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upside down

adverb
🔊/ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/
🔊/ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/
Idioms
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  1. in or into a position in which the top of something is where the bottom is normally found and the bottom is where the top is normally found颠倒；倒转；翻转
    • The canoe floated upside down on the lake.独木舟底朝天漂浮在湖面上。🔊🔊
    opposite right side up
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUpside down is used with these verbs:
    • hang
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    Word OriginMiddle English: originally up so down, perhaps in the sense ‘up as if down’.
Idioms
turn something upside down
  1. to make a place untidy when looking for something把…翻得乱七八糟；使凌乱不堪
    • The police turned the whole house upside down looking for clues.警察为查找线索把整所房子翻得乱七八糟。🔊🔊
  2. to cause big changes in a person’s life that upset and confuse them给（某人生活）造成大的变化（或混乱）
    • His sudden death turned her world upside down.他的遽然离世使她的生活完全乱套了。🔊🔊

upside down

adjective
🔊/ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/
🔊/ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/
[not usually before noun]
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  1. in a position in which the top of something is where the bottom is normally found and the bottom is where the top is normally found颠倒；倒转；翻转
    • The painting looks like it's upside down to me.在我看来这幅画好像是上下颠倒了。🔊🔊