单词 | overturned |
释义 | overturnedadj. That has been overturned; (Geology) designating a fold or the limb of a fold that is tilted beyond the vertical (cf. overfold n.). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adjective] enversed?1440 inverse?1440 turned1513 overturned1561 inversed1592 inverted1598 topsy-turvy1618 downside up1683 headlong1713 upturned1816 Antipodean1853 upside down1866 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > fold or dip > [adjective] > overturned overturned1561 overfolded1882 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [adjective] > capsized or upset overseteOE overwhelmed1440 subverted1544 overturned1561 overthrown1579 overcast1688 upset1842 capsized1882 upturned1895 1561 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Hercules Furens sig. C3 Seue starrs..Do call the light with ouerturned wayne. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Discituated, displaced, ouerturned. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 390 On a heap Chariot and Charioter lay overturnd . View more context for this quotation 1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 38 I fell in with an overturned Chaise. 1861 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 81 218 Sometimes it may overlie the overturned Utica formation. 1907 W. B. Scott Introd. Geol. (ed. 2) xxiii. 506 The side of the range toward which the overturned folds incline is called the foreland, and may be either the unfolded mass or the zone of diminishing action. 1994 Interzone May 32/1 Amid overturned tables and chairs, the bodies of tourists lay dead and dying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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