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turn
tɜːʳn tɜːn tɜrn
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense turns, present participle turning, past tense , past participle turned

  • Turn is used in a large number of other expressions which are explained under other words in the dictionary. For example, the expression ‘turn over a new leaf’ is explained at leaf.

    turn 还有许多其他用法，在本词典其他词条下作了解释。例如，turn over a new leaf 这一表达在 leaf 词条下作了解释。

1 VERB 转动;转身;扭转 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. 转动;转身;扭转 [Also VERB n]

  • He turned abruptly and walked away. [VERB]

    他突然转身走了。

  • He turned to his publicist and jokingly asked, 'What's next?'… [VERB prep./adv.]

    他转向他的宣传员开玩笑地问道：“下一个是什么？”

  • He sighed, turning away and surveying the sea. [VERB prep./adv.]

    他叹口气，转身远眺大海。

  • He turned his head left and right. [VERB noun adv./prep.]

    他左右转动脑袋。

  • He waited for the woman to turn her face back to the road. [VERB noun adv./prep.]

    他等待那个女人把脸转回路这边。

SYN change course, swing round, wheel round, veer
Turn around or turn round means the same as turn .turn around 或 turn round 同 turn

  • I felt a tapping on my shoulder and I turned around.

    我感到有人拍了一下我的肩膀，于是转过身去。

  • Turn your upper body round so that your shoulders are facing to the side.

    转动上身，让双肩朝向一侧。

2 VERB 转动;使转向;使改变方向 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. 转动;使转向;使改变方向

  • They turned their telescopes towards other nearby galaxies. [VERB noun prep./adv.]

    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… [VERB noun prep./adv.]

    把蛋糕翻到合适的方向对准金属丝架上。

  • I turned my jacket inside out… [VERB noun prep./adv.]

    我把夹克衫翻了个面。

  • She had turned the bedside chair to face the door. [VERB noun to-infinitive]

    她把床头椅转向正对门的方向。

  • The lid, turned upside down, served as a coffee table. [VERB-ed]

    那个盖子被翻过来当作咖啡桌。

3 V-ERG (使)转动;(使)旋转 When something such as a wheel turns, or when you turn it, it continually moves around in a particular direction. (使)转动;(使)旋转

  • As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay. [VERB]

    轮子一边转动，制陶工人一边拉坯。

  • The engine turned a propeller. [VERB noun]

    发动机使螺旋桨旋转起来。

SYN rotate, spin, go round (and round), revolve
4 V-ERG 转动，旋动(钥匙、把手、开关等) 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. 转动，旋动(钥匙、把手、开关等)

  • Turn a special key, press the brake pedal, and your car's brakes lock. [VERB noun]

    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. [VERB noun prep./adv.]

    把温度调到很低，煮 20 分钟。

  • I tried the doorknob and it turned. [VERB]

    我试了试门把手，结果它转动了。

5 VERB 转向;拐（弯） When you turn in a particular direction or turn a corner, you change the direction in which you are moving or travelling. 转向;拐（弯）

  • He turned into the narrow terraced street where he lived… [VERB prep./adv.]

    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. [VERB prep./adv.]

    现在向右拐沿西渡路往前走。

  • The man with the umbrella turned the corner again. [VERB noun]

    拿伞的人又拐进了拐角处。

Turn is also a noun.

  • You can't do a right-hand turn here.

    此处禁止右拐。

6 VERB (路、河)拐弯，转弯 The point where a road, path, or river turns, is the point where it has a bend or curve in it. (路、河)拐弯，转弯 [Also VERB]

  • ...the corner where Tenterfield Road turned into the main road. [VERB prep./adv.]

    滕特菲尔德路拐向主道的岔路口

SYN bend, curve, meander, wind
Turn is also a noun.

  • ...a sharp turn in the road.

