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

• I mean an upside-down cake.
  我是说一个乱七八糟的蛋糕。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Luckily, when he unrolled it, it had been upside-down from the point of view of the telescreen.
  可幸他打开纸卷时，从电幕那边看，照片是颠倒的。
• Excuse me, isn't that picture upside-down?
  对不起，那张画不是挂颠倒了吗？
• We now go for the upside-down, flat spin rotation.
  我们现在要开始由上到下挂线的平转。
• 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。
• She was right! It was upside-down!
  她说得对！是挂倒了！
• 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。