As a result, the so-called population pyramid began to change shape and it is expected to be a upside-down pyramid in the near future. Post-war baby-boomers born from 1947 to 1949 will soon enter the upper bracket of the population pyramid."A0000056", "2255978"
Abu Omar alleges that he has been tortured in detention in Egypt, including being hung upside down and having electric shocks applied to his testicles.〔【出典】アムネスティ発表国際ニュース(2007年2月5日) 〕
上下逆さの状態で読む
read upside down
令嬢の遺体は煙突の中に逆さに押し込まれていた。
The body of the daughter was found stuffed in the chimney, head down."TANPEN08", "2475965"
A little iron chandelier hung beneath the ceiling, and that it might be made to disappear into the ceiling, as it does in great theatres, when the ting-ting of the prompter's bell is heard, a great inverted tub has been placed just above it.〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ(独立行政法人情報通信研究機構)〕"_MOON04", "2226937"
市内に絶望感が漂い、泥やがれき、逆さになり浸水した車などが見られ、完全に混乱状態である。
There is a huge despair, it is a real chaos of mud and debris, cars upside down and under water... a total wreckage.〔【出典】Global Voices Online◆【英文】Paula Goes ◆【和訳】Ai Egawa ◆【License】CC BY 3.0 〕
平らな場所に~を上下逆さにして置く
lay ~ upside-down on a flat surface
彼らは逆さづりにされ、殴られ、食事や睡眠をとることができない。
Victims have been hung upside down and beaten and deprived of sleep and food.〔【出典】アムネスティ発表国際ニュース(2006年9月29日) 〕
The Hsichih trio have described their alleged torture in great detail."(Police) put a thick yellow book against my chest and hammered me on the chest", Liu Bing-Lan has said, "and they then hung me upside down and started pouring water and urine into my mouth."〔【出典】アムネスティ発表国際ニュース(2007年7月16日) 〕
赤ちゃんを逆さに抱いていますわ。
Holding him upside down."JOKE0118", "2322131"
足首をつかんで(人)を逆さにつり下げる
suspend someone by his ankles
逆さま
tapsal-teerie〈スコ〉
tapsie-teerie〈スコ〉
topsy-turvy〈スコ〉
wrong side up
逆さまつげ
inverted eyelash
逆さまでなく
upside up〈話〉〔【語源】upside downからの類推。◆より一般的な表現はright side up。〕
逆さまに
the other way around [about]
tits up〈英俗〉
top down
upside down
the wrong [opposite] way around [round, about]
【副】
arsy-versy〈俗〉
backasswards〈卑〉
【形】arse-up〈卑〉
逆さまにされて
【形】reversed
逆さまにつづっても同じだ
be spelt the same backwards (as forwards) [forwards as backwards](単語などが)〔例えば「madam」。◆【参考】palindrome〕