inversion

noun

/ɪnˈvɜːʃn/

/ɪnˈvɜːrʒn/

[uncountable, countable] (specialist)

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the act of changing the position or order of something to its opposite, or of turning something into a position in which the top of it is where the bottom of it normally is
- the inversion of normal word order
- an inversion of the truth
Topics Languagec1
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a term in rhetoric, denoting the turning of an argument against the person who put it forward): from Latin inversio(n-), from the verb invertere literally ‘turn inside out’, from in- ‘into’ + vertere ‘to turn’.

单词	inversion
释义	inversion noun /ɪnˈvɜːʃn/ /ɪnˈvɜːrʒn/ [uncountable, countable] (specialist) jump to other results the act of changing the position or order of something to its opposite, or of turning something into a position in which the top of it is where the bottom of it normally is the inversion of normal word order an inversion of the truth Topics Languagec1 Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a term in rhetoric, denoting the turning of an argument against the person who put it forward): from Latin inversio(n-), from the verb invertere literally ‘turn inside out’, from in- ‘into’ + vertere ‘to turn’.
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