Rod numerals are expressed by placing the rods either in the perpendicular or horizontal planes.

算筹计数有纵和横两种方式。

In the perpendicular, when representing numbers from 1 to 5, each rod represents one digit.

在纵式当中，表示1到5的时候，竖着摆放的每根算筹都代表1。

We broke up the force into kind of the perpendicular direction and the parallel direction.

这个力，也就是平行於斜面的这个地心引力的分力这个力，也就是平行於斜面的这个地心引力的分力。

The perpendicular component isn't pointing at the electrodes, so it doesn't cause any deflection.

因为垂直的分量没有指向电极，所以它不会造成任何波形。

For numbers from 6 to 9, one rod placed horizontally represents 5 and the perpendicular rods placed below represent 1.

而6到9则用横放的一根代表5，余下的算筹纵放在下面，每根代表1。

" At the bottom of the perpendicular chimney, " he answered.

“在垂直烟囱的底部，”他回答道。

Just then the Nautilus had arrived at the perpendicular face of that high wall. How the ship would maneuver I hadn't a guess.

这时候，诺第留斯号到了那座高墙壁立垂直的地方了。它怎样行驶，我无法猜测。

While driving through an intersection, Eric is T-boned at full speed by a driver who distractedly runs a red light coming from the perpendicular side street.

在路过一个十字路口时，他被一辆高速行驶的车子拦腰撞上，那名司机心不在焉，在纵向的小路上闯了红灯。

His hands were trembling with fury, and the perpendicular wrinkle that he has in the middle of his forehead was so deep that it seemed like a wound.

先生的手还在发抖，额上那垂直纹深得好像是伤痕。

For several days steeper inclines, some even frightfully near to the perpendicular, brought us deeper and deeper into the mass of the interior of the earth.

连续几天，陡峭的斜坡， 有些甚至可怕地接近垂直线，使我们越来越深入地球内部。

The standard method for rounding corners is to use an arc of a circle to connect the perpendicular sides of a rectangular object, which produces a somewhat abrupt transition from straight to curve.

圆角的标准方法是用一个圆弧来连接矩形物体的垂直边，这产生了一个从直线到曲线的突然过渡。

Almost as soon as they had arrived the grand procession of boats began; the oars smacking with a loud kiss on the face of the stream, as they were lowered from the perpendicular.

他们一到，盛大的船只游行就开始了。当桨从垂直方向放下时，它们拍打着溪流的表面发出响亮的吻声。

The perpendicular cliffs of the barren western mountains seemed like the teeth of a monster lurking to snatch a victim and drag him down into the maw of the deep valley, black with its moaning forests.

荒芜的西部山脉的垂直悬崖就像是潜伏着的怪物的利齿，要抓住受害者并将他拖入深谷的谷底，那里满是呻吟的森林。

Anthony always handed them to Tana without a smile; hours afterward the recipient could be found puzzling over them in the kitchen and declaring earnestly that the perpendicular symbols were not Japanese, nor anything resembling Japanese.

安东尼总是面无笑容地把它们递给塔娜；几个小时后，可以发现收件人在厨房里对它们感到困惑，并认真地宣布垂直符号不是日本人，也不是任何类似日本人的东西。