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0 to (cause to) move in a circle around a fixed point or line
1 to (cause to) change the direction in which you are facing or moving
The path twists and turns for the next half mile. 接下來這條小路有半英里是彎彎曲曲的。
We have to turn down/into/up the next road on the right. 我們必須在下一個路口往右拐。
Plants tend to turn towards the source of light. 植物往往朝向光源生長。
She turned to face him. 她轉過身面對他。
He turned round and waved to us. 他轉身向我們招手。
He turned on his heel (= turned quickly to face the opposite direction) and left the room. 他迅速轉身離開了房間。
The person on my left turned to me and whispered "Not another speech!" 我左邊的人轉向我,耳語道:「可別再來一場演講!」
His wife tried to speak to him, but he turned his back (on her)/turned away (from her) (= moved so that his back, not his face, was towards her to show his anger). 他的妻子想跟他說話,可他卻轉過身去不予理睬。
At about three o'clock, the tide started to turn (= the sea started to come closer to or move away from the beach). 大約三點鐘,潮水開始湧動。
I'll just turn the car round and go back the way we came. 我這就調轉車頭,原路返回。
We watched until the car had turned (= gone around) the corner. 我們一直看著那輛車拐彎後才作罷。
The army turned their guns on (= pointed them at and started to shoot at) the protesters. 軍隊朝抗議者開槍。
She can turn (= perform) a somersault. 她會空翻。
2 to move, or to move an object or page, so that a different side or surface is on the top
Now turn the page, please, and start work on Exercise 2. 現在請翻到下一頁,開始做練習二。
He turned over two or three pages. 他翻了兩三頁。
She put out the light, turned over (= rolled in order to face in another direction) and went to sleep. 她熄了燈,翻個身,就睡著了。
Now turn to (= open the book at) page 23 and look at the first paragraph. 現在請翻到第23頁,看第一段。
3 to (cause to) become, change into, or come to be something
The mood of the meeting turned solemn when the extent of the problem became known. 當問題的嚴重程度披露後,會議的氣氛開始變得嚴肅起來。
The companies worked well together for a while, but eventually the relationship turned sour (= became bad). 這些公司一度合作得很好,但最後關係鬧僵了。
Keele, pop star turned business tycoon, has launched a new range of cosmetics. 基爾,從流行音樂歌星搖身成為商業鉅子,已經推出了一個新系列的化妝品。
The dry weather turned the soil into/to concrete. 乾旱天氣使土壤板結。
By the end of September, the leaves have started to turn (= become brown). 到九月底,葉子就開始變黃。
Her attitude turned from politely interested to enthusiastic during the course of our conversation. 在我們談話期間,她的態度發生轉變,先是出於禮貌表示感興趣,後來就變得很熱情。
She turned 18 last year. 她去年滿18歲。
It's just turned ten o'clock. 剛到十點。
4 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
5 to damage the muscles in the foot by suddenly twisting it too strongly
6 to shape a piece of wood while it is attached to a machine that spins it
a turned bowl 車成的碗
7 an opportunity or a duty to do something at a particular time or in a particular order, before or after other people
8 an action that causes something to move in a circle round a fixed point
9 a change in the direction in which you are moving or facing
10 to develop in a particular way
The battle for control of the company took an interesting turn today. 控制公司的爭奪戰今天發生了有趣的變化。
Events took an unexpected turn when her mother suddenly arrived. 她母親突然到來,情況發生了意想不到的變化。
Their relationship took a turn for the worse when he lost his job. 他失業後,他們的關係變得更糟。
11 a stage act or performance