单词	topsy-turvy
释义	topsy-turvytop‧sy-tur‧vy /ˌtɒpsi ˈtɜːvi◂ $ ˌtɑːpsi ˈtɜːrvi◂/ adjective informal Word Origin WORD ORIGINtopsy-turvy Origin: 1500-1600 Probably from top + terve ‘to turn upside down’ (14-16 centuries) Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Ball can look back on a topsy-turvy two years as mayor. Molly's topsy-turvy bedroom was heaped with toys, clothes, magazines, and books. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But things are turned topsy-turvy right enough. I was quite ignorant of their lifestyle and topsy-turvy habits. In one topsy-turvy moment, I leaned down to turn Johnny Walker up and nearly ended up upside down. In the topsy-turvy world of teams and teams of teams, economies of scale are giving way to economies of structure. The world had gone topsy-turvy ever since he took on this play. They both show us a topsy-turvy world, a world turned inside-out by the particular lens through which it is viewed. Yahoo! is the rule, not the exception, in the topsy-turvy world of Internet IPOs. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► world · They both show us a topsy-turvy world, a world turned inside-out by the particular lens through which it is viewed.· Yahoo! is the rule, not the exception, in the topsy-turvy world of Internet IPOs.· In the topsy-turvy world of teams and teams of teams, economies of scale are giving way to economies of structure. in a state of complete disorder or confusion:  He left his room all topsy-turvy.
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