| 词汇 | turn |
| 释义 | turn verb uk /tɜːn/ us /tɝːn/ turnverb (GO ROUND)B2[ I or T ] to (cause to) move in a circle around a fixed point or line: （使）转动;（使）旋转 turn onThe earth turns on its axis once every 24 hours.地球每24小时绕地轴自转一周。 She turned on her toes, holding out her skirt.她拎起裙摆踮着脚尖旋转。 turn (around)The wheels started to turn (around).轮子开始转动了。 Turn the steering wheel as quickly as you can.以最快速度打轮。 She turned the doorknob and quietly opened the door.她转动门把手，悄悄地开了门。 Slowly, I turned the door handle.我慢慢地拧动门把手。 [ T ] to perform a movement in which your body moves around in a circle: turn a somersaultShe turned a full somersault in the air. turn cartwheelsThey turned cartwheels down the catwalk. There was no air conditioning, just a ceiling fan turning slowly.没有空调，只有一个屋顶吊扇在缓慢转动。 I heard someone turn a key in the lock.我听见有人在用钥匙开门。 She turned the handle and slowly opened the door.她转动把手，慢慢地打开门。 We watched as the sails of the windmill slowly started to turn. When this wheel turns, it makes those big stones turn which grind the grain into flour. Revolving, rotating and spinning around around and aroundidiom backspin birl centrifugal pivot reel revolving rotary rotate rotation rotational spin spiral swim swivel swizzle twirl twirling twirly You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Gymnastics turnverb (CHANGE DIRECTION)A2[ I or T ] to (cause to) change the direction in which you are facing or moving: （使）转向;（使）转身 Turn right at the traffic lights.在红绿灯处向右拐。 twist and turnThe path twists and turns for the next half mile.接下来这条小路有半英里是弯弯曲曲的。 We have to turn down/into/up the next road on the right.我们必须在下一个路口往右拐。 Plants tend to turn towards the source of light.植物往往朝向光源生长。 She turned to face him.她转过身面对他。 turn on your heelHe turned on his heel (= turned quickly to face the opposite direction) and left the room.他迅速转身离开了房间。 turn toThe person on my left turned to me and whispered "Not another speech!"我左边的人转向我，耳语道：“可别再来一场演讲！” turn your back (on)His wife tried to speak to him, but he turned his back (on her)/ (= moved so that his back, not his face, was towards her to show his anger). turn away (from)She turned away (from him) to hide her tears. the tide turnsAt about three o'clock, the tide started to turn (= the sea started to come closer to or move away from the beach).大约3点钟，潮水开始涌动。 He turned his head to me to listen.他转过头来听我讲话。 turn something roundI'll just turn the car round and go back the way we came.我这就调转车头，原路返回。 We watched until the car had turned (= gone around) the corner.我们一直看着那辆车子拐弯后才作罢。 turn something on someoneThe army turned their guns on (= pointed them at and started to shoot at) the protesters.军队朝抗议者开枪。 [ I, I or T ] In cricket, if a ball turns, it changes direction suddenly when it hits the ground: On this pitch, the ball turns and our batsmen have had to learn a new technique The totals became lower as the day wore on, and the ball turned more. Follow the road for two kilometres, then turn left. The sight was so horrible that I had to turn away. He would always turn and wave at the end of the street.他总会在街的尽头转过身来挥挥手。 The intruders turned and ran as the police shone their torches full on them.当警察拿手电筒直接照在那些闯入者身上时，他们转身就跑了。 The plane turned northwards.飞机调头向北飞。 Changing direction about-face about-turn bear branch branch off break decoy divert someone/something to somewhere do an about-face do an about-turn excursive excursively ping-pong regear reverse slew someone's back is turnedidiom swerve turn around wheel You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cricket turnverb (CHANGE POSITION)B1[ I or T ] to move, or to move an object or page, so that a different side or surface is on the top: 翻动（书页）;（使）翻转;（使）翻身 Now turn the page, please, and start work on Exercise 2.现在请翻到下一页，开始做练习2。 turn something overShe turned the vase over to look for the price.她把花瓶翻过来看价格。 He turned over two or three pages.他翻了两三页。 turn overShe put out the light, turned over (= rolled in order to face in another direction) and went to sleep.她熄了灯，翻了个身，就睡着了。 turn toNow turn to (= open the book at) page 23 and look at the first paragraph.现在请翻到第23页，看第一段。 The car spun off the road, turned over twice and came to rest in a field. That painting is upside-down - turn it the other way, quick! It's time to turn the cassette over - that side's finished. Turn the cushion the other way up, so that the stain doesn't show. He keeps turning the pages, but I don't think he can actually be reading it that quickly. Changing direction about-face about-turn bear branch branch off break decoy divert someone/something to somewhere do an about-face do an about-turn excursive excursively ping-pong regear reverse slew someone's back is turnedidiom swerve turn around wheel turnverb (BECOME)B2[ L, I or Tusually+ adv/prep ] to (cause to) become, change into, or come to be something: （使）变得;（使）成为 The weather has suddenly turned cold.