英文词源
- Topsy
- slave-girl character in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1852), immortal in cliche for her response to a question about her origin put to her by the pious Northern abolitionist Miss Ophelia:
"Have you ever heard anything about God, Topsy?"
The child looked bewildered, but grinned, as usual.
"Do you know who made you?"
"Nobody as I knows on," said the child, with a short laugh.
The idea appeared to amuse her considerably; for her eyes twinkled, and she added--
"I spect I grow'd. Don't think nobody never made me."
In addition to being often misquoted by the addition of a "just" (or "jes'"), the line is sometimes used inappropriately in 20c. writing to indicate something that got large without anyone intending it to.
实用例句
- 1. The world has turned topsy-turvy in my lifetime.
- 在我的一生中世界已经变得一团糟。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Everything's topsy-turvy in my life at the moment.
- 现在我的生活全都被打乱了。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. Miss Ophelia was uneasy that Eva should fancy Topsy's society so much.
- 奥菲丽亚小姐看见伊娃这样欢喜跟托普西在一起玩,心里有些惴惴不安.
来自辞典例句
- 4. He left his room all topsy - turvy.
- 他把他的房间弄得乱七八糟.
来自辞典例句
- 5. When anything is topsy - turvy, it turns my stomach.
- 如果一切都乱七八糟, 就会使我倒胃口.
来自辞典例句
