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topsy-turvy是什么意思，topsy-turvy怎么读

topsy-turvy基本信息

读法：[,tɔpsi"tə:vi]

释义：

  • n. 颠倒；乱七八糟
  • adj. 颠倒的；乱七八糟的
  • adv. 颠倒地；乱七八糟地
  • vt. 使颠倒；使混乱

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    英英释义

    Adjective:

  • in utter disorder;"a disorderly pile of clothes"
    • Adverb:
  • in a disordered manner;"they were piled up higgledy-piggledy"
  • in disorderly haste;"we ran head over heels toward the shelter"

    • 中英词源

    topsy-turvy 上下颠倒的，颠三倒四的

    可能来自 tops,顶部，顶端，古词 terve,翻倒，推翻。引申词义混乱的，颠三倒四的等。

    topsy-turvy (adv.)
    1520s, "but prob. in popular use from an earlier period" [OED]; compare top over terve "to fall over" (mid-15c.); likely from tops, plural of top (n.1) "highest point" + obsolete terve "turn upside down, topple over," from Old English tearflian "to roll over, overturn," from Proto-Germanic *terbanan (cognates: Old High German zerben "to turn round"). Century Dictionary calls it "A word which, owing to its popular nature, its alliterative type, and to ignorance of its origin, leading to various perversions made to suggest some plausible origin, has undergone, besides the usual variations of spelling, extraordinary modifications of form." It lists 31 variations. As an adjective from 1610s.

    词态变化

    权威造句

    1. Miss Ophelia was uneasy that Eva should fancy Topsy"s society so much.
    奥菲丽亚小姐看见伊娃这样欢喜跟托普西在一起玩,心里有些惴惴不安.

    来自辞典例句

    2. Topsy had an uncommon verbal memory, and committed with a fluency that greatly encouraged her instructress.
    托普西对文字的记忆力非常强, 上课时对答如流,使她的教师感到十分鼓舞.

    来自辞典例句

    3. Topsy would hold a perfect carnival of confusion , for some one or two hours.
    托普西就会恣意胡闹上一、二个小时.

    来自辞典例句

    4. He turned the little boy topsy - turning.
    他把这个小男孩倒提着.

    来自互联网

    5. Yes, ma"am, said Topsy, with profound attention.
    是的, 夫人, 托普西全神贯注地答道.

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    近反义词

  • confused 困惑的
  • chaotic 混乱的
  • mixed up 混合的
  • jumbled 混乱的
  • upside-down 颠倒的
  • inverted 反向的
  • reversed 颠倒的
  • disordered 混乱的
  • inverse 倒转的
  • over 在 ... 的上方...
  • upside down 颠倒
  • in a mess 一团糟
  • all over the place 到处
  • disorganized 紊乱的
  • higgledy-piggledy 杂乱无章的
  • topsy-turvily topsy-turvy的...
  • head over heels 头朝下
  • disorderly 无秩序的
  • heels over head 倒栽葱似地
  • hugger-mugger 秘密的

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