| 单词 | invert |
| 释义 | Word Frequency invertverb (ɪnˈvɜːt) 1. to turn or cause to turn upside down or inside out 2. (transitive) to reverse in effect, sequence, direction, etc 3. (transitive) phonetics a. to turn (the tip of the tongue) up and back b. to pronounce (a speech sound) by retroflexion 4. logic to form the inverse of a categorial proposition noun (ˈɪnvɜːt) 5. psychiatry a. a person who adopts the role of the opposite sex b. an old-fashioned word for homosexual 6. architecture a. the lower inner surface of a drain, sewer, etc Compare soffit (sense 2)b. an arch that is concave upwards, esp one used in foundations Derived forms invertible (inˈvertible) adjective invertibility (inˌvertiˈbility) noun Word origin C16: from Latin invertere, from in-2 + vertere to turn |
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