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top路sy-tur路vy 聽audio聽 (tps-t没rv) KEY聽

ADVERB:
  1. With the top downward and the bottom up; upside-down.
  2. In or into a state of utter disorder or confusion: "turning our ordered life topsy-turvy" (Anne Tyler).
ADJECTIVE:
top路sy-tur路vi路er, top路sy-tur路vi路est
  1. Turned or positioned upside down; inverted.
  2. Confused or disordered.
NOUN:
pl. top路sy-tur路vies
The quality or condition of being topsy-turvy.
ETYMOLOGY:
Probably from top1 + obsolete terve, to overturn (from Middle English terven)

OTHER FORMS:
topsy-turvi路ly(Adverb), topsy-turvi路ness(Noun)


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