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[rɪ'vɜːs] or [rɪ'vɝs]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction.

(noun.) the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed.

(noun.) the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design.

(noun.) an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating.

(noun.) a relation of direct opposition; 'we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true'.

(adj.) of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle; 'in reverse gear' .

艾伦錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

(a.) Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.

(a.) Reversed; as, a reverse shell.

(a.) That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction.

(a.) That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite.

(a.) The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse.

(a.) The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse.

(a.) A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.

(a.) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.

(a.) To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.

(a.) To cause to return; to recall.

(a.) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.

(a.) To turn upside down; to invert.

(a.) Hence, to overthrow; to subvert.

(a.) To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree.

(v. i.) To return; to revert.

(v. i.) To become or be reversed.

錄入:卢

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Invert, turn upside down, turn end for end, turn topsy-turvy.[2]. Overturn, overthrow, subvert.[3]. Change to the opposite.[4]. Annul, repeal, revoke, rescind, countermand.

a. Opposite, converse.

n. [1]. Contrary, opposite, counterpart.[2]. Change, vicissitude.[3]. Misfortune, mischance, mishap, misadventure, trial, hardship, affliction, reverse of fortune.

錄入:内德

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Inversion, derangement, counterchange, counterposition, opposition,contrariety, contradiction, alteration, change, mutation, rear, back, evolution,counterexhibition

ANT:Version, arrangement, sequence, order, collocation, position, perpetuation,continuance, stability, identity, uniformity, regularity, obverse, front

SYN:Invert, derange, upset, overturn, subvert, annul, counterchange

ANT:Order, arrange, place, collocate, range

手打:威特

解釋/意思:

v.t. to place in the contrary order or position: to change wholly: to overthrow: to change by an opposite decision: to annul: to revoke as a decree: to recall.—n. that which is reversed: the opposite: the back esp. of a coin or medal: change: misfortune: a calamity: in fencing a back-handed stroke: (her.) the exact contrary of what has been described just before as an escutcheon.—adj. turned backward: having an opposite direction: upset.—n. Rever′sal act of reversing.—adj. Reversed′ turned or changed to the contrary: inside out: (bot.) resupinate.—adv. Rever′sedly.—adj. Reverse′less unalterable.—adv. Reverse′ly in a reverse order: on the other hand: on the opposite.—ns. Rever′ser (Scots law) a mortgager of land; Rever′si a game played by two persons with sixty-four counters; Reversibil′ity the capability of being reversed as of heat into work and work into heat.—adj. Rever′sible that may be reversed as in a fabric having both sides well finished.—ns. Rever′sing-cyl′inder the cylinder of a small auxiliary steam-engine; Rever′sing-gear those parts of a steam-engine by which the direction of the motion is changed; Rever′sing-lē′ver a lever in a steam-engine which operates the slide-valve; Rever′sing-machine′ a moulding-machine in founding in which the flask can be reversed; Rever′sing-mō′tion any mechanism for changing the direction of motion of an engine; Rever′sing-shaft a shaft which permits a reversal of the order of steam passage through the ports; Rever′sing-valve the valve of a reversing-cylinder; Rever′sion the act of reverting or returning: that which reverts or returns: the return or future possession of any property after some particular event: the right to future possession: (biol.) return to some type of ancestral character: return to the wild state after domestication.—adj. Rever′sionary relating to a reversion: to be enjoyed in succession: atavic.—ns. Rever′sioner; Rever′sis an old French game of cards in which the aim was to take the fewest tricks.—adj. Rever′sive.—n. Rever′so (print.) any one of the left-hand pages of a book.—Reverse a battery to turn the current of electricity by means of a commutator; Reverse shell a univalve shell which has its volutions the reversed way of the common screw; Reversionary annuity a deferred annuity.

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