. He was sitting on an upright chair beside his bed,reading.

彼はベッドの前のリクライニングチェアに座って本を読んでいる。

2.He was handsome, upright and chivalrous.

彼はハンサムで、正直で、風格がある。

3.Cautiously，he moved himself into an upright position.

彼は慎重に体をまっすぐにした。

4.Moira sat stiffly upright in her straight-backed chair.

モイラはまっすぐに彼女の背もたれ椅子に座っていた。

5.With a swift movement,Matthew Jerrold sat upright .

マシュー?ジェロルドは急速にまっすぐに座った。