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单词 antipodean
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Antipodeanadj.n.

/ænˌtɪpəˈdiːən/
Etymology: irreg. < antipode- (in antipodes n.) + -an suffix; perhaps after European , but not analogous, a better form being the obsolete Antipodian adj.
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to the opposite side of the world; esp. Australasian.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > geodetic references > [adjective] > antipodes
antipodal1646
Antipodean1861
antipodeal1881
1861 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 35 Antipodean legislators have a refreshment room they call ‘Bellamy's.’
1877 F. G. Heath Fern World Introd. 4 The antipodean range of the Fern World.
2. humorously, Having everything upside down.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adjective]
enversed?1440
inverse?1440
turned1513
overturned1561
inversed1592
inverted1598
topsy-turvy1618
downside up1683
headlong1713
upturned1816
Antipodean1853
upside down1866
1853 Dickens Bleak House lxvi. 621 A kind of Antipodean lumber-room, full of old chairs and tables, upside down.
3. fig. Of or pertaining to direct opposition; diametrically opposed (to).
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective] > opposite or opposed
turneda1325
reversedc1390
contrary1413
opposeda1500
oppositea1513
inverted1563
counter1596
diametrical1613
contraposed1620
oppositive1622
averse1623
diagonial1624
contrarying1628
diametrala1631
conversive1636
Antipodian1640
converted1640
exadverse1647
Antarctic1651
Antipodean1651
antipodal1664
in reverse1694
contradictory1736
converse1794
antithesistic1801
contravening1802
diametric1802
reverse1828
polar1832
antipodist1844
antithetic1864
other-sided1879
antipodic1881
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs Summ., All the medicines of the shops in Antipodæan position to our bodies.
1841 H. Smith Moneyed Man I. ii. 32 We were Antipodean in all our tastes.
1881 Scribn. Month. XXII. 97 The writer who..is most antipodean to Mr. Carlyle.
B. n.
In the senses of the adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > of earth > of opposite sides of
antipodesa1398
counterpacer1556
antichthones1601
Antipodean1640
1640 R. Brome Antipodes sig. E3v, Per. And what are those? Doct. All Antipodeans.
1890 Athenæum 22 Feb. 239/2 The ‘antipodeans’—the jugglers who work with their legs.
1890 A. P. Morton tr. H. Le Roux Acrobats & Mountebanks ix. 222 He..rarely leaves the ‘carpet’; he is a juggler or an antipodean.
1890 A. P. Morton tr. H. Le Roux Acrobats & Mountebanks ix. 225 The crural muscles attain an extraordinary expansion and strength in the antipodeans.
1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. II. iv. iv. 942 They were moral antipodeans to the magistrate or the legislator or the social reformer.
1921 Glasgow Herald 21 Jan. 8 The Englishmen..are probably slightly weaker in Australia than the best side the Antipodeans can put on the field.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
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