天气突然变凉了。 When I refused to pay, he turned nasty.当我拒绝付钱时，他的态度变得很恶劣。 She turned pale and started to shiver.她的脸色变得苍白，身子开始颤抖。 The mood of the meeting turned solemn when the extent of the problem became known.当问题的严重程度披露后，会议的气氛开始变得严肃起来。 The companies worked well together for a while, but eventually the relationship turned sour (= became bad).这些公司一度合作得很好，但最后关系闹僵了。 Keele, pop star turned business tycoon, has launched a new range of cosmetics.基尔，从流行音乐歌星摇身成为商业巨子，已经推出了一个新系列的化妆品。 turn something into/to somethingThe dry weather turned the soil into/to concrete.干旱天气使土壤板结。 By the end of September, the leaves have started to turn (= become brown).到9月底，叶子就开始变黄。 turn from something to somethingHer attitude turned from politely interested to enthusiastic during the course of our conversation.在我们谈话期间她的态度发生了转变，先是出于礼貌表示感兴趣，后来就变得很热情。 to become becomeMy arm was becoming more and more painful. getIt’s getting dark now. growTempers had been growing more and more frayed during the evening. goMy hair is going white. turnThe sky turned black. turn 16, 50, etc. C1 to become a particular age: She turned 18 last year.她去年满18岁。 turn ten o'clock, nine o'clock, etc.UK C1 to become a particular time: It's just turned ten o'clock.刚到10点。 He started to turn grey in his mid-forties. We're planning to turn the smallest bedroom into an office.我们正计划将最小的卧室改成办公室。 The situation could turn nasty at any moment. He was an amateur singer until the age of 40, when he turned professional.40岁之前他一直是个业余歌手，之后才转为职业歌手。 You make wine by leaving grape juice to ferment until all the sugar has turned to alcohol.酿葡萄酒是让葡萄汁发酵，直到所有的糖分都转化为酒精。 Changing about-face about-turn alterable altered alternate churn make an about-turn make something into something malleable meta metamorphose morph mutate pervert revolutionize rollback rotation rotational sanitization transcribe turnverb (SWITCH)A2[ I or T, usually+ adv/prep ] to use a control to switch a piece of equipment or a power or water supply on or off, or to increase or reduce what it is producing: 旋动，拧动（操纵装置）;（为升高或降低…而）旋动，拧动 turn something off/outI got into bed, turned off/out the light, and fell asleep. turn something onWho turned the TV on?谁开的电视？ turn something downI asked him to turn down the heating.我叫他把暖气关小一点。 turn something upTurn the sound up - I can't hear what they're saying.把声音开大一些——我听不清他们在说什么。 turn offThe heater turns off (= can be switched off) using this switch.用这个开关可以关闭暖气。 Could you turn the light off, please? To turn the television on, you just push this button. The bath is running over - quick, turn the taps off. Are you comfortable or shall I turn the heat down?你觉得舒服吗？还是要我把暖气调低点？ The electricity has been turned off.电已被断掉了。 Electricity & electronics anodize anti-static arc bitstream brownout capacitance chargeable electricity high-voltage homing induction linesman magnet multimeter negatively non-electric non-electrical non-electronic solid-state transistorized turnverb (TWIST)turn your ankleold-fashioned to damage the muscles in the foot by suddenly twisting it too strongly: 扭伤脚踝，崴了脚 She turned her ankle on the rocks and had to hobble back to camp.她在石头上崴了脚，不得不蹒跚着走回营地。 turnverb (WOOD)[ T ] engineering specialized to shape a piece of wood while it is attached to a machine that spins it: 在车床上车（木头） a turned bowl车成的碗 Building: carpentry & joinery beading bevel bevelled cabinetmaker carpenter fretsaw gimlet intarsia jigsaw joiner joinery mitre plane prime sand sandpaper sawdust seasoned shelve woodwork Idiomsnot turn a hair there's no turning back turn a blind eye turn a deaf ear turn your back on something turn your back on someone turn your hand to something turn someone's head turn your nose up turn something on its head turn over a new leaf turn someone's stomach turn (something) upside down turn tail turn the corner turn the other cheek turn the spotlight on something turn the tables on someone Phrasal verbsturn (someone) against someone/something turn around turn something around turn away turn someone away turn (someone) back turn something/someone down turn in turn someone in turn something in turn (someone/something) into someone/something turn off (something) turn