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Overturn Turn Attested 无 `əuvə'Tə:N V.翻倒;推翻 英 V

单词 overturn
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.
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