invert

英 [ɪnˈvɜːt]

美 [ɪnˈvɜːrt]

v.  (使)倒转，颠倒，倒置

现在分词：inverting　复数：inverts　过去式：inverted　第三人称单数：inverts　过去分词：inverted　

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Collins.1 / BNC.20592 / COCA.15967

牛津词典

verb

• （使）倒转，颠倒，倒置
  to change the normal position of sth, especially by turning it upside down or by arranging it in the opposite order
  1. Place a plate over the cake tin and invert it.
     在蛋糕烤模上盖一个盘子，然后将其翻倒过来。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使反向;使倒置
  If youinvertsomething, you turn it the other way up or back to front.
  1. Invert the cake onto a cooling rack.
     把蛋糕倒扣在冷却架上。
  2. ...a black inverted triangle.
     一个黑色的倒三角
• VERB 使颠倒
  If youinvertsomething, you change it to its opposite.
  1. They may be hoping to invert the presumption that a defendant is innocent until proved guilty.
     他们可能有望颠覆“被告在证实有罪之前是无辜的”这一假设。
  2. ...a telling illustration of inverted moral values.
     是非颠倒的道德观的有力证明

英英释义

verb

• turn inside out or upside down
  Synonym:turn backreverse
• reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
  1. when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb
  Synonym:reverse
• make an inversion (in a musical composition)
  1. here the theme is inverted

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