Upside-down
[ ['ʌpsaid'daun] ]
其它 Other
a. 颠倒的, 乱七八糟的
📝 例句
She was right ! It was upside-down !
她说得对!是挂倒了!
Burglars had turned the house upside-down.
窃贼 把房子翻得乱七八糟.
He turned the room upside-down to hunt for the lost key.
他把屋子翻得乱七八糟，寻找遗失的钥匙。
He has an upside-down way of doing things, eg he deals with priorities last.
他做事毫无条理.
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。
📖 牛津释义
upside-down
adj, adv
1 with the upper part underneath instead of on top 上下翻转过来（的）
That picture is upside-down. 那幅画上下颠倒了.
hold a book upside-down 倒拿著书.
2 (infml fig 口, 比喻) in or into total disorder or confusion 乱七八糟（的）; 毫无条理（的）
He has an upside-down way of doing things, eg he deals with priorities last. 他做事毫无条理.
Burglars had turned the house upside-down. 窃贼 把房子翻得乱七八糟.
🧩 词语组成解析
upside
[['ʌpsaid]]
n. 上侧, 上段, 上部\\n[机] 上侧, 上部
down
[daʊn]
adv. （坐、倒、躺）下;向下;（表示范围或顺序的限度）下至;
prep. （从高处）向下;（表示位置）在…的下方;（表示方向）沿着…向下;（表示时间）自…以来;
adj. 向下的;沮丧的;计算机或计算机系统停机;（以…）落后于对手的;
n. （鸟的）绒羽;绒毛;软毛;汗毛;
vt. 放下;（尤指大口或快速地）喝下;使摔倒;击落（敌机等）;
vi. [常用于祈使句中]下去;下来;卧倒;下降;
🗣️ 情景例句
No, …is not in right now. May I take a message?
不， ……现在不在这儿。 我能帮你捎个口信吗？
Many a little makes a mickle.
积少便成多。
Was the philosopher who refused to look through Galileo's telescope more culpable than those who alleged that the spiral nebulae observed with Lord Rosse's great telescope in the eighteen-forties were scratches left by the grinder?
某位哲学家曾拒绝使用伽利略的望远镜去观察天空；到了19世纪40年代，有人硬把罗斯勋爵高倍望远镜观测到的螺旋状星云说成是磨镜工留下的磨痕。难道反对伽利略的哲学家比诋毁罗斯勋爵造谣者应受到更大的谴责吗？