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单词 inverted arches
释义

invert /in-vûrtˈ/

transitive verb
  1. To turn in or round
  2. To turn upside down
  3. To reverse
  4. To change the customary order or position of
  5. To form the inverse of
  6. To change or reverse the relative positions of notes in a chord, interval or phrase (music)
  7. To modify by reversing the direction of motion
  8. To break up (cane sugar) into dextrose and laevulose, thereby (the laevulose prevailing) reversing the direction of rotation of polarized light (chem)
noun /inˈ/
  1. An inverted arch
  2. Invert sugar
  3. A homosexual or transsexual (psychology)
ORIGIN: L invertere, inversum, from in in, and vertere to turn

inˈvertase (or /-vûrˈ/) noun

An enzyme that inverts cane sugar

inverˈted adjective

  1. Turned inwards
  2. Upside down
  3. Reversed
  4. Pronounced with tip of tongue turned up and back (as r in SW England)

inverˈtedly adverb

inverˈter or inverˈtor noun

invertibilˈity noun

inverˈtible adjective

inverˈtin noun

Invertase

inverted arch noun

An arch with its curve turned downwards

inverted commas see under comma

inverted mordent see mordent

inverted pleat noun

A box-pleat with the folded edges on the right side of the fabric

inverted snob noun

A person who prefers (the attitudes and conventions of) the lower classes to (those of) the upper classes

inverted snobbery noun

invert sugar noun

The mixture obtained by hydrolysis of cane sugar

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