If those topsy-turvy feelings have got you twisted inside out, think of the poet Rumi, who 800 years ago said, "All we really want is love's confusing joy".

语音讲解
单词发音
topsy-turvy / ˏtɔpsɪ ˈtɜːvɪ; ˏtɑpsɪˋtəvɪ/
twisted /tw'ɪstɪd/
poet/ ˈpəuɪt; ˋpoɪt/
poem / ˈpəuɪm; ˋpoɪm/
said / sed; sɛd/
连词发音
twisted inside-out
/tw'ɪstɪdɪnˈsaɪdaʊt/
轻读重读
重读：topsy-turvy/all
弱读：those/have/the

词汇讲解
1.topsy-turvy adj.
释义：in or into a state of disordered confusion 乱七八糟（的）
例句：This sudden development turned all our plans topsy-turvy.
这一情况出现得很突然, 把我们的计划都打乱了.
2. twisted adj.
释义：bent into a shape that is not normal;2.someone who is twisted or has a twisted mind behaves in a strange and cruel way
a twisted pervert 变态
例句：...a twisted man who shot at the president...
击杀总统的心理畸形的人。
Whoever sent those letters has a twisted mind.
发送这些邮件来的那个人肯定是性格扭曲。
3. inside out adv.
释义：If something is inside out, it has the usual inside part on the outside and the usual outside part on the inside:从里到外
例句：Your sweater is on inside out./You are wearing your sweater inside out.
你的衣服穿反了。
引申：upside-down(adj.) 同义词：topsy-turv

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