核心畫面
Something that was sitting steady gets knocked out of its settled position: the cup goes over, and what was inside spills across the table.
可以想成本來穩穩擺好的東西，被一下子撞歪、翻了過來，裡面的東西跟著灑出來——杯子倒了、棋盤翻了，原本安放好的秩序被掀…更多收起
可以想成本來穩穩擺好的東西，被一下子撞歪、翻了過來，裡面的東西跟著灑出來——杯子倒了、棋盤翻了，原本安放好的秩序被掀掉。其他用法多半是把這個「被掀翻」的畫面搬到心情、腸胃、計畫或賽果上。要提醒的是：這一條底下列的六個意思其實都屬於動詞 upset；upsetting 是它的 -ing 形，單獨當形容詞時只有「令人難過的」這一個意思。原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
upsettingnoun
- 1
An overturning or disarrangement.
- the upsettings of all their careful plans
upsettingadj
- 1
Causing upset; distressing, unsettling, hurtful.
- He found taking his cat to the vet to be put down very upsetting.
- The bodies lying at the scene of the crash were an upsetting sight.
- 2
Conceited; presumptuous.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。