overturn
- tip (something) over so that it is on its side or upside down；turn over and come to rest upside down, typically as the result of an accident
- an act of turning over or upsetting something; a revolution, subversion, or reversal.；the occasional (typically twice yearly) mixing of the water of a thermally stratified lake.
verb: overturn, 3rd person present: overturns, gerund or present participle: overturning, past tense: overturned, past participle: overturned
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- 釋義
動詞
- 1. tip (something) over so that it is on its side or upside down the crowd proceeded to overturn cars and set them on fire
- ▪ turn over and come to rest upside down, typically as the result of an accident a large housetrailer overturned in the middle of the road 同義詞
- 2. abolish, invalidate, or reverse (a previous system, decision, situation, etc.) the results overturned previous findings he fought for eight years to overturn a conviction for armed robbery 同義詞 反義詞
名詞
- 1. rare an act of turning over or upsetting something; a revolution, subversion, or reversal.
- ▪ rare the occasional (typically twice yearly) mixing of the water of a thermally stratified lake.
