英语词汇“reverse”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

reverse

释义

opposite or contrary to a previous, normal, or usual condition or direction

They announced the winners in reverse order

having the front turned away from an observer

the reverse side of the fabric

causing backward movement

reverse gear

reversely adv

[Middle English revers via early French revers from Latin reversus, past part. of revertere: see revert]

to move in the opposite direction

to go or drive backward

to turn or change (something) to an opposite position or direction

Reverse the order of the words

to turn (something) upside down or inside out

to overthrow or annul (a legal judgment)

to change (e.g. a decision or policy) to the contrary

to cause (e.g. a motor vehicle) to go backward

verb intrans

to turn or move in the opposite direction

to go or drive backward

reverse the charges

Brit to arrange for the recipient of a telephone call to pay for it

reverser noun

the opposite of something

Many … think their own masters are better than the masters of other slaves … when the very reverse is true — Frederick Douglass

the act of reversing or the state of being reversed

the side of a coin, medal, etc or currency note that does not bear the principal design and lettering: compare obverse²

the back part of something, e.g. the back cover of a book

a gear that causes backward motion or reverses the direction of operation

a change for the worse; a setback or misfortune

in reverse

backward

in the opposite direction

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