[VERB 动词]使反向;使倒置 If you invert something, you turn it the other way up or back to front.
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Invert the cake onto a cooling rack.
把蛋糕倒扣在冷却架上。
...a black inverted triangle.
一个黑色的倒三角
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[VERB 动词]使颠倒 If you invert something, you change it to its opposite.
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They may be hoping to invert the presumption that a defendant is innocent until proved guilty.
他们可能有望颠覆“被告在证实有罪之前是无辜的”这一假设。
...a telling illustration of inverted moral values.
是非颠倒的道德观的有力证明
Oxford
in·vert/ɪnˈvɜːt; NAmEɪnˈvɜːrt/verbinvertsth ( formal) to change the normal position of sth, especially by turning it upside down or by arranging it in the opposite order (使)倒转,颠倒,倒置◆Place a plate over the cake tin and invert it.在蛋糕烤模上盖一个盘子,然后将其翻倒过来。invertinvertsinvertedinvertingin·vert/ɪnˈvɜːt; NAmEɪnˈvɜːrt/
to put something in the opposite position to the one it was in before, especially by turning it upside down (=the bottom is on the top and the top is on the bottom) → upside down
WDF
invert
[ɪnˈvɜ:t]inverted, inverting, inverts
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颠倒(31%),反转(24%),倒置(20%),转化的(17%),颠倒物(8%)
n.颠倒的事物;倒置物;倒悬者
adj.转化的
vt.使…转化;使…颠倒;使…反转;使…前后倒置
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