turn
v. (使)转动,旋转; 转身,扭转; 翻(转); 转弯; 朝着; 释放; (使)变成; 到达(某一年龄或时间); (潮)涨/落; 求助于;
n. 转变; 转动; 转弯(处); 弯道; 轮班,次序; 散步; 世纪之交/新年伊始; (疾病)瞬间发作
When you turn or when you turn part of your body, you move your body or part of your body so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction.
He turned abruptly and walked away...
他突然转身走了。
He turned to his publicist and jokingly asked, 'What's next?'…
他转向他的宣传员开玩笑地问道:“下一个是什么?”
When you turn something, you move it so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction, or is in a very different position.
They turned their telescopes towards other nearby galaxies...
他们把望远镜转向附近其他星系。
Turn the cake the right way up on to a wire rack…
把蛋糕翻到合适的方向对准金属丝架上。
When something such as a wheel turns, or when you turn it, it continually moves around in a particular direction.
As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay...
轮子一边转动,制陶工人一边拉坯。
The engine turned a propeller.
发动机使螺旋桨旋转起来。
When you turn something such as a key, knob, or switch, or when it turns, you hold it and twist your hand, in order to open something or make it start working.
Turn a special key, press the brake pedal, and your car's brakes lock...
转动一把特制的钥匙,踩下刹车踏板,这样你的汽车刹车就锁住了。
Turn the heat to very low and cook for 20 minutes...
把温度调到很低,煮 20 分钟。
When you turn in a particular direction or turn a corner, you change the direction in which you are moving or travelling.
He turned into the narrow terraced street where he lived…
他转向自己居住的那条夹在排房间的狭窄街道。
Now turn right to follow West Ferry Road...
现在向右拐沿西渡路往前走。
The point where a road, path, or river turns, is the point where it has a bend or curve in it.
...the corner where Tenterfield Road turned into the main road.
滕特菲尔德路拐向主道的岔路口
When the tide turns, it starts coming in or going out.
There was not much time before the tide turned.
不久就要涨潮了。
When someone turns a cartwheel or a somersault, they do a cartwheel or somersault.
They were still doing wild acrobatics in the yard, turning somersaults and cartwheels.
他们还在院子里一通杂耍,翻着跟头,玩着侧手翻。
When you turn a page of a book or magazine, you move it so that is flat against the previous page, and you can read the next page.
He turned the pages of a file in front of him.
他翻阅面前的文件。
If you turn a weapon or an aggressive feeling on someone, you point it at them or direct it at them.
He tried to turn the gun on me...
他企图把枪对准我。
The crowd then turned their anger on Prime Minister James Mitchell.
然后人群把怒火都撒向詹姆斯·米切尔总理。
If you turn to a particular page in a book or magazine, you open it at that page.
To order, turn to page 236.
如需订购,参见 236 页。
If you turn your attention or thoughts to a particular subject or if you turn to it, you start thinking about it or discussing it.
We turned our attention to the practical matters relating to forming a company...
我们开始考虑有关成立公司的具体事宜。
We turn now to the British news.
我们现在来关注英国新闻。
If you turn to someone, you ask for their help or advice.
For assistance, they turned to one of the city's most innovative museums...
他们求助于该市最具创新风格的一家博物馆。
There was no one to turn to, no one to tell.
没人可以求助,没人可以诉说。
If you turn to a particular activity, job, or way of doing something, you start doing or using it.
These communities are now turning to recycling in large numbers...
这些团体现在正转而致力于大规模的回收利用工作。
The Superpowers turned to the harder task of cutting their nuclear arsenals…
超级大国开始着手削减核武器库这项更为艰难的工作。
To turn or be turned into something means to become that thing.
A prince turns into a frog in this cartoon fairytale...
在这个卡通童话里王子变成了一只青蛙。
Their grief turned to hysteria when the funeral procession arrived at the cemetery…
当送葬队走到墓地时,他们更加悲恸欲绝。
You can use turn before an adjective to indicate that something or someone changes by acquiring the quality described by the adjective.
