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upturned

/uhp-turnd, uhp-turnd/US // ʌpˈtɜrnd, ˈʌpˌtɜrnd //

翻倒的,翻倒在地,翻转的,翻倒

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : turned or directed upward: upturned eyes.
    • : turned over; upside down: an upturned canoe.
    • : having a turned-up end: an upturned nose.

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Examples

  • Gould’s video showed an air bubble trapped along the creature’s upturned belly.

  • In addition to a thicker heel, they have a very pronounced rocker, or upturned toe.

  • Having no context from previous experience in our lifetimes, it seemed impossible that life would be upturned worldwide as indeed it has been.

  • But, as the crinkled and upturned noses of the techie rich attest, the city has an abundance of street people.

  • Atop her head sat an upturned, dented little metal bucket—recycling turned into millinery.

  • As Winslet tried to keep her mouth upturned, Rinna frantically back-pedaled, deeming her the most beautiful woman at ceremony.

  • She was the observer, not us, which she underlined by bringing out a camera and photographing the upturned crowd.

  • Tears were so ready and came first into my closed eyes and then spilled vividly on my upturned—by him—cheeks.

  • Upon his knees then, he lingered, while I rained blow after blow upon his upturned face.

  • The light fell full upon the dead, upturned face of Sir Alister Moeran.

  • It is the picture of a girl, crouching in a kneeling position, all the agony of death showing clearly in her upturned eyes.

  • The best throw, called the Venus, only happened when each of the upturned surfaces presented different units.

  • He was conscious of a lovely face with red, curling lips upturned to his, of liquid eyes, and a soft mouth wreathed in smiles.