“upend”在英语中的释义

verb

1. (transitive) To end up; to set on end.

2. To tip or turn over.

   • When he upended the bottle of water over his sleeping sister, the lid popped off and surprised them both.
   • upend the box and empty the contents

3. (transitive, figurative) To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.

   • The scientific evidence upended the popular myth.

4. (transitive, figurative) To affect or upset drastically.

   • By the middle of March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended normal life for virtually all Americans.