someone off turn something on turn on someone turn on something turn someone on turn someone on to something turn out turn something out turn someone out turn over turn (something) over turn over something turn something over turn somewhere/something over turn something over to someone turn someone over to someone turn round turn something round turn to someone/something turn to something turn (something) to something turn up (somewhere) turn up turn something up turn noun uk /tɜːn/ us /tɝːn/ turnnoun (TIME TO DO STH)B1[ C ] an opportunity or a duty to do something at a particular time or in a particular order, before or after other people: （依次轮到的）机会，一个班次 Is it my turn yet?轮到我了吗？ [ + to infinitive ]I waited so long for my turn to see the careers adviser that I missed my bus.我等了很长时间才轮到见就业顾问，结果错过了公共汽车。 turn toIt's your turn to do the dishes!轮到你洗碗了！ miss a turnIn this game if you give the wrong answer you have to miss a turn.在这个游戏中，如果你回答错了，就会失去一次机会。 Compare gonoun(OPPORTUNITY) take turnsB2(UK also take it in turn(s)) When a number of people take turns, they do the same thing one after the other: 轮流，依次 We take turns answering the phone.我们轮流接电话。 in turnC1(alsoby turns) one after the other in an agreed order: 依次，轮流 Each of us takes a break in turn.我们轮流休息。 out of turn not following the agreed order: You are not allowed to play a card out of turn. Whose turn is it to buy the drinks?该轮到谁请喝酒了？ I'm sorry, but you'll just have to wait your turn like everybody else.对不起，你得和其他人一样等着，按顺序来。 Get to the end of the queue and wait your turn like everyone else.到队尾排着去，像别人一样按顺序等着。 Come on, it's my turn. Fair's fair!得了吧，轮到我了。公正一点！ Fair go mate, let the others have a turn!公道些，老兄，给别人一个机会！ Opportunity another/a second bite at/of the cherryidiom be in with a shoutidiom best betidiom big break fish given half a/the chanceidiom going have a few, several, etc. irons in the fireidiom have a field dayidiom hay inch iron launch pad pass someone by platform room for manoeuvreidiom scope second chance the American dream the run of somethingidiom turnnoun (GO ROUND)[ C ] an action that causes something to move in a circle round a fixed point: 转动，旋转;拧动 Give the screw a couple of turns to make sure it's tight.将螺丝拧几下，确保它上紧了。 I gave the knob a couple of turns. One turn is enough to get the heating going. It took several violent turns of the handle to set the tractor in motion. Revolving, rotating and spinning around around and aroundidiom backspin birl centrifugal pivot reel revolving rotary rotate rotation rotational spin spiral swim swivel swizzle twirl twirling twirly turnnoun (CHANGE IN DIRECTION)B2[ C ] a change in the direction in which you are moving or facing: 转向，转弯 make a turnWhen you see the school on the left, make a right turn.当你在左手边看见学校时就立刻右转。 twists and turnsThe path was full of twists and turns.这条小路弯弯曲曲。 on the turnUK starting to change direction: The tide is on the turn.要涨潮了。 starting to become better or worse: There are fears that the housing market is on the turn. The world economy would appear to be on the turn. Some say the club's fortunes might be on the turn. I had a feeling my luck was on the turn. (of food or drink) starting to decay: This milk smells funny – I think it's on the turn. Often the fruit is so ripe that it is on the turn. the turn of something C2 the point at which something changes or moves in a different direction: 转变时期;转折点 the turn of the tide潮流的转变 the turn the middle point in a round of golf, usually after the ninth hole: at the turnHe was six under at the turn. reach the turnShe reached the turn in 39. Take a right turn by the station. Just take three left turns and you will reach the school. I remembered to get to your house it was a left turn after the traffic lights. He tried to take the turn too quickly and veered off the road. Changing direction about-face about-turn bear branch branch off break decoy divert someone/something to somewhere do an about-face do an about-turn excursive excursively ping-pong regear reverse slew someone's back is turnedidiom swerve turn around wheel You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Changing Becoming better Deteriorating and making worse Decaying and staying fresh Golf turnnoun (DEVELOPMENT)take a ... turn to develop in a particular way: 朝…发生变化 The battle for control of the company took an interesting turn today.控制公司的争夺战今天发生了有趣的变化。 take a turn for the better/worse C2 to suddenly become better or worse: 突然好转／恶化 Their relationship took a turn for the worse when he lost his job.