upside down

英 [ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn]

美 [ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn]

adv.  颠倒; 倒转; 翻转

Oxford 3000 / Collins.1

习惯用语

adv.

turn sth upside down
• 把…翻得乱七八糟；使凌乱不堪
  to make a place untidy when looking for sth
• The police turned the whole house upside down looking for clues.
  警察为查找线索把整所房子翻得乱七八糟。
• 给（某人生活）造成大的变化（或混乱）
  to cause large changes and confusion in a person's life
• His sudden death turned her world upside down.
  他的遽然离世使她的生活完全乱套了。

牛津词典

adv.

• 颠倒；倒转；翻转
  in or into a position in which the top of sth is where the bottom is normally found and the bottom is where the top is normally found
  1. The canoe floated upside down on the lake.
     独木舟底朝天漂浮在湖面上。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 倒置地；颠倒过来
  If something has been movedupside down, it has been turned round so that the part that is usually lowest is above the part that is usually highest.
  1. The painting was hung upside down...
     油画挂倒了。
  2. Salter held the bag by the corners and shook it upside down.
     索尔特捏住包的外角，把它倒过来晃了晃。
  3. Upside downis also an adjective.
     
  4. His eyes were open and everything he saw was upside down...
     他的眼睛睁开了，看到的一切都是颠倒的。
  5. Tony had an upside-down map of Britain on his wall.
     托尼的墙上倒挂了一张英国地图。
• toturnsomethingupside down→ see:turn

英英释义

adv

• in an inverted manner
  1. the box was lying on the floor upside down

双语例句

• Well, not when you are upside down.
  这个，在你上下颠倒的时候你是顾不上的。
• The children hung the picture upside down.
  小孩把画挂倒了。
• Turn the vat upside down.
  把缸扣过来。
• Turn the bottle upside down to empty it before you fill it with oil.
  把瓶子先控一控再装油。
• He turned the box upside down.
  他把那个箱子颠倒过来了。
• The pagoda is reflected upside down in the water.
  宝塔的影子倒立在水里。
• At times they go so far as to confound right and wrong and turn things upside down.
  他们有时简直要闹到颠倒是非、混淆黑白的程度。
• She later found out that she had hung the picture upside down.
  她稍后发现自己把画挂倒了。
• It totally turned my world upside down.
  它让我的世界完全颠倒了。
• Even if you plant the seed upside down, the roots will still grow down.
  即使你把种子倒过来种，根须还是往下长。