upside down

upside down

adv.1. So that the upper or right side is down: turned upside down.2. In great disorder.3. Being or holding an asset that is worth less than its purchase price or the debt owed on it.

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[Alteration of Middle English up so doun, up as if down : up, up; see up + so, as if; see so¹ + doun, down; see down¹.]

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up′side-down′ adj.

upside down

adj 1. (usually postpositive; upside-down when prenominal) turned over completely; inverted 2. (upside-down when prenominal) informal confused; muddled; topsy-turvy: an upside-down world. adv 3. in an inverted fashion 4. in a chaotic or crazy manner [C16: variant, by folk etymology, of earlier upsodown] ˌupside-ˈdownness n

up′side down′

adv. 1. with the upper part undermost. 2. in or into complete disorder; topsy-turvy: to turn the house upside down. [1300–50; Middle English upsedoun, earlier up so doun] up′side-down′, adj.

Thesaurus

Adv.

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upside down - in an inverted manner; "the box was lying on the floor upside down"

upside down

upside-downadverb1. wrong side up, bottom up, on its head The painting was hung upside down.adjective1. inverted, overturned, upturned, on its head, bottom up, wrong side up Tony had an upside-down map of Britain on his wall.2. (Informal) confused, disordered, chaotic, muddled, jumbled, in disarray, in chaos, topsy-turvy, in confusion, higgledy-piggledy (informal), in disorder the upside-down sort of life that we've hadturn something upside down ransack, search, go through, comb, scour, rummage through, rake through, turn something inside out, fossick through (Austral. & N.Z.) I've turned the place upside down, but cannot find it.

Translations

颠倒乱七八糟倒置的混乱

upside down

(apsaiˈdaun) adverb1. with the top part underneath. The plate was lying upside down on the floor. 顛倒，亂七八糟 颠倒，乱七八糟 2. into confusion. The burglars turned the house upside down. 混亂 混乱

upside down

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