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Upset V I Set Meaning 4382.Upset 英 ʌp'set]美

正面 4382.upset
英 [ʌp'set]美 [ʌp'sɛt]

背面
释义:
vt. 使心烦;颠覆;扰乱vi. 翻倒adj. 心烦的;混乱的;弄翻的n. 混乱;翻倒
例句:
1. I hope I haven't said anything to upset you.但愿我没有说过让你不高兴的话。

1. 词义影响:alley => aisle.2. 由于在古法语里面它们词形相近而使其词义受其影响。3. Alley:暗里。黑暗笼罩下的小路----小巷,小径。
upset 使烦恼,使生气原义为set up,固定。现词义实际上是overset的部分词义转移给upset。
upset (v.)mid-15c., "to set up, fix," from up (adv.) + set (v.). Similar formation in Middle Dutch opsetten "set up, propose," German aufsetzen. Modern sense of "overturn, capsize" (1803) is that of obsolete overset. In reference to the stomach, from 1834. Meaning "to throw into mental discomposure" is from 1805. Related: Upsetting.upset (n.)early 15c., "insurrection," from upset (v.). Meaning "overturning of a vehicle or boat" is recorded from 1804.upset (adj.)early 14c., "erected," past participle adjective from upset (v.). From 1805 as "distressed.""

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