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单词 upside down
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upside down

adverb
/ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/
/ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/
Idioms
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  1. in or into a position in which the top of something is where the bottom is normally found and the bottom is where the top is normally found
    • The canoe floated upside down on the lake.
    opposite right side up
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUpside down is used with these verbs:
    • hang
    See full entry
    Word OriginMiddle English: originally up so down, perhaps in the sense ‘up as if down’.
Idioms
turn something upside down
  1. to make a place untidy when looking for something
    • The police turned the whole house upside down looking for clues.
  2. to cause big changes in a person’s life that upset and confuse them
    • His sudden death turned her world upside down.

upside down

adjective
/ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/
/ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/
[not usually before noun]
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  1. in a position in which the top of something is where the bottom is normally found and the bottom is where the top is normally found
    • The painting looks like it's upside down to me.
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