Upset

[ʌp'set] or [ʌp'sɛt]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of upsetting something; 'he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed'.

(noun.) the act of disturbing the mind or body; 'his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset'; 'she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living'.

(noun.) a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging.

(verb.) disturb the balance or stability of; 'The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries'.

(verb.) defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; 'The foreign team upset the local team'.

(verb.) cause to lose one's composure.

(adj.) mildly physically distressed; 'an upset stomach' .

(adj.) used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; 'the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers' .

編輯:卢克--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To set up; to put upright.

(v. t.) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.

(v. t.) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.

(v. t.) To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument.

(v. t.) To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her.

(v. i.) To become upset.

(a.) Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold.

(n.) The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.

希拉里校對

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Overturn, capsize, tip over, turn topsy-turvy.

伊丽莎白編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Overturn, overthrow, capsize, overbalance, subvert, disestablish

ANT:Establish, plant, stabilitate, corroborate, confirm

丹尼校對

解釋/意思:

v.t. to turn upside down: to overthrow.—v.i. to be upset.—n. Up′set an overturn.—adj. relating to what is set up for sale in phrase Upset price the sum at which anything is started at a public sale.—ns. Upset′ment; Upset′ter.—adj. Upset′ting discomposing: (Scot.) conceited assuming.

編輯:马克斯