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up-and-down

/uhp-uhn-doun/US // ˈʌp ənˈdaʊn //

向上和向下,上下,上上下下,上下移动

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : moving alternately up and down: the up-and-down swing of levers; an up-and-down tune.
    • : having an uneven surface: up-and-down countryside.
    • : changeable: up-and-down luck.
    • : perpendicular or nearly so: a straight up-and-down hillside.

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Examples

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  • Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.

  • What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?

  • Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.

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  • In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.

  • Then there was Wee Wo,—he was a little Chinese chap, and we used to send him down the chimneys to open front doors for us.