| 单词 | invert |
| 释义 | invert (once / 1191 pages) v When you invert something, you turn it upside down, whether it’s an idea or a test you place face-down on your desk when you are finished. Invert comes from the Latin word invertere, which means "to turn." For example, you might invert a cake pan, turning it upside down on a plate in order to remove the cake. Or if you have a long-standing belief, say, that cats make bad pets, spending time with a really great cat may make you turn that belief upside down, inverting it. And you might even get a cat of your own! WORD FAMILYinvert: inversion, inverted, inverter, inverting, inverts+/inversion: inversions/inverted: invertedly/inverter: inverters USAGE EXAMPLESDifferent decorative motifs proceed down the tapered legs, which resemble inverted obelisks. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) Run a table knife around the sides of the warm cake, then invert the cake onto the sugared cloth. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) Those “fundamental errors” led the appeals court to an “inverted and extraordinary outcome,” GM’s lawyers wrote in the Supreme Court petition. Wall Street Journal(Dec 13, 2016) 1v turn inside out or upside down Syn|Hyper reverse, turn back alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb Syn|Hyper reverse reorder assign a new order to 3v make an inversion (in a musical composition) here the theme is inverted Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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