    路上的急转弯

7 VERB (潮)涨，落 When the tide turns, it starts coming in or going out. (潮)涨，落

  • There was not much time before the tide turned. [VERB]

    不久就要涨潮了。

8 VERB 翻(筋斗) When someone turns a cartwheel or a somersault, they do a cartwheel or somersault. 翻(筋斗)

  • They were still doing wild acrobatics in the yard, turning somersaults and cartwheels. [VERB noun]

    他们还在院子里一通杂耍，翻着跟头，玩着侧手翻。

SYN perform, do, carry out, execute
9 VERB 翻动(书页) 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. 翻动(书页)

  • He turned the pages of a file in front of him. [VERB noun]

    他翻阅面前的文件。

SYN flick through, thumb, skim, browse
10 VERB 指向;冲着;把…对准 If you turn a weapon or an aggressive feeling on someone, you point it at them or direct it at them. 指向;冲着;把…对准

  • He tried to turn the gun on me. [VERB noun + on]

    他企图把枪对准我。

  • The crowd then turned their anger on Prime Minister James Mitchell. [VERB noun + on]

    然后人群把怒火都撒向詹姆斯·米切尔总理。

11 VERB 翻到(某页码) If you turn to a particular page in a book or magazine, you open it at that page. 翻到(某页码)

  • To order, turn to page 236. [VERB + to]

    如需订购，参见 236 页。

12 VERB 开始思考;开始讨论;把(注意力等)转向 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. 开始思考;开始讨论;把(注意力等)转向

  • We turned our attention to the practical matters relating to forming a company. [VERB noun + to]

    我们开始考虑有关成立公司的具体事宜。

  • We turn now to the British news. [VERB + to]

    我们现在来关注英国新闻。

13 VERB 求助于;求教于 If you turn to someone, you ask for their help or advice. 求助于;求教于

  • For assistance, they turned to one of the city's most innovative museums. [VERB + to]

    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. [VERB to noun]

    没人可以求助，没人可以诉说。

14 VERB 致力于;开始从事;启用 If you turn to a particular activity, job, or way of doing something, you start doing or using it. 致力于;开始从事;启用

  • These communities are now turning to recycling in large numbers. [V + to/from]

    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… [V to/from n/-ing]

    超级大国开始着手削减核武器库这项更为艰难的工作。

  • Universities are turning from academic to commercial sponsorship. [V to/from n/-ing]

    各大学正从学术赞助转而寻求商业赞助。

15 V-ERG (使)变成;(使)成为 To turn or be turned into something means to become that thing. (使)变成;(使)成为 [Also VERB n + to]

  • A prince turns into a frog in this cartoon fairytale. [V + into/to]

    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… [V into/to n]

    当送葬队走到墓地时，他们更加悲恸欲绝。

  • The hated dictator had turned his country into one of the poorest police states in Europe. [VERB noun + into]

    这个为人深恶痛绝的独裁者把他的国家变成了欧洲最贫穷的极权国家之一。

  • He soon turned his dreams to reality. [V n into/to n]

    他不久便梦想成真了。

  • …an MP turned diplomat. [VERB-ed]

    成为外交官的下院议员

16 V-LINK (用于形容词前)变为，变得 You can use turn before an adjective to indicate that something or someone changes by acquiring the quality described by the adjective. (用于形容词前)变为，变得

  • If the bailiff thinks that things could turn nasty he will enlist the help of the police. [VERB adj.ive]

    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. [VERB adj.ive]

    她宣布自己即将成为职业选手。

SYN become, get, grow, come to be
17 V-LINK-ERG (使)变成(某种颜色) If something turns a particular colour or if something turns it a particular colour, it becomes that colour. (使)变成(某种颜色)

  • The sea would turn pale pink and the sky blood red. [V colour]

    大海会变成浅粉色，天空则变成血红色。

  • Her contact lenses turned her eyes green. [V n colour]

    隐形眼镜把她的眼睛变成了绿色。

18 V-LINK (天气)变得 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. (天气)变得

  • If it turns cold, cover plants. [VERB adj.ive]

    如果天气变冷，就把植物盖起来。

  • The weather had turned warm and thundery overnight. [VERB adj.ive]

    天气一夜之间就转暖，而且雷声阵阵。

19 N-COUNT (时局或趋势的)逆转，转变，变化 If a situation or trend takes a particular kind of turn, it changes so that it starts developing in a different or opposite way. (时局或趋势的)逆转，转变，变化 [Also + in]

  • 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

  • Retailers have given up waiting for a turn in the housing market.

    零售商们已放弃等待房产市场上的转机。

SYN direction, course, tack, swing
20 V-ERG （使）(比赛)出现逆转 In sports, if a game turns, or is turned, something significant happens which changes the way the game is developing. （使）(比赛)出现逆转 [British, journalism]

  • The game turned in the 56th minute. [VERB]

    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. [VERB noun]

    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

21 VERB [no passive] 赚得，获得(利润) If a business turns a profit, it earns more money than it spends. 赚得，获得(利润) [US, business]

  • The firm will be able to service debt and still turn a modest profit. [VERB noun]

    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. [VERB noun]

    他说票价太低，根本无利可图。

SYN make, produce, generate, yield
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 make, return
22 VERB 达到(…年龄);到(…点钟) When someone turns a particular age, they pass that age. When it turns a particular time, it passes that time. 达到(…年龄);到(…点钟)

  • It was his ambition to accumulate a million dollars before he turned thirty. [VERB noun]

    他立志要在而立之年以前攒够 100 万美元。

  • It had just turned twelve o'clock. [VERB noun]

    刚过 12 点。

SYN reach, become, hit [informal] , pass
23 N-SING 世纪之交/新年伊始 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. 世纪之交/新年伊始

  • They fled to South America around the turn of the century. [+ of]

    他们在世纪之交逃到了南美洲。

24 VERB 使成形;车削 When someone turns a wooden or metal object that they are making, they shape it using a special tool. 使成形;车削

  • ...the joys of making a living from turning wood. [VERB noun]

    靠车削木材谋生的乐趣

  • …finely-turned metal. [VERB-ed]

    精心车削的金属

SYN shape, form, fashion, cast
25 N-COUNT [usually with poss, oft NOUN to-infinitive, N -ing] (依次轮流时的)轮班，次序，轮番 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. (依次轮流时的)轮班，次序，轮番

  • Tonight it's my turn to cook.

    今晚该我做饭了。

  • Let each child have a turn at fishing. [+ at]

    让每个孩子轮流钓鱼。

  • Students are expected to take their turn leading the study group.

    学生们要依次轮流当学习小组的组长。

SYN opportunity, go, spell, shot [informal]
26 N-COUNT (疾病的)瞬间发作 If you say that someone is having a turn, you mean they feel suddenly very unwell for a short period of time. (疾病的)瞬间发作 [British, informal]

  • 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。

27 See also: turning 
28 PHRASE （表示两种感情或品质的交替）时而，间或 You can use by turns to indicate that someone has two particular emotions or qualities, one after the other. （表示两种感情或品质的交替）时而，间或

  • 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。

SYN alternately, in succession, turn and turn about, reciprocally
29 PHRASE 形势的变化 If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen. 形势的变化

  • 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。

SYN development, incident, circumstance, occurrence
30 PHRASE 每每;总是;处处 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. 每每;总是;处处 [emphasis]

  • 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。

SYN repeatedly, always, constantly, all the time
31 PHRASE (对…)有利的事,有帮助的事 If you do someone a good turn, you do something that helps or benefits them. (对…)有利的事,有帮助的事

  • He did you a good turn by resigning.

    他辞职对你有利。

  • One good turn deserves another.

    善有善报。

32 PHRASE 彻底搜查;把…翻个底朝天 If someone turns a place inside out or upside down, they search it very thoroughly and usually make it very untidy. 彻底搜查;把…翻个底朝天

  • 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。

33 PHRASE 彻底改变，完全搅乱（体制或生活方式） 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. 彻底改变，完全搅乱（体制或生活方式）

  • 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。

34 PHRASE 继而;转而;反过来 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. 继而;转而;反过来

  • 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。

35 PHRASE 逐一;依次;轮流地 If each person in a group does something in turn, they do it one after the other in a fixed or agreed order. 逐一;依次;轮流地

  • 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。

36 PHRASE 思维;性情;秉性 If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character. 思维;性情;秉性

  • She was of a rational turn of mind.

    她是个理性的人。

SYN bent, tendency, bias, inclination
37 PHRASE 冒失地说;说话出格 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. 冒失地说;说话出格

  • I hope I haven't spoken out of turn.

    希望我没有多嘴。

38 PHRASE [PHRASE after verb] 速度;脚力;马力 If a person, animal, or vehicle has a good turn of speed, they have the ability to move fast. 速度;脚力;马力 [British]
39 PHRASE 轮流;依次 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. 轮流;依次

  • 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。

40 PHRASE (情况)突然恶化/突然好转 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. (情况)突然恶化/突然好转

  • Her condition took a sharp turn for the worse.

    她的病情突然急剧恶化。

Phrasal verbs:
turn against turn around turn away turn back turn down turn in turn off turn on turn out turn over turn over to turn round turn up
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bend, pivot, revolve, rotate, spin, twist 1 2 3 4

become 16 17 18

N.

chance, opportunity 25

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