upset

B1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 高中 FREQ #1022 ★★★☆☆

a. 弄翻的, 混乱的, 心烦的 vt. 弄翻, 颠覆, 推翻, 打乱, 使不适, 使心烦 vi. 翻倒

发音

US
CA /ˈʌp.sɛt/
CA /ʌpˈsɛt/
US /ˈʌp.sɛt/
US /ʌpˈsɛt/
UK /ˈʌp.sɛt/
UK /ʌpˈsɛt/
AU /ˈɐp.set/
AU /ɐpˈset/
NZ /ˈɐp.set/
NZ /ɐpˈset/

词形变化

upsets 复数 upsets upsets 三单 upsetted upsettest upsetteth upsetting upsot upsetting 现在分词 more upset 比较级 most upset 最高级

别名

upsett

教材释义与例句

名词

混乱;翻倒;颠覆

Upset is also a noun

动词

使心烦;颠覆;扰乱

to make someone feel unhappy or worried

动词

翻倒

形容词

心烦的;混乱的;弄翻的

unhappy and worried because something unpleasant or disappointing has happened

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Disturbance or disruption.

    不可数 可数

    My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.

  2. 2.

    An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.

    可数 政治 体育 不可数
  3. 3.

    An overturn.

    可数 不可数 汽车 商务 金融 交通

    "collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.

  4. 4.

    An upset stomach.

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    An upper set; a subset (X,≤) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is in U and x≤y, then y is in U.

    可数 不可数 数学
  6. 6.

    The dangerous situation where the flight attitude or airspeed of an aircraft is outside the designed bounds of operation, possibly resulting in loss of control.

    可数 不可数 航空 商务 工程
  7. 7.

    A woven row supporting the foundation rods for the uprights of a basket.

    可数 不可数
v. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.

    刺激

    及物

    I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.

  2. 2.

    To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).

    及物

    Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.

    The fatty meat upset his stomach.

  3. 3.

    To tip or overturn (something).

    及物

    1924, W. D. Ross translator, Aristitle, Metaphysics, Book 1, Part 9, The Classical Library, Nashotah, Wisconsin, 2001. But this argument, which first Anaxagoras and later Eudoxus and certain others used, is very easily upset; for it is not difficult to collect many insuperable objections to such a view.

  4. 4.

    To defeat unexpectedly.

    及物

    Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.

  5. 5.

    To be upset or knocked over.

    不及物

    The carriage upset when the horse bolted.

  6. 6.

    To set up; to put upright.

    废旧

    R. of Brunne with sail on mast upset

  7. 7.

    To thicken and shorten a soft or heated piece of metal, by forging or hammering on the end, to shape, for example, rivets or internal combustion engine valves.

    艺术 工程
  8. 8.

    To support with an upset (type of woven row).

    及物
  9. 9.

    To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.

adj. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Angry, distressed, or unhappy

    懊恼

    表语

    He was upset when she refused his friendship.

    My children often get upset with their classmates.

  2. 2.

    Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.

    唔舒服

    His stomach was upset, so he didn't want to move.

    Bryan came home from school with an upset tummy.

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English upset (“the act of setting up; establishment”), from Middle English upsetten, corresponding to up- + set. Cognate with Middle Low German upset (“setup; arrangement”).

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