Inverted
[ɪn'vɜːtɪd] or [ɪn'vɝt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed; 'a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma'; 'an upside-down cake' .
校對:佩德罗--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(imp. & p. p.) of Invert
(a.) Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed; characterized by inversion.
(a.) Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval.
校對:莱斯利
例句/造句/用法:
- The motion, compared with that of an ordinary land engine, was thus inverted. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- He noticed that by holding two of the lenses in a certain position he obtained a large and inverted view of whatever he looked at. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Her engines are of the twin screw, vertical triple expansion direct acting inverted cylinder type. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- We placed legs on an inverted beaker, and held the two ends of the wires on glass rods eight inches long. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Loerke shook the flask--then he held it inverted over the snow. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- In 1631 Jean Rey just inverted this contrivance, filling the bulb with water. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- One end is inserted in the water bath, the other in an inverted bottle. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- The steel buckets scoop up the material at the bottom of the ladder, which they then ascend, and are discharged by becoming inverted at the upper end of the ladder. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Far down the inverted telescope he saw the faint white figure of May Welland--in New York. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- It looks as if it might be roofed, from centre to circumference, with inverted saucers. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- A luminous image of any object placed in front of the lens is thrown in an inverted position upon the screen, which is of ground glass, to permit the image to be seen in focusing. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- A large number of baths can be run by this contrivance by simply connecting them, by means of rubber tubes, with a reservoir replenished by an inverted bottle. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- How far, in their inverted culture, had these West Africans gone beyond phallic knowledge? 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- If we place over each end of the wire an inverted jar filled with water, the gases are easily collected. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- A very simple apparatus for the purpose is shown in Fig. 224, in which a vessel containing water has an inverted bell or cylinder within it, open at its lower end. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Fill a glass tube about a yard long with mercury, close the open end with a finger, and quickly insert the end of the inverted tube in a dish of mercury (Fig. 43). 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Into one of the cans a bottle of water is inverted. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- This can be done by floating on water a light dish containing phosphorus, then igniting the phosphorus, and placing an inverted jar over the burning substance. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
校對:莱斯利