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upend

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++up·end /ʌpˈend/ verb [transitive]  TURNto turn something over so that it is upside down 倒放,使颠倒→ See Verb table
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upendTables were overturned, chairs upended.Rachaela put the portions into a dish and upended a can of Heinz tomato soup over them to make a casserole.The three women ran up one flight of stairs to the procedure rooms and started upending drawers and destroying equipment.And when Chris Allen was upended in the area, United probably thought they were home and dry.Louis upended the bundle into the rainwater-butt.Thérèse upended the empty bottle she carried, shaking it.
up·end verbChineseSyllable
upside it to so over Corpus something that is turn down


upend
upend /ʌpˈend/ verb [transitive]
to turn something over so that it is upside down


upendBrE /ʌpˈend/ 🔊NAmE /ʌpˈend/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they upend BrE /ʌpˈend/ 🔊 NAmE /ʌpˈend/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it upends BrE /ʌpˈendz/ 🔊 NAmE /ʌpˈendz/ 🔊past simple upended BrE /ʌpˈendɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ʌpˈendɪd/ 🔊past participle upended BrE /ʌpˈendɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ʌpˈendɪd/ 🔊 -ing form upending BrE /ʌpˈendɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ʌpˈendɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb/sth to turn sb/sth upside down 翻倒;倒放;使颠倒The bicycle lay upended in a ditch. 自行车翻倒在一条小水沟里。🔊🔊