| 单词 | upheaval |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [ʌp'hi:vəl] |
| 解释 | n.动乱，大变动 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.动乱，大变动 (extreme agitation or disorder) 【记】 来自upheave(举起， 鼓起)，up+heave(举 起，胀起) 【例】 political upheavals(政治动乱) |
| 字源 | upheaval (n.) 1838, in geology, from verb upheave (c.1300, from up (adv.) + heave (v.)) + -al (2). Figurative sense, with reference to convulsions of society, etc., recorded from 1850. Similarly formed verbs are Old Frisian upheva, Old High German ufhevan, German aufheben. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 动乱, (突然而猛烈的)大变动; 举起 【记】upheav = upheave(v 举起, 鼓起), al: 举起 【参】heave(n /v 举起) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】heave up 用力举起；up heavy 举起重物；up to heaven 升到天堂→地壳隆起，举起，剧变 |
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