upside-down

英 [ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn]

美 [ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn]

adv.  倒置地; 颠倒地

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英英释义

adj

• being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed
  1. a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma
  2. an upside-down cake
  Synonym:inverted

双语例句

• Having your seat belt on could also help you maintain your sense of orientation if the car flips upside-down.
  系紧安全带还能够帮助你在车子完全颠倒时保持自己的方向感。
• He can stand upside-down.
  他会倒立。
• Mice can jump up to46cm ( 18 inches), swim, and travel vertically or upside-down.
  小老鼠的跳跃距离可达46cm（18英寸），它们会游泳，能直立或倒着行走。
• Emptying buckets and baths, and storing them upside-down.
  排空水桶和浴盆，倒置存放。
• Once there, his life gets turned upside-down when God appears and mysteriously commands him to build an ark.
  到那里后，上帝出现在他面前，神秘地命令他建造方舟，这使他的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化。
• She was right! It was upside-down!
  她说得对！是挂倒了！
• A cauldron of milk, a woman hung upside-down, a live snake extracted from her mouth.
  一大锅牛奶、一名倒挂的女人，从她的嘴中用力拽出一条活蛇。
• This strikes me as an upside-down way of looking at things.
  这种倒置的看待事物的方式，让我深受触动。
• You know I'm doing a bowel cleanse for my colonoscopy! I'm like an upside-down volcano here.
  你明知道我正在为我的结肠镜检查清肠！我现在就像个颠倒的火山。
• You've got the picture upside-down, you dope!
  你把画挂倒了，你这笨蛋！