If the bailiff thinks that things could turn nasty he will enlist the help of the police...
如果法警认为事情变得不可收拾,他就会寻求警方的帮助。
She announced that she was going to turn professional.
她宣布自己即将成为职业选手。
If something turns a particular colour or if something turns it a particular colour, it becomes that colour.
The sea would turn pale pink and the sky blood red...
大海会变成浅粉色,天空则变成血红色。
Her contact lenses turned her eyes green.
隐形眼镜把她的眼睛变成了绿色。
You can use turn to indicate that there is a change to a particular kind of weather. For example, if it turns cold, the weather starts being cold.
If it turns cold, cover plants...
如果天气变冷,就把植物盖起来。
The weather had turned warm and thundery overnight.
天气一夜之间就转暖,而且雷声阵阵。
If a situation or trend takes a particular kind of turn, it changes so that it starts developing in a different or opposite way.
The scandal took a new turn over the weekend.
周末时丑闻有了新的发展。
…the latest turn in the fighting…
战斗的最新进展
In sports, if a game turns, or is turned, something significant happens which changes the way the game is developing.
The game turned in the 56th minute.
比赛在第 56 分钟时发生了扭转。
…the Gareth Edwards try which turned the game between France and Wales in Paris in 1971.
加雷思·爱德华兹于 1971 年法国队与威尔士队在巴黎的比赛中贡献的一记扭转赛事的触地得分
If a business turns a profit, it earns more money than it spends.
The firm will be able to service debt and still turn a modest profit...
那家公司将有能力支付债务,而且还会赚得一笔可观的利润。
He says the fares are just too low to turn profits.
他说票价太低,根本无利可图。
When someone turns a particular age, they pass that age. When it turns a particular time, it passes that time.
It was his ambition to accumulate a million dollars before he turned thirty...
他立志要在而立之年以前攒够 100 万美元。
It had just turned twelve o'clock.
刚过 12 点。
Turn is used in expressions such as the turn of the century and the turn of the year to refer to a period of time when one century or year is ending and the next one is beginning.
They fled to South America around the turn of the century.
他们在世纪之交逃到了南美洲。
When someone turns a wooden or metal object that they are making, they shape it using a special tool.
...the joys of making a living from turning wood.
靠车削木材谋生的乐趣
…finely-turned metal.
精心车削的金属
If it is your turn to do something, you now have the duty, chance, or right to do it, when other people have done it before you or will do it after you.
Tonight it's my turn to cook...
今晚该我做饭了。
Let each child have a turn at fishing...
让每个孩子轮流钓鱼。
If you say that someone is having a turn, you mean they feel suddenly very unwell for a short period of time.
He is having one of his turns…
他又犯病了。
He gets funny turns, you know. It's his age.
他总是感觉不舒服。也是,他都这个岁数了。
You can use by turns to indicate that someone has two particular emotions or qualities, one after the other.
His tone was by turns angry and aggrieved.
他的语气时而透着愤怒,时而流露出哀怨。
If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen.
They were horrified at this unexpected turn of events.
这种出乎意料的形势变化让他们无比震惊。
If you say that something happens at every turn, you are emphasizing that it happens frequently or all the time, usually so that it prevents you from achieving what you want.
Its operations were hampered at every turn by inadequate numbers of trained staff...
因为缺乏训练有素的员工,其生产经营总是遇到各种障碍。
At every turn smoke and flame stopped efforts to get into the living quarters.
到处是烟雾和火焰,根本无法进入住处。
If you do someone a good turn, you do something that helps or benefits them.
He did you a good turn by resigning...
他辞职对你有利。
One good turn deserves another.
善有善报。
If someone turns a place inside out or upside down, they search it very thoroughly and usually make it very untidy.
They hadn't found a scrap of evidence though they had turned his flat inside out.
他们虽然把他的公寓翻了个底朝天,却没有找到一丝证据。
If something such as a system or way of life is turned inside out or upside down, it is changed completely, making people confused or upset.
