upside down

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ˌupside ˈdown1 adverbadv

1 WRONG/INCORRECTwith the top at the bottom and the bottom at the top 倒置地，颠倒地

To get the plant out of the pot, turn it upside down and give it a gentle knock.

如果要把植物从盆里取出来，就把花盆翻过来，轻轻敲一下。

2 turn something upside down

a) to make a place very untidy when you are looking for something 把某处翻得乱七八糟

The burglars have turned our house upside down.

小偷把我们家翻了个底朝天。

b) to cause a lot of change and confusion in a situation or in someone’s life 给〔局面或某人的生活〕造成大变化[混乱]

the story of a young girl whose life was turned upside down

讲一个年轻女孩生活遭遇重大变故的故事

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turn something upside down• The girl was turning everything upside down.• The history of implants has been equally painful; implants can shift or turn themselves upside down.• Yet with an appealing brew of nationalism and promise of democratic reform, Kostunica has since turned Yugoslav politics upside down.• I turn the box upside down and bring it out empty.• We could turn the glass upside down and sideways without having the water pour out because air pressure pushes in all directions.• They studied the map for a while, scratched their heads, turned it upside down and studied it some more.• A distorted religion has turned the world upside down, denying that anything ever existed before itself.

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upside down• You're holding the book upside down.• At this gesture, the three Ntibians came over, seized his legs and held him upside down.• Does it matter if we plant the seeds upside down?• Had early explorers come from the southern hemisphere, would our maps appear upside down?• In the next instant, he flipped and dropped down the passage upside down.• In desperation I held him upside down by his ankles and shook him.• Jack kept his arm at his side, pistol down, watching the cat squeal and squirm upside down on the fork.• I saw crates of equipment piled upside down, or rusting from neglect.

ˌupside ˈdown2 adjectiveadj

in a position with the top at the bottom and the bottom at the top 〔位置〕上下颠倒的

an upside down U shape

倒置的 U 形

Origin upside down1

(1400-1500) up so down “up as if down” ((14-16 centuries))

ˌupside ˈdown1 adverbadvˌupside ˈdown2 adjectiveadj

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