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单词 upturn
释义 upturn
I. \| ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ verb
Etymology: up (I) + turn
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to turn up : turn upside down : overturn
  < his plate had been upturned — Marguerite Young >
 b. : to throw into great disorder : upheave
  < a treeless volcanic upturned region — A.W.Greely >
2. : to direct upward
 < upturned his nostril — John Milton >
intransitive verb
: to turn upward
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
1. : extreme disorder (as of society) : convulsion, upheaval
 < a truth about violent social upturn — Richard Watts >
2. : an upturned part
3. : an upward turn especially toward better conditions or higher prices
 < an upturn in the economy — Wall Street Journal >
 < a gradual upturn in living standards — B.M.Jones >
 < the exceptional upturn of strikes — A.E.Rees >
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