Invert



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 上下倒置, 相反放置
• ［英］ v. 上下倒置, 相反放置 ( to turn upside down)
• ［例］ I inverted the glasses so the water would drain out of them.

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Etymology: Latin invertere, from in- + vertere to turn — more at worth
• Date: 1533
• 1.
  • a. to reverse in position, order, or relationship
  • b. to subject to inversion
• 2.
  • a. to turn inside out or upside down
  • b. to turn inward
• 3. to find the mathematical reciprocal of <to divide using fractions, invert the divisor and multiply>
• Synonyms: see reverse

II. noun

• Date: 1838
• one characterized by inversion; especially homosexual

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