upside down
adverb /ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/
/ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/
Idioms - in or into a position in which the top of something is where the bottom is normally found and the bottom is where the top is normally found
颠倒;倒转;翻转 - The canoe floated upside down on the lake.
独木舟底朝天漂浮在湖面上。
Collocations DictionaryUpside down is used with these verbs:- hang
词源Middle English: originally up so down, perhaps in the sense ‘up as if down’. - The canoe floated upside down on the lake.
Idioms
turn something upside down
- to make a place untidy when looking for something
把…翻得乱七八糟;使凌乱不堪 - The police turned the whole house upside down looking for clues.
警察为查找线索把整所房子翻得乱七八糟。
- The police turned the whole house upside down looking for clues.
- to cause big changes in a person’s life that upset and confuse them
给(某人生活)造成大的变化(或混乱) - His sudden death turned her world upside down.
他的遽然离世使她的生活完全乱套了。
- His sudden death turned her world upside down.