reversing 音标拼音: [rɪv'ɚsɪŋ] [riv'ɚsɪŋ]
a . 回动的
回动的
reversing 反转 逆
Reverse \
Re *
verse "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Reversed }
(
r [-
e ]*
v [~
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rst ");
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Reversing }.] [
See {
Reverse },
a .,
and cf . {
Revert }.]
1 .
To turn back ;
to cause to face in a contrary direction ;
to cause to depart .
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And that old dame said many an idle verse ,
Out of her daughter '
s heart fond fancies to reverse .
--
Spenser .
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2 .
To cause to return ;
to recall . [
Obs .]
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And to his fresh remembrance did reverse The ugly view of his deformed crimes . --
Spenser .
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3 .
To change totally ;
to alter to the opposite .
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Reverse the doom of death . --
Shak .
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She reversed the conduct of the celebrated vicar of Bray . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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4 .
To turn upside down ;
to invert .
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A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill . --
Sir W .
Temple .
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5 .
Hence ,
to overthrow ;
to subvert .
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These can divide ,
and these reverse ,
the state .
--
Pope .
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Custom . . .
reverses even the distinctions of good and evil . --
Rogers .
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6 . (
Law )
To overthrow by a contrary decision ;
to make void ;
to under or annual for error ;
as ,
to reverse a judgment ,
sentence ,
or decree .
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{
Reverse arms } (
Mil .),
a position of a soldier in which the piece passes between the right elbow and the body at an angle of 45 [
deg ],
and is held as in the illustration .
{
To reverse an engine }
or {
To reverse a machine },
to cause it to perform its revolutions or action in the opposite direction .
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Syn :
To overturn ;
overset ;
invert ;
overthrow ;
subvert ;
repeal ;
annul ;
revoke ;
undo .
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Reversing \
Re *
vers "
ing \,
a .
Serving to effect reversal ,
as of motion ;
capable of being reversed .
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{
Reversing engine },
a steam engine having a reversing gear by means of which it can be made to run in either direction at will .
{
Reversing gear } (
Mach .),
gear for reversing the direction of rotation at will .
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