upheaval

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust. countable,uncountable
  2. A disruptive change, from one state to another. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — Scotland's bottleneck junction between the West and East Coast main lines at Carstairs will be the site of major upheaval until the end of May, while £164 million worth of improvements are carried out.
  3. A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — Since that upheaval Wales have won just once in seven games, beating Northern Ireland in the Nations Cup last May.

词形变化

upheavals plural

词汇关系

衍生词
axis of upheaval

词源

Etymology tree
English upheave
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English upheaval
From upheave + -al.
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