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英语单词分类 轻松记单词
adv.颠倒地；乱七八糟地
adj.颠倒的
n.颠倒(=topsy-turviness)
副词: topsy-turvily 比较级: topsy-turvier 最高级: topsy-turviest 名词: topsy-turviness 名词复数: topsy-turvies
英英释义
词典解释
adj
1. in utter disorder
e.g. a disorderly pile of clothes
Synonym: disorderlyhiggledy-piggledyhugger-muggerjumbled
adv
1. in disorderly haste
e.g. we ran head over heels toward the shelter
Synonym: head over heelsheels over headtopsy-turvilyin great confusion
2. in a disordered manner
e.g. they were piled up higgledy-piggledy
Synonym: higgledy-piggledy
1. 混乱的;乱七八糟的;颠三倒四的
Something that is topsy-turvy is in a confused or disorganized state.
e.g. The world has turned topsy-turvy in my lifetime.
在我的一生中世界已经变得一团糟。
e.g. …the moss-covered, topsy-turvy gravestones.
长满苔藓、东倒西歪的墓碑
经典引文
A chaos of carts..lay topsy-turvy at the bottom of a..hill.
出自：DickensIt's rather topsy-turvy, thoughsSausage rolls after jam tarts.
出自：P. H. Johnson近义词
临近词