单词 | bottom to top |
释义 | > as lemmasbottom to top (b) top to bottom (sometimes also bottom to top): in or into an inverted position; upside down; with the upper part lowermost. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adverb] upa1300 nevelinga1387 kew-kaw1399 overc1425 topsy-turvy1530 arsy-versy1545 upside down1569 overhand1579 bottom-up1598 downside up1603 top to bottom1624 inversely1657 invertedly1657 belly-up1749 topsy versy1767 topsy-turvily1886 1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) ii. ii. iii. 211 Turned..top to bottome, or bottome to top. 1849 G. Glenny Gardening for Million (ed. 17) 7 Young gardeners are not always sufficiently dexterous to turn every spadeful exactly top to bottom. 1901 Musical Herald May 159/1 Sometimes the string sounds..nearly half a tone higher than the true octave. You then take it off, turn it top to bottom, put it on again..and then again play it. 1914 J. H. Dales Man. Mech. Drawing viii. 85 The bush may be turned bottom to top, when the bearing wears ‘down’. 2002 F. Close et al. Particle Odyssey x. 191 Like a mirror that switches an image not only from right to left, but also top to bottom and back to front. < as lemmas |
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