turn
turn
verb
at every turn
turn about
verb
- move or cause to move in a circular direction wholly or partly around an axis or point
（使）转动，旋转
[no obj.]the big wheel was turning.
这个大轮子正在旋转。
[with obj.]I turned the key in the door and crept in.
我转动门上的钥匙，蹑手蹑脚地进去了。
■[with obj. and adverbial]move (something) so that it is in a different position in relation to its surroundings or its previous position
翻动，翻转
we waited in suspense for him to turn the cards over.
我们焦虑地等他翻牌。
■[with obj.]move (a page) over so that it is flat against the previous or next page
翻开（书页）
she turned a page noisily.
她哗啦一声翻了一页书。
[no obj.]turn to page five for the answer.
把书翻到第5页找答案。
■change or cause to change direction
（使）改变方向
[no obj., with adverbial of direction]we turned round and headed back to the house.
我们转了个身，回房了。
■[with obj. and adverbial]aim, point, or direct (something)
瞄准，指向，指引
she turned her head towards me.
她把头转向我。
the government has now turned its attention to primary schools.
政府现在已经把注意力转向了小学。
■[no obj.]change the position of one's body so that one is facing in a different direction
转动身体
Charlie turned and looked at his friend.
查理转过身子，看着他的朋友。
■[no obj.](of the tide) change from flood to ebb or vice versa
涨潮或落潮
■[with obj.]pass round (the flank or defensive lines of an army) so as to attack it from the side or rear
包抄（敌军）
■[with obj.]perform (a somersault or cartwheel)
翻跟斗
■[with obj.]twist or sprain (an ankle)
扭伤（脚踝）
■[with obj. and adverbial]fold or unfold (fabric or a piece of a garment) in the specified way
把（布，衣服的一部分）折叠，展开
he turned up the collar of his coat.
他把大衣的领子翻了上去。
■[with obj.]remake (a garment or a sheet), putting the worn outer side on the inside
翻新（衣服，被单）把磨损的外面翻折作内面
■[with obj.][usu. as adj. turned](Printing)set or print (a type or letter) upside down
(印刷)倒排，倒空
■[with obj.](archaic)bend back (the edge of a blade) so as to make it blunt
(古)弯曲（刀锋）使变钝 - [no obj., with complement or adverbial]change in nature, state, form, or colour; become
（性质、状态、形态或颜色方面）转变；变成
Emmeline turned pale.
埃米琳脸色变得苍白。
the slight drizzle turned into a downpour.
毛毛细雨变成了瓢泼大雨。
■[with obj. and complement or adverbial]cause to change in such a way; cause to become
使改变；使变成
potatoes are covered with sacking to keep the light from turning them green.
马铃薯上罩着帆布蔽光以免变绿。
■[no obj.](of leaves) change colour in the autumn
（秋日树叶）变色
■[with obj.]pass the age or time of
超过（一定年纪，时间）
I've just turned forty.
我刚过40。
■(with reference to milk) make or become sour
（牛奶）变酸
[with obj.]the thunder had turned the milk.
打雷使牛奶变酸了。
■(with reference to the stomach) make or become nauseated
（胃）作呕，恶心
[with obj.]the smell was bad enough to turn the strongest stomach.
这味难闻得足以使任何人都恶心。
■[with obj. and complement or adverbial]send or put into a specified place or condition
使处于（某地或某环境）
the dogs were turned loose on the crowd.
放狗攻击人群。 - [no obj.](turn to)start doing or becoming involved with
开始做…；卷入，涉及
in 1939 he turned to films in earnest.
1939年他开始认真地拍电影。
■go on to consider next
继而考虑（下一个）
we can now turn to another aspect of the problem.
我们现在可以继而考虑这个问题的另一方面。
■go to for help, advice, or information
求助于；求教于；查阅
who can she turn to?.
她能指望谁？。
■have recourse to (something, especially something dangerous or unhealthy)
借助（某物，尤指危险或不健康的事物）
he turned to drink and drugs for solace.
他开始在酒精、毒品中寻求慰藉。 - [with obