单词 | antipodean |
释义 | Antipodeanadj.n. 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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