单词 | overturn |
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音标 | [`əuvə'tə:n] |
解释 | v.翻倒;推翻 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v. 翻倒 ( turn over);推翻( bring to an end suddenly) 【记】 over(翻转)+turn( 转)→翻转 |
字源 | overturn (v.) early 13c., of a wheel, "to rotate, roll over," from over- + turn (v.). Attested from c.1300 in general transitive sense "to throw over violently;" figurative meaning "to ruin, destroy" is from late 14c. Of judicial decisions, "to reverse," it is attested from 1826. Related: Overturned; overturning. |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 无 |
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