英:[ˈʌpsaɪd]
美:[ˈʌpˌsaɪd]
英:[ˈʌpsaɪd]
美:[ˈʌpˌsaɪd]
up·side
uhp saId
复数:upsides
noun
an upward trend (as of prices)
a positive aspect
promise, potential
a young star with lots of upside
preposition
up on or against the side of smacked him upside the head
layin' in this death cell, writin' my time upside the wall—Lonnie Johnson
upside down颠倒;混乱
1610年代,“上部或表面”,源自 up(形容词)+ side(名词)。副词短语 upside (someone's) head 指头部受到打击,记录于1970年,非裔美国人方言。
Nounup >entry 2 + side >entry 1 Preposition perhaps from up >entry 1 + -side (as in alongside)
The first known use of upside was in 1927
1 Turn the bottle upside down to empty it before you fill it with oil.
把瓶子先控一控再装油.
2 Perhaps I will fall off the earth now, supposing the earth is upside down, and then I shall go sailing and sailing away.
3 Then I flipped it upside down and moved it back to its original spot.
4 Believe it or not, she lived for six months like that, upside down on the ceiling with her legs stuck permanently in the paint.
5 He turns it upside down, dumping everything out.
6 She summoned a few hundred bracelets, which leaped at the guards and lashed around their ankles, leaving them hanging upside down from the bottom of the catwalk, screaming like lame little girls.
7 The first to intercept us was a big woman who smacked Enoch upside the head with her purse, then tackled him.
8 Then it seemed the world was turning upside down, and the sky and water reversed their places, again and yet again.
9 Sophie dug her nails into the sides of the pocket, trying to prevent herself from tumbling out when she was upside down.
10 She just usually ended up covered in dirt, or upside down, or trapped under or inside something.
11 An old wall phone hangs upside down by its wires on the left as you enter, the receiver dangling by its curly cord, a symbol of Sing Sing’s chronically broken phone system.
12 It hit the far wall and dropped, landing upside down on the linoleum beside the carpet.
13 Holding the first bag upside down, she unzipped it, expecting the flies to fall down into the lemonade.
14 “Guilty Murderer Face. Maybe we can turn that frown upside down before you meet Samantha. Happy Best Friend Face, if you need any suggestions.”
15 He held the vial upside down and inserted the needle through the rubber stopper.
16 What I felt like, too, was going upside his head.
17 How could her life have turned upside down so quickly, Mariam asked herself.
18 She was using a rubber spatula to scoop mashed potatoes out of a pot that Tidings held upside down over a bowl.
19 We loaded the rocket on the pad by holding it upside down, tapping the casement with a hammer to get the gray powder to settle as we poured it in.
20 Glass went to the fridge, smacking Whisper upside their head on her way.
2 上段
3 提高
rise boost elevation ascent uplift furtherance enhance Jack elevate upraise up increase gain advance lift hike ascend upshift
8 倚着
9 对着
10 好处
plus good benefit interest advantage pro beauty profit percentage virtue carrot mileage perk the merits of