turn是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to (cause to) move in a circle around a fixed point or line -- （使）转动；（使）旋转

  • The 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。

  • 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。

• 1 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。

  • The 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。

  • He turned round and waved to us. 他转身向我们招手。

  • He 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。

  • The 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！”

  • 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). 他的妻子想跟他说话，可他却转过身去不予理睬。

  • 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。

  • I'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。

  • The army turned their guns on (= pointed them at and started to shoot at) the protesters. 军队朝抗议者开枪。

  • She can turn (= perform) a somersault. 她会空翻。

• 2 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。

  • She 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。

  • She 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。

  • Now 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。

• 3 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。

  • The 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。

  • Her 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。

  • She turned 18 last year. 她去年满18岁。

  • It's just turned ten o'clock. 刚到10点。

• 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 -- 旋动，拧动（操纵装置）；（为升高或降低…而）旋动，拧动

  • Turn off/out the light. 关灯。

  • Who turned the TV on? 谁开的电视？

  • I asked him to turn down the heating. 我叫他把暖气关小一点。

  • Turn 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。

  • The heater turns off (= can be switched off) using this switch. 用这个开关可以关闭暖气。

• 5 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。

• 6 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

• 7 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。

  • It's your turn to do the dishes! 轮到你洗碗了！

  • In 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���会。

  • We take turns answering the phone. 我们轮流接电话。

  • Each of us takes a break in turn. 我们轮流休息。

• 8 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。

• 9 a change in the direction in which you are moving or facing -- 转向，转弯

  • When 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。

  • The path was full of twists and turns. 这条小路弯弯曲曲。

  • The tide is on the turn. 要涨潮了。

  • the turn of the tide 潮流的转变

  • She was born around the turn of the century (= around 1900, 2000, etc.). 她出生于世纪之交。

• 10 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。

  • Events took an unexpected turn when her mother suddenly arrived. 她母亲突然到来，情况发生了意想不到的变化。

  • 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。

• 11 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。

• 12 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。

  • It 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。