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单词 topsy-turvy
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topsy-turvy

(tɒpsi tɜːʳvi)
adjective
Something that is topsy-turvy is in a confused or disorganized state.
[informal]
The world has turned topsy-turvy in my lifetime.
...the moss-covered, topsy-turvy gravestones.
Synonyms: confused, upside-down, disorderly, chaotic More Synonyms of topsy-turvy

topsy-turvy in British English

(ˈtɒpsɪˈtɜːvɪ)
adjective
1. 
upside down
2. 
in a state of confusion
adverb
3. 
in a topsy-turvy manner
noun
4. 
a topsy-turvy state
Word origin
C16: probably from tops, plural of top1 + obsolete tervy to turn upside down; perhaps related to Old English tearflian to roll over

topsy-turvy in American English

(ˈtɑpsiˈtɜrvi)
adverb, adjective
1. 
upside down; in a reversed condition
2. 
in confusion or disorder
noun
3. 
a topsy-turvy condition; inverted state
4. 
a state of confusion
Derived forms
topsy-turvily (ˈtopsy-ˈturvily)
adverb
Word origin
earlier topsy-tervy, prob. < top, highest part + ME terven, to roll

Examples of 'topsy-turvy' in a sentence
topsy-turvy

The weather this month has turned topsy-turvy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
That the world has turned topsy-turvy is enough to cope with for the present.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Evidence from matching geological ages and structures turns the world topsy-turvy.
Richard Fortey THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
The rain this year sent nature topsy-turvy.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
What a topsy-turvy world we live in.
The Sun (2008)
What a topsy-turvy world it has become.
The Sun (2006)
This is the topsy-turvy political world we now live in.
The Sun (2010)
Research highlights how topsy-turvy the world has become.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It shows how topsy-turvy the world is.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is a topsy-turvy world that they inhabit.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Too much protection for goalkeepers would make the game topsy-turvy.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But this was a topsy-turvy game like no other.
The Sun (2014)
They may not get many better opportunities than this topsy-turvy season.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Now the economic world was topsy-turvy.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
It is an amazing topsy-turvy season.
The Sun (2016)
Now folks begin with sweet things, and turn their dinners topsy-turvy.
Elizabeth Gaskell Cranford (1853)
It continued the astonishing, topsy-turvy nature of this series.
The Sun (2015)
The world has gone topsy-turvy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In this topsy-turvy world, religion and literature are meaningless.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is a topsy-turvy game.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In such a topsy-turvy season and with wet weather beckoning, how can you predict?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I also wonder what sort of topsy-turvy world we live in where being fat cannot be shamed but being slim is criticised with such freedom.
The Sun (2015)
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