upend

英 [ʌpˈend]

美 [ʌpˈend]

v.  翻倒; 倒放; 使颠倒

过去式：upended　过去分词：upended　现在分词：upending　第三人称单数：upends　

BNC.25235 / COCA.19448

牛津词典

verb

• 翻倒；倒放；使颠倒
  to turn sb/sth upside down
  1. The bicycle lay upended in a ditch.
     自行车翻倒在一条小水沟里。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使倒立；倒放；颠倒
  If youupendsomething, you turn it upside down.
  1. He upended the beer, and swallowed.
     他举起啤酒，一饮而尽。
  2. ...upended flower pots.
     倒扣着的花盆

英英释义

verb

• set, turn, or stand on end
  1. upend the box and empty the contents
• become turned or set on end
  1. the airplanes upended

双语例句

• Behind their drive to upend the old ways in Washington is their dismay at the fiscal record of President George W. Bush and Republicans ( like them) in Congress in those years.
  令他们试图改变华盛顿旧有政治运作方式的原因，是他们对小布什（georgew.bush）及众议院一些共和党议员（像他们一样）那几年中在财政方面糟糕的表现感到失望。
• Can South Africa draw upon the energy of a frenzied nation to upend Mexico?
  本届的南非首战，东道主会不会一发激情澎湃的民族狂野之猛，将墨西哥掀翻在地？
• The little smartphone startup is helping to upend a gadget market once dominated by big foreign players.
  这家小型智能手机初创公司正在帮助颠覆一个曾经被大型外国公司所主导的电子设备市场。
• Fortunately, there is scant evidence to support the idea of a global Chinese effort to upend the international order.
  幸运的是，并没有足够的证据表明中国在试图颠覆国际秩序。
• Once passed, farmers upend their urns into a huge metal trough.
  一旦检测过关，奶农就把桶里的牛奶倒进一个大金属槽里。
• Mr Santorum threatens to upend that.
  桑托勒姆可能会颠覆这一切。
• To do so again could upend bond markets.
  再这样做会颠覆债券市场。
• It can measure all kinds of mechanical property test, such as spline tension, holding tension, tearing, CBR upend, ball upend, pierce and thickness measuring.
  该测试仪可以完成土工布的各种力学性能测试试验，包括条样拉伸、握持拉伸、撕裂、CBR顶破、圆球顶破、刺破及厚度的测量。
• Their results upend some of our basic assumptions.
  研究结果颠覆了我们的一些基本假设。
• Truth is, an affordable technology to upend the standard engine still has yet to materialize.
  事实是，一种颠覆标准发动机、而且可负担得起的技术尚未出现。