topsy-turvy是什么意思

2023-12-25 23:43:16

topsy-turvy

美[ˌtɑːpsitɜːrvi] 英[ˌtɒpsitɜːvi]

adv. 颠倒地；乱七八糟地

adj. 颠倒的

n. 颠倒(=topsy-turviness)

副词：topsy-turvily 比较级：topsy-turvier 最高级：topsy-turviest 名词：topsy-turviness 名词复数：topsy-turvies

近义词：confused，chaotic，mixedup，jumbled，upside-down，inverted，reversed，disordered，inverse，over，upsidedown，inamess，allovertheplace，disorganized，higgledy-piggledy，topsy-turvily，headoverheels，disorderly，heelsoverhead，hugger-mugger，

英英释义

Adjective

in utter disorder;
"a disorderly pile of clothes"

Adverb

in a disordered manner;
"they were piled up higgledy-piggledy"
in disorderly haste;
"we ran head over heels toward the shelter"

例句

This sudden development turned all our plans topsy-turvy.这一情况出现得很突然，把我们的计划全都打乱了。
Burglars had turned the house topsy-turvy.窃贼把房子翻得乱七八糟。
He holds the book topsy-turvy.他把书拿倒了。

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