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美:[ɪnˈvɜːrtɪd]
英:[ɪnˈvɜːtɪd]
美:[ɪnˈvɜːrtɪd]
词根:invert
adj.inverse 相反的;倒转的
invert 转化的
invertible 可逆的;倒转的
adv.inversely 相反地;倒转地
n.inverse 相反;倒转
invert 颠倒的事物;倒置物;倒悬者
inversion 倒置;反向;倒转
inverter 换流器,[电子] 反相器;倒转者
vt.inverse 使倒转;使颠倒
invert 使…转化;使…颠倒;使…反转;使…前后倒置
verb
transitive verb
to reverse in position, order, or relationship
to subject to inversion
to turn inside out or upside down
to turn inward
to find the mathematical reciprocal of
to divide using fractions, invert the divisor and multiply
to reincorporate (a company) as a new entity in a foreign country : to put (a company) through the process of inversion (see inversion sense 6)
Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress have questioned the patriotism of corporate executives who elect to invert their companies.—Stephen Ohlemacher
noun
one characterized by inversion
inverted pendulum倒立摆;倒摆
inverted siphon[医]反向虹吸
inverted image实像;倒像
inverted microscope倒置显微镜
inverted file倒向文件
inverted pyramid倒金字塔(写作结构)
倒的
Verb Latin invertere, from in- + vertere to turn — more at worth
The first known use of invert was in 1533
invest1 of 2verb
install sense 1
to furnish with power or authority
to cover completely
clothe sense 1a, adorn
to surround with troops or ships : besiege
to supply with a quality or characteristic
invest2 of 2verb
to lay out money so as to return a profit
invest in bonds and real estate
to expend for future benefits or advantages
invest time and effort in a project
to involve or engage especially emotionally
were deeply invested in their children's lives
invest1 of 2verb
install sense 1
to furnish with power or authority
to cover completely
clothe sense 1a, adorn
to surround with troops or ships : besiege
to supply with a quality or characteristic
invest2 of 2verb
to lay out money so as to return a profit
invest in bonds and real estate
to expend for future benefits or advantages
invest time and effort in a project
to involve or engage especially emotionally
were deeply invested in their children's lives
invertverb
to reverse the position, order, or relationship of
to turn inside out or upside down
to turn inward
to find the mathematical reciprocal of
to divide using fractions, invert the divisor and multiply
invertverb
to reverse the position, order, or relationship of
to turn inside out or upside down
to turn inward
to find the mathematical reciprocal of
to divide using fractions, invert the divisor and multiply
1 Moral expectations are inverted, too, to such a degree that, at the end, what should be a real tragedy lacks the poignancy required for a satisfactory conclusion.
2 Most Web search engines use an inverted index.
大部分Web搜索引擎都使用逆序索引。
3 A funnel of mosquitoes, like an inverted dunce cap, whined over her head.
4 However, the only swimming scene left intact by the English censor was an inverted reflection from a pool of water.
5 Men and women, young and old, deliver their preemptive, inverted eulogies mostly facing away from us, as if their vulnerability needed cushioning.
6 Now, for me, that order has been perversely inverted.
7 Delighted to be trusted in this adult conspiracy of inverted snobbery, I set the machine going as they came up the path.
8 I open and close my eyes a few times, but the world remains inverted.
9 "The Simpsons" started its life with a Christmas episode, but Halloween is the holiday the series, with its inverted social mores, was made to hail.
10 Like a funeral procession, our ride inverted all established order.
11 A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its point.
12 In the same week that Prince gave away his new album for free via a Daily Mirror CD, denouncing the internet's devaluation of music, Wiley inverted the US pop star's logic to dazzling effect.
13 It was a device that looked like an inverted umbrella with a good-sized catchment pouch and a connecting rubber tube.
14 Distant factory chimneys belch thick smoke like fiery, inverted rockets.
15 The challenge is somewhat inverted in season two, and Mr. Nolan says he is curious to see how audiences will react when human characters are increasingly on the receiving end of android violence.
16 At a time when the mantras of peace and love ruled youth culture, they inverted that message with an irony that anticipated punk by a decade.
17 Turn the edges of the patch under to produce an inverted hem and to prevent fraying.
18 It is within the power of the director general to overturn this inverted order.
19 Wirt wears a conical hat and cape that seem more suggestive of the Black Forest than the American landscape they're wandering through; Gregory wears an inverted teapot for a hat and carries a frog.
20 The inverted stamps were part of the first batch of multi-colored stamps the Post Office printed, and could sell for $1 million.
3 反向的
4 卷舌的
9 倒转
reverse converse inverse retrograde inversive about reversal inversion turn overturn upend cant
11 倒转的
13 反转
versed reversal inversion reversion back reverse invert contraclockwise counterclockwise anticlockwise cckw ccw
15 同性恋
gay homosexual left-handed homo lacy homoerotic Uranian light-footed Sapphic agfay homosexuality inversion homoeroticism homosex
18 卷舌