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

• The entire building was turned upside-down in the search for the bug.
  在搜寻窃听器时，整个房间被翻得乱七八糟。
• No, it's not the same upside-down. It's the same this way.
  不，上下颠倒过来不是同一个字，它要这样翻转才会相同。
• "My life is completely turned upside-down, and yet it feels right. It" s bizarre.
  我的生活完全变得很混乱，但是我感觉却很好，这太奇怪了！
• He can stand upside-down.
  他会倒立。
• A quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma; an upside-down cake.
  引号有时称单引号；倒置的蛋糕。
• 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。
• I'll turn the house upside-down, and I'll find rodney.
  我会搜查整个屋子，直到找到洛尼。
• 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。
• Excuse me, isn't that picture upside-down?
  对不起，那张画不是挂颠倒了吗？
• 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。