英语词汇“to turn something on its ear”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

n. to stand (also turn, set) a person on his or her ear: to cause a person to fall flat, to knock someone down; (figurative) to greatly impress a person, to ‘knock someone out’. to turn (also set) something on its ear: to put something (esp. an established system, subject, or idea) into a state of confusion or upheaval, to overturn, overset; = to turn (also stand) (something) on its head at head n.¹ Phrases 6c.

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1888 Sun (N.Y.) 17 Apr. 1/2 Muldoon lost no time. He caught Carkeek about the waist and stood him on his ear. Then he twirled him around and threw his 200 pounds of bone and muscle upon him.

1896 C. Leader in E. Redmond Lyra Cyclus 139 It [sc. the bike] skinned the shins of Lady Clare, And stood her on her ear.

1907 Washington Post 10 Feb. 3/5 Time and again he had been stood on his ear,..and beaten to a pulp.., and finished the mill with a knockout.

1933 Pop. Mech. Nov. 669/1 Years ago the scientific world was temporarily set on its ear by the discovery of numerous inscribed baked-clay caskets in Michigan.

1954 L. Armstrong Satchmo viii. 120 The first time I heard Sidney Bechet play that clarinet he stood me on my ear.

1993 Atlantic Dec. 139/2 With that book Carter established his reputation for turning sacrosanct propositions on their ear.

2005 A. Etches-Johnson in S. E. Cleyle & L. M. McGillis Last One Out turn off Lights iii. 31 The blogging phenomenon has turned the world of journalism on its ear.

单词	to turn something on its ear
释义	> as lemmas to turn (also set) something on its ear n. to stand (also turn, set) a person on his or her ear: to cause a person to fall flat, to knock someone down; (figurative) to greatly impress a person, to ‘knock someone out’. to turn (also set) something on its ear: to put something (esp. an established system, subject, or idea) into a state of confusion or upheaval, to overturn, overset; = to turn (also stand) (something) on its head at head n.¹ Phrases 6c. ΚΠ 1888 Sun (N.Y.) 17 Apr. 1/2 Muldoon lost no time. He caught Carkeek about the waist and stood him on his ear. Then he twirled him around and threw his 200 pounds of bone and muscle upon him. 1896 C. Leader in E. Redmond Lyra Cyclus 139 It [sc. the bike] skinned the shins of Lady Clare, And stood her on her ear. 1907 Washington Post 10 Feb. 3/5 Time and again he had been stood on his ear,..and beaten to a pulp.., and finished the mill with a knockout. 1933 Pop. Mech. Nov. 669/1 Years ago the scientific world was temporarily set on its ear by the discovery of numerous inscribed baked-clay caskets in Michigan. 1954 L. Armstrong Satchmo viii. 120 The first time I heard Sidney Bechet play that clarinet he stood me on my ear. 1993 Atlantic Dec. 139/2 With that book Carter established his reputation for turning sacrosanct propositions on their ear. 2005 A. Etches-Johnson in S. E. Cleyle & L. M. McGillis Last One Out turn off Lights iii. 31 The blogging phenomenon has turned the world of journalism on its ear. extracted from earn.¹ < as lemmas
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