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upheaval

英 [ʌp'hiːv(ə)l] 美[ʌp'hivl]
  • n. 剧变;隆起;举起

英英释意


1. a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally);
"the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"
2. a violent disturbance;
"the convulsions of the stock market"
3. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
4. disturbance usually in protest