参考词典中topsy-turvy的常规释义:
基本释义
- ad. 颠倒地,相反地,乱七八糟地
a. 颠倒的,相反的,乱七八糟的
n. 颠倒,混乱
vt. 使颠倒,使混乱
词形变化
- 复 数:top·sy-tur·vies比较级:top·sy-tur·vi·er, top·sy-tur·vi·est名 词:top'sy-tur'vi·ness副 词:top'sy-tur'vi·ly
英英解释
2个副词解释
- in a disordered manner
[同] higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy
[例]- they were piled up higgledy-piggledy
- in disorderly haste
[同] head over heels, heels over head, in great confusion, topsy-turvily, topsy-turvy
[例]- we ran head over heels toward the shelter
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- in utter disorder
[同] disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy
[例]- a disorderly pile of clothes
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