倒dào

Ⅰ  ❶ （上下或前后颠倒） reverse:次序 ～ 了。 The order is reversed.
❷ （使向相反的方向移动或颠倒） move backward;turn upside down:把汽车 ～ 出车库 back a car out of a garage；
你如果把信封 ～ 过来，钥匙就会掉出。 If you turn the envelope upside down,the key will fall out.
❸ （倾斜或反转容器使里面的东西出来） pour;tip:把炉灰 ～ 入垃圾箱 tip cinders into a dustbin；
把牛奶从瓶子里 ～ 到玻璃杯里去。 Pour milk out of the bottle into the glass. 他把一肚子的冤屈都 ～ 了出来。 He poured out all his grievances. Ⅱ  （上下或前后颠倒的） upside down;inverted;inverse:小孩把画挂 ～ 了。 The children hung the picture upside down. Ⅲ  ❶ （表示跟意料相反） but;on the contrary:病人情况不但没有好转，～ 恶化了。 The patient was no better but rather grew worse. 都春天了，～ 下起雪了。 It's spring,yet it is snowing. 房子虽然不大，～ 挺实用的。 The house is not big ,but it fits in with our needs. 你还有什么要说的，我～ 要听听。 I'd like to hear what else you've got to say.
❷ （表示事情不是那样） indicating that sth. is not what one thinks:你说得 ～ 容易，事情哪有那么简单！ It's easy for you to say that,but actually it is not so simple.
❸ （表示让步或转折） used to denote a transition or concession:东西 ～ 不坏，就是太贵了些。 It is not bad,only it is a bit too dear. 我跟他认识 ～ 认识，就是不太熟。 I know him,but not very well. 这张桌子 ～ 很好看，不过小了点儿。 This desk looks fine,but it is a little [bit] smaller.
❹ （表示催促或追问） carrying the sense of “urge”：你 ～ 快点走啊！ Can't you be quicker? 你 ～ 去不去呀！ Do you want to go or not?
另见 see also dǎo。
◆倒背如流 can even recite sth. backwards fluently;know sth. thoroughly by heart；
倒背手 with one's hands behind one；
倒不如 it's better to;no better than；
倒彩 booing;hooting;catcall；
倒插门 marry into and live with one's bride's family；
倒车 （使车向后退） back a car;{航海} （倒驶） asternway;astern running;backing-up；
倒刺 （手指甲两侧的倒刺） (of a fingernail) hangnail;agnail;(箭、矛、鱼钩等尖端的小钩) barb；
倒打一耙 make unfounded countercharges;blame on others while oneself is to be blamed;put the blame on one's victim;recriminate;turn about and hit sb. with a rake；
倒带 tape rewind;rewinding；
倒带机 rewinder；
倒挡 {机} reverse gear；
倒飞 {航空} upside down flight;inverted flight；
倒粪 turn over a heap of manure or a compost heap and pile it up afresh；
倒挂 （上下颠倒地挂着） hang upside down;（指商品收购价高于销售价） drop away from；
倒灌 flow backward；
倒果为因 take effect for cause;reverse cause and effect；
倒好儿 booing;hooting;catcall；
倒立 stand upside down;{体} handstand；
倒流 flow backwards;backwash;backwater;contra-flow;counter-flow；
倒轮式刹车 coaster brake；
倒赔 have to pay after expecting to receive；
倒片 rewind;backwind；
倒入 decant;infunde;pour into；
倒驶 {航海} sternway；
倒收付息 {经} negative interest；
倒数 count backwards；
倒数 {数} reciprocal；
倒算 seize back confiscated property；
倒贴 pay for the keeping of an unprofitable business；
倒退 go backwards;fall back;backward going;backward motion;backset;retroversion;retrogression;retrogradation；
倒相 paraphase;phase inversion;phase reversal；
倒像 {物} inverted image;reversed image；
倒行逆施 （所作所为违背社会正义及时代潮流） go against the historical trend;try to put the clock back;push a reactionary policy;(做事违反常理；违反常理的做法) perverse acts;do things in a perverse way；
倒叙 flashback;narrate from the end；
倒悬 [书] hang by the feet — be in sore straits；
倒因为果 reverse cause and effect;take cause for effect；
倒影 inverted image;inverted reflection in water;reflex；
倒置 place upside down;invert;inverse;pend;inversion;bottom-up；
倒转 (倒过来；反过来) turn the other way round;reverse;[方] （反倒） contrary to reason or one's expectation;{工} (反向旋转；翻转；回转) back motion;back swing;backdraught;flyback;retracting stroke （返回行程）;inverse;inversion;overturn;upturning;canting；
倒装 upside down mounting （集成电路组装的）;upside-down charging；
倒座儿 a seat back to the engine