upend

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To end up; to set on end. transitive
  2. To tip or turn over. transitive
    — When he upended the bottle of water over his sleeping sister, the lid popped off and surprised them both.
  3. To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat. figuratively,transitive
    — The scientific evidence upended the popular myth.
  4. To affect or upset drastically. figuratively,transitive
    — By the middle of March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended normal life for virtually all Americans.

词形变化

upends present,singular,third-person upending participle,present upended participle,past upended past

词源

Etymology tree
English up-
English end
English upend
From up- + end.
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