English Dictionary

overturn

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)n/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞

(transitive or intransitive) To turn over, capsize or upset. / (transitive) To overthrow or destroy. / (law, transitive) To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.

日本語の意味

(自動詞/他動詞) ひっくり返す、転覆する、逆さまにする / (他動詞) 打倒する、打ち倒す、破壊する / (法律用語、他動詞) 判決や決定を覆す、取り消す

A sudden gust of wind could overturn the small fishing boat near the harbor.

突然の突風で港の近くの小さな漁船が転覆する可能性がある。

意味（1）

(transitive or intransitive) To turn over, capsize or upset.

About three or four minutes later still an express freight on the up main line ran into the wreckage at about 35 m.p.h. Its engine also overturned and 15 more wagons were added to the mounting pile of wreckage.

意味（2）

(transitive) To overthrow or destroy.

意味（3）

(law, transitive) To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.

意味（4）

(transitive) To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.

There were so many heroes for Leicester on an evening when they played with tremendous courage and belief to overturn the 2-1 deficit from the first leg, yet it was hard to look beyond Kasper Schmeichel for the game’s outstanding performer.

意味（5）

(intransitive) Of a body of water: to undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.

overturns （ present singular third-person ）

overturning （ participle present ）

overturned （ participle past ）

overturned （ past ）