奇葩剧汉英词典

upend

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ʌpˈend]
  • 美式音标 [ʌpˈɛnd]
  • 国际音标 [ʌp'end]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • v.竖立；颠倒；颠覆；倒立

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英汉例句

    双语例句

  • If you upend the box it will take less space.
    如果你将盒子竖起来，它就可以少占些空间。
  • So what happened in 1940, decades before the large-scale influx of women into the workplace, to upend the multigenerational tradition?
    那么，在妇女大规模地开始工作的十年前——1940年，到底发生了什么来颠覆“多代”的传统？
  • It had taken the better part of a decade , but Reed Hastings was finally ready to unveil the device he thought would upend the entertainment industry.
    经过了将近十年的时间，里德·黑斯廷斯终于准备推出了他认为会颠倒娱乐业的设备。

    • 原声例句

  • They were very much in love. And,as far as I'm concerned, they in some ways upend stereotypes, because they weren't activists.

    • 权威例句

  • None would have wished to upend the very basis for education, law or culture.
    FORBES: Separation Of Church And State Limits Neither Churches Nor States
  • He's trying to upend music distribution again, bringing the Swedish music platform Spotify to America.
    FORBES: Billionaires List
  • Next on the programmer's plate: Upriser, something Clarke swears will upend the music industry.
    FORBES: A Rebel Without A Copyright

词组短语

    短语

  • keep upend 遵守承诺
  • upend forging [机]冲挤锻造
  • to upend 倒放
  • upend deformation 顶张变形
  • to turn upside downto upend 倒放

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • to push or move something so that the part that usually touches the ground is not touching the ground any more

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you upend something, you turn it upside down.