单词 | invert |
释义 | invert —invertible, adj. —invertibility, n. v. /in verrt"/; adj. , n. /in"verrt/, v.t. 1. to turn upside down. 2. to reverse in position, order, direction, or relationship. 3. to turn or change to the opposite or contrary, as in nature, bearing, or effect: to invert a process. 4. to turn inward or back upon itself. 5. to turn inside out. 6. Chem. to subject to inversion. 7. Music. to subject to musical inversion. 8. Phonet. to articulate as a retroflex vowel. v.i. 9. Chem. to become inverted. adj. 10. Chem. subjected to inversion. n. 11. a person or thing that is inverted. 12. a homosexual. 13. (in plumbing) that portion of the interior of a drain or sewer pipe where the liquid is deepest. 14. an inverted arch or vault. 15. Philately. a two-colored postage stamp with all or part of the central design printed upside down in relation to the inscription. [1525-35; < L invertere to turn upside down or inside out, equiv. to in- IN-2 + vertere to turn; see VERSE] Syn. 2. See reverse. |
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