He felt too shocked to move. His world had been turned upside down.
他惊呆了。他的世界已经完全被打乱了。
You use in turn to refer to actions or events that are in a sequence one after the other, for example because one causes the other.
One of the members of the surgical team leaked the story to a fellow physician who, in turn, confided in a reporter.
手术小组的一名成员把这个消息泄露给了在一起工作的一个内科医生,后者又透露给了一位记者。
If each person in a group does something in turn, they do it one after the other in a fixed or agreed order.
There were cheers for each of the women as they spoke in turn.
当这些女人们逐一发言时,她们每个人都赢得了喝彩声。
If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.
She was of a rational turn of mind.
她是个理性的人。
If you speak out of turn or talk out of turn, you say something that you do not have the right or authority to say.
I hope I haven't spoken out of turn.
希望我没有多嘴。
If a person, animal, or vehicle has a good turn of speed, they have the ability to move fast.
If two or more people take turns to do something, or in British English take it in turns to do something, they do it one after the other several times, rather than doing it together.
We took turns to drive the car...
我们轮流开车。
Ted and I took it in turns to go into hospital and sit with Emma.
我和特德轮流去医院陪护埃玛。
If a situation takes a turn for the worse, it suddenly becomes worse. If a situation takes a turn for the better, it suddenly becomes better.
Her condition took a sharp turn for the worse.
她的病情突然急剧恶化。
1. a circular segment of a curve;
2. the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course;
3. the activity of doing something in an agreed succession;
4. an unforeseen development;
5. a movement in a new direction;
6. turning away or in the opposite direction;
7. turning or twisting around (in place);
8. a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else);
9. (sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive
10. a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program;
11. a favor for someone;
12. taking a short walk out and back;
1. change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense;
2. undergo a change or development;
3. undergo a transformation or a change of position or action;
4. cause to move around or rotate;
5. pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become;
6. to send or let go;
7. pass to the other side of;
8. move around an axis or a center;
9. cause to move around a center so as to show another side of;
10. change to the contrary;
11. to break and turn over earth especially with a plow;
12. change color;
13. cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics;
14. let (something) fall or spill a container;
15. twist suddenly so as to sprain;
16. shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel;
17. go sour or spoil;
18. accomplish by rotating;
19. get by buying and selling;
20. cause to move along an axis or into a new direction;
21. channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something;
22. cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;
23. alter the functioning or setting of;
24. direct at someone;
25. have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to;
26. become officially one year older;
become, get, grow, turn, go, come
这些动词均可表示"变成,成为"之意。
change, alter, vary, convert, modify, transform, turn
这些动词均含有"变化,改变"之意。
rotate, revolve, roll, spin, turn, whirl, circle
这些动词均有"转动,旋转"之意。
do someone a good (或 bad) turn
做有利(或有损)某人的事
not know which way (或 where) to turn
不知该怎么办;彻底地迷惘
not turn a hair
one good turn deserves another
(谚)施惠者应受惠;好心应有好报
on the turn
处于转折点;正在转变
speak (或 talk) out of turn
冒失或傻乎乎地说
take turns (或 take it in turns)
轮流,依次
turn and turn about
(主英)轮流地;依次
turn one's back on
turn the (或 a) corner
转过拐角到另一条街
渡过危机,情况好转
turn one's hand to something
turn one's head
turn heads
turn an honest penny
If you turn the envelope upside down, the key will fall out.
你如果把信封倒过来, 钥匙就会掉出.
If a writer does not go deep among the masses, he cannot expect to turn out good works.
当作家而不深入群众, 就不会写出好作品来.
Please turn to page twelve.
请翻到十二页.
Turn the picture round to face the wall.
把画转过去面对墙.
The students were summoned in turn to be interviewed.
学生依次被召入进行口试.
vt. 使变化;改变
vt. 使转动,使旋转
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vi. 变酸;变质;变色
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