evert
/ɪˈvɜːt//iˈvɝt/
词源链
- 英语English
evert
词源说明
From Late Latin ēvertere (“to turn (an item of clothing) inside out”), Latin ēvertere, present active infinitive of ēvertō (“to turn upside down; to overturn; to reverse”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’)) + vertō (“to reverse; to revolve, turn; to turn around”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate, turn”)).
释义
动词verb
- 1(transitive, often biology, physiology) To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
- 2transitive, obsoleteTo move (someone or something) out of the way.
- 3transitive, obsolete, also figurativelyTo turn upside down