他失业后他们的关系变得更糟了。 turnnoun (PERFORMANCE)[ C ]UK a stage act or performance: 节目;演出 The first couple of turns were children singing and dancing.头几个节目是儿童歌舞。 Spectacles & performances aerobatic am-dram amateur theater balancing act banderilla double-header magic circle masque matinee minstrel show music hall rendering roast spectacle spectacular stripping striptease super-spectacle supershow swansong turnnoun (ILLNESS)[ C ]old-fashionedinformal a slight illness, a strange feeling, or a nervous shock: 不适感；奇怪的感觉；一惊，一吓 After the accident I started having funny turns.事故后我开始时不时地感到不适。 give someone a turnIt gave me quite a turn to see him after all these years.这么多年以后再看到他真令我感到意外。 Disease & illness - general words advanced aggressiveness autoimmune disease bilharzia bilharziasis complication fulminating gestational hyperendemic hypochondriac iatrogenic industrial disease life-threatening morbid schistosomiasis second degree secretory serial interval snail fever untreated turnnoun (MUSIC)music specialized a sign above a note in a piece of written music that means four notes, including the note written and notes above and below this note, should be played: Ornamental turns are a common feature of baroque music. Technical music terms acciaccatura accidental aeolian aleatory alto clef antiphonal discordant harmonic harmonic progression harmony hemidemisemiquaver inversion overtone ritardando rubato scherzando scordatura secco recitative voice part whole step Idiomsa good/bad turn at every turn a turn of the screw cooked/done to a turn one good turn deserves another speak/talk out of turn turn | American Dictionaryturn verb us/tɜrn/ turnverb (GO AROUND)[ I/T ] to move or cause something to move in a circle around a central point or line: [ I ]The earth turns on its axis once every 24 hours. [ T ]She turned the doorknob and opened the door. turnverb (CHANGE DIRECTION)[ I/T ] to change the direction in which you are facing or moving, or to cause someone or something to face or move in a different direction: [ I ]They told us to turn right at the first traffic light. [ T ]Turn your head this way so that you’re looking right at the camera. [ I ]I turned to the person next to me and asked her what time it was. [ T ]The car turned (= went around) the corner. [ I ]fig. He felt desperate and didn’t know where to turn for help. [ I ]I turned over (= changed how I was lying) and tried to sleep, but quickly gave up. [ I/T ] If you turn something or turn something over, you place the surface that was on top on the bottom: [ T ]He turned the pages of a magazine. [ M ]She turned the baby over onto his stomach. turnverb (BECOME)to become or cause to become, change, or come to be: [ L ]The weather suddenly turned colder, and it started to rain. [ I ]By mid-September, the leaves are starting to turn (= change color). You say that someone turns a particular color when strong emotion or illness causes that person’s face to appear red, gray, yellow, etc: [ L ]He turned red with embarrassment. Turn is used with times and ages to show that a particular point has been reached or passed: [ L ]My little girl just turned six in February. turnverb (SWITCH)[ always+ adv/prep ] to use a control to switch a piece of equipment on or off, or to adjust it to change the amount of what it is producing: [ M ]Please turn off/out the lights when you leave. [ M ]Who turned my computer on/off? [ M ]Turn the TV down (= make the sound quieter) – it’s too loud. [ M ]Turn up the volume – I can’t hear what they’re saying. turnverb (TWIST)[ T ] to damage the muscles in the foot by suddenly bending it too strongly: to turn your ankle turnverb (MAKE ILL)[ I/T ] to feel that you are going to vomit, or to cause your stomach to feel this way: [ I/T ]The stench made my stomach turn. Idiomsturn a profit turn your back on someone/something turn back the clock (on something) turn someone/something loose turn your nose up at something turn over a new leaf turn over in your grave turn the other cheek turn the tables Phrasal verbsturn something around turn someone away turn someone off turn someone on turn someone on to something turn against someone/something turn down something turn in turn in something/someone turn into something turn on something turn on someone turn out turn out turn out something turn out someone turn over something/someone turn to someone turn to something turn to something turn up (something) turn noun[ C ] us/tɜrn/ turnnoun[C] (OPPORTUNITY)an opportunity or a duty to do something at a particular time or in a particular order, before or after other people: [ + to infinitive ]It’s your turn to do the grocery shopping. turnnoun[C] (CHANGING DIRECTION)a change in the direction in which you are moving or facing: Make a left turn at the next traffic light. turnnoun[C] (GOING AROUND)the act of causing something to move in a circle around a fixed point: This little wheel will shut off the water if you give it several turns. Idiomsin turn the turn of the century turn of events turn | Business Englishturn verb[ I or T ] uk /tɜːn/us to change into something or make something change into something: turn sth into sthThese machines can turn a computer design into a 3-D prototype in minutes. With some wise internet trading, he managed to turn $68,000 into $100,000 in three years. to change direction, or to make something change direction: The first quarter could see a further decline in retail customers, though executives said they were confident the trend will turn. turn negative/positiveSales are expected to turn positive in the first quarter of next year. turn higher/lower turn sth on its head to make something the opposite of what it was previously: The internet turned the world of flight booking on its head. turn a profit FINANCE to make a profit: The business was set up five years ago but is still struggling to turn a profit. turn sth to your advantage to find a way of getting something positive out of a bad situation: Experienced long-term investors can turn an economic downturn to their advantage. turn your back on sth to refuse to be involved in something that you were previously involved in: He said the country could not turn its back on globalization. Phrasal verbsturn around turn down turn sb/sth down turn in sth turn sth out turn over turn over sth turn sth over to sb/sth turn to sb/sth turn noun uk /tɜːn/us [ S ] FINANCE, ECONOMICS a change in the way something such as prices, rates, or the economy is behaving: It is too early to know whether the economy has reached a turn in the cycle. take a turn for the better/worseMedia stocks took a turn for the better. bad/downward/upward turnThe figures have taken a downward turn. [ C ] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET the profit from an investment: The shares were picked up by investors looking to make a quick turn on their money. [ C ] STOCK MARKET, FINANCE the difference between a trader’s buying price and selling price for particular shares, currencies, etc. See also spreadnoun Examples of turnturn Another useful verb, need, turns out to be both ordinary and modal. The possibility, however, turns out to be purely hypothetical. Employing the upper bound in turn drops both sets of returns by only 15 per cent. The degree to which the bias or variance is reduced will in turn affect the rate by which the model's error will decrease. It actually turns out that urban real wage is reduced by less than 1 per cent. On a third turn, the third object was requested. This turns out to be the case for the non-formateur parties. The next election (1994) turned out to be disastrous for both parties. It turns out that this difficulty considerably slows down both tasks, as compared to the scenario with positive knowledge radius. This reorientation, in turn, led to a revision of the concept of error and a radical reappraisal of teacher and learner roles. These stresses and antisocial behavior may, in turn, cause an increase in children's internalizing problems through the life course. And if your relative in turn told you? We know you will, she told him, surprised by the turn of his talk. We took it in turns to teach so that was good. This, in turn, is supposed to define the environment for evaluating the let-body. See all examples of turn These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withturnturnThese are words often used in combination with turn. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. banked turn The old take-off routes required the aircraft to make a sharp banked turn to the right immediately after take-off, followed by one to the left. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 downward turn Some classical studies on economic cycles identify a downward turn in the international economy around 1913-14. dramatic turn The project took a dramaticturn sometime early in the eighth month of 1852. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with turn |
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