The word "invert" means to change the normal position of something, typically by turning it upside down or arranging it in the opposite order. It can also refer to changing something to its opposite.
The word "invert" means to change the normal position of something, typically by turning it upside down or arranging it in the opposite order. It can also refer to changing something to its opposite.
[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
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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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