horizontal

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horizontal 指与地面平行或水平的,常用于描述线条、平面或位置,也可比喻为横向的或平坦的状态。

用法要点

句型搭配

作为形容词时,常用于修饰名词,如 horizontal line(水平线);作为名词时,可指代水平面或水平位置,如 keep something horizontal(保持某物水平)。

• a horizontal line
• horizontal position
• horizontal movement

介词用法

常与介词 in 或 on 连用,表示在水平方向或平面上,如 in a horizontal direction(在水平方向上),on a horizontal plane(在水平面上)。

• in horizontal alignment
• on a horizontal surface
• horizontal to the ground

语域说明

在学术和科技语境中,horizontal 常用于描述图表、结构或数据;在日常对话中,多用于物理描述,如家具摆放或身体姿势。

• horizontal axis in a graph
• horizontal integration in business
• lie horizontal on the bed

基础例句

Please draw a horizontal line across the paper to divide it into two sections.

请在纸上画一条水平线,把它分成两部分。

The shelf needs to be perfectly horizontal so that books don't slide off.

书架必须完全水平,这样书才不会滑落。

He lay horizontal on the sofa after a long day at work.

工作了一整天后,他平躺在沙发上休息。

Make sure the picture frame is horizontal before you hang it on the wall.

在把画框挂到墙上之前,确保它是水平的。

高级例句

In the graph, the horizontal axis represents time, while the vertical axis shows sales figures.

在图表中,水平轴代表时间,而垂直轴显示销售数据。

The company pursued horizontal integration by acquiring several competitors in the same industry.

该公司通过收购同行业的几家竞争对手,实现了横向整合。

Engineers designed the bridge with a slight horizontal curve to accommodate the terrain.

工程师们设计桥梁时加入了一个轻微的水平曲线,以适应地形。

The study analyzed horizontal gene transfer among bacterial species in the environment.

这项研究分析了环境中细菌物种之间的水平基因转移。

高频搭配

verb

draw a horizontal linekeep horizontalmeasure horizontal distancealign horizontallyposition horizontally

adjective

horizontal linehorizontal planehorizontal positionhorizontal movementhorizontal axis

noun

horizontal linehorizontal planehorizontal axishorizontal barhorizontal integration

adverb

horizontally alignedhorizontally positionedhorizontally stretchedhorizontally dividedhorizontally oriented

preposition

in horizontal directionon horizontal surfacehorizontal to the groundhorizontal across the pagehorizontal along the edge

phrase

horizontal line of sighthorizontal scroll barhorizontal markethorizontal mergerhorizontal hold

常见错误

❌ 错误:The table is very horizontal.
✓ 正确:The table is perfectly horizontal.

horizontal 通常描述状态而非程度,用 perfectly 或 level 更准确,避免使用 very 等程度副词修饰。

❌ 错误:I need to make it more horizontal.
✓ 正确:I need to adjust it to be horizontal.

horizontal 是形容词,表示水平状态,不用于比较级;应使用 adjust to be horizontal 或 make it level 来表达调整至水平。

近义词辨析

level

level 强调平坦或齐平,常用于具体物体表面;horizontal 更侧重于与地面平行或横向方向,可用于抽象概念。

The floor is level (平坦), but the line is horizontal (水平).

flat

flat 描述表面没有凹凸,强调平滑;horizontal 强调方向或位置与水平面一致,不一定完全平滑。

The road is flat (平坦), but the horizon is horizontal (水平).