单词 | to turn upside down |
释义 | > as lemmasto turn upside down 1. So that the upper part or surface becomes the under or lower. Frequently in to turn upside down; also in pred. use = inverted, overturned. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > inversion > inverted [phrase] upside downc1340 topset downe1569 up and down1591 upside downwards1611 topside down1725 (to fall) face on1856 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 α. β. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxi. 12 He turnyde vpsadoun [a1425 L.V. vpsedoun] the bordis and [emended in ed. to of] chaungeris.c1400 Brut i. 253 Wherwiþ þe gode man awoke..and turnede his body opsadoun.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 512/2 Upsedowne,..eversus, subversus.1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 356 He toke kyng Dampeter by the legge and turned hym vpsedowne.γ. ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xii. f. 18 Transposed or turned vp set downe.1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. House Holde f. 55 Lyke this greke lettre, Υ, turned vp set downe.δ. 1489 Liber Pluscardensis (Fairf.) (1877) I. 396 Iustice makis ryche bath realme & ceteys,..Quhair lak of law bryngis all this vp sid doun [v.r. vpsadon].1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges vii. 13 Whan it came to the tente, it..ouerthrew it, and turned it vpsyde downe.1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2307/2 The wagon also beyng cast vpsidedowne.1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iii. 155 Deepely deluing into the earth, they turne vpside downe the foundations of houses.1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. 66 Every Fortnight..turn all the Barrels,..turn them upside down.1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. x. 289 Stick into the Ground a Stake.., put at Top of it a Mug upside down.c1791 Encycl. Brit. (1797) VII. 374/1 Others think, that the waters of the sea..turned the whole surface of the earth upside down.1841 Mrs. Mozley Lost Brooch II. xxi. 154 They will come and search the house, and all our things will be turned upside down.1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat xv We..decided that the bottom was the top, and set to work to fix it upside~down.ε. 1569 W. Hubbard Tragicall Hist. Ceyx & Alcione sig. Avij The boisterous windes..our ship on Seas did tosse.., Vntill it was turnd upsidowne.1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xiv. 131 [The sand-glass] topples over upsy-down and runs back again.c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7230 Þarfor it es ryght and resoune, Þat þai be turned up-swa-doune. a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 788 The cradel and the child thai found Up so doun upon the ground. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 67 Hise iȝen in his heed weren turned vp so doun. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 275 The lond aboute a roote is to be moued Al vpsodoun. c1500 Melusine (1895) v. 25 Raymondyn..wold haue smytte hym betwene the foure legges, For he leye vpsodounne the bely vpward. 1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. Househ. (1534) 48 b He also must..turne vp so downe and styr the grounde. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Procello,..to turn vp so downe. < as lemmas |
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