Invert

[ɪn'vɜːt] or ['ɪnvɝt]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; 'when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb'.

(verb.) make an inversion (in a musical composition); 'here the theme is inverted'.

戴维斯整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.

(v. t.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.

(v. t.) To divert; to convert to a wrong use.

(v. t.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.

(v. i.) To undergo inversion, as sugar.

(a.) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar.

(n.) An inverted arch.

埃米尔校對

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Turn upside down.[2]. Reverse, place in contrary order.

坎迪編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Upset, reverse, overturn, subvert,[See OVERTHROW]

杰勒德整理

解釋/意思:

v.t. to turn in or about: to turn upside down: to reverse: to change the customary order or position.—n. (archit.) an inverted arch or vault as the floor of a sewer &c.—adj. Inver′ted turned upside down: reversed: (geol.) denoting strata that appear to have been reversed or folded back by upheaval.—adv. Inver′tedly in an inverted or contrary manner.—Inverted arch an arch with its curve turned downwards as in a sewer.

克利福德整理