Invert

(verb.) reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; 'when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb'.

(verb.) make an inversion (in a musical composition); 'here the theme is inverted'.

戴维斯整理

• But to say that we must make tools first, and then begin, is to invert the process of life. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• He laid down the characteristics of the class of invert ebrates to which octopus and sepia belong. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Fill a medium-sized bottle with water, cover it with a glass plate, invert the bottle in the trough, and then remove the glass plate. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• I have not done that because this rational procedure inverts the natural order of things and develops all kinds of theoretical tangles and pseudo-problems. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The motion, compared with that of an ordinary land engine, was thus inverted. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• He noticed that by holding two of the lenses in a certain position he obtained a large and inverted view of whatever he looked at. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Her engines are of the twin screw, vertical triple expansion direct acting inverted cylinder type. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• We placed legs on an inverted beaker, and held the two ends of the wires on glass rods eight inches long. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Loerke shook the flask--then he held it inverted over the snow. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• In 1631 Jean Rey just inverted this contrivance, filling the bulb with water. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• One end is inserted in the water bath, the other in an inverted bottle. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.

整理:温弗雷德