invert

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a. 转化的 vt. 使反转, 使颠倒, 使转化 n. 颠倒的事物 [计] 倒置; 反转

发音

UK /ɪnˈvɜːt/
CA
US /ɪnˈvɜɹt/
UK /ˈɪn.vət/
US /ˈɪn.vəɹt/

词形变化

inverts 复数 inverted invertest inverteth inverting inverts 三单 inverts inverting 现在分词 inverted 过去式 inverted 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An inverted arch (as in a sewer).

    建筑
  2. 2.

    The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch.

  3. 3.

    The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.

    工程
  4. 4.

    An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.

    工程
  5. 5.

    A skateboarding and snowboarding trick where the skater grabs the board and plants a hand on the coping so as to balance upside-down on the lip of a ramp.

  6. 6.

    A homosexual person, in terms of the sexual inversion theory.

    废旧 心理学
  7. 7.

    Of a person, assumed to be transgender, in terms of transvestigation.

  8. 1.

    An invertebrate.

    非正式 生物 动物学
v.
  1. 1.

    To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.

    反转

    倒转

    及物

    to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.

  2. 2.

    To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.

    及物 音乐
  3. 3.

    To undergo inversion, as sugar.

    不及物 化学
  4. 4.

    To divert; to convert to a wrong use.

  5. 5.

    To turn (the foot) inwards.

    医学
adj.
  1. 1.

    Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.

    化学

    invert sugar

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词源

From Middle French invertir.

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