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invert

/verb in-vurt; adjective, noun in-vurt/US // verb ɪnˈvɜrt; adjective, noun ˈɪn vɜrt //

反转,颠倒,倒置,倒转

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to turn upside down.
    • : to reverse in position, order, direction, or relationship.
    • : to turn or change to the opposite or contrary, as in nature, bearing, or effect: to invert a process.
    • : to turn inward or back upon itself.
    • : to turn inside out.
    • : Chemistry. to subject to inversion.
    • : Music. to subject to musical inversion.
    • : Phonetics. to articulate as a retroflex vowel.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Chemistry. to become inverted.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Chemistry. subjected to inversion.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that is inverted.
    • : that portion of the interior of a drain or sewer pipe where the liquid is deepest.
    • : an inverted arch or vault.
    • : Philately. a two-colored postage stamp with all or part of the central design printed upside down in relation to the inscription.
    • : Psychiatry. a gay person.a person who assumes and displays the normative perspective, manner, or behavior of a different sex.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbreverse; turn upside down
Forms: inverted

Examples

  • The 32-ounce bottle has an interior stainless-steel filter that extends from the lid to the bottom of the bottle, plus a removable lid, which turns into a pour-over filter when inverted.

  • The best leaf vacuum available generally provides the standard features of a leaf blower while offering the ability to invert airflow to collect leaves in an attached bag for storage and removal.

  • A decade later, PLA politics have almost completely inverted.

  • Many of the lids actually are just inverted bowls, which can be conveniently used for holding the pickles as you ladle them out.

  • Let the cake cool in the skillet for 15 minutes before inverting onto a serving platter.

  • Just take reality, invert it, and that's what Romney is likely to say.

  • In the end, the Toulouse killings never did invert head-to-head polling favoring François Hollande before the affair.

  • Invert bowl and handle and lay them upon a level block of charcoal, as shown at Figure 28.

  • But man can invert this relation, and thus fail in attaining his destination in two ways.

  • Then invert each jar to permit the food to cool and to test for leaks.

  • Invert the preparation and with the blade of the scalpel remove the slide from the agar block.

  • Invert the cover-slip with the block attached on to the hanging-drop slide, and seal the cover-slip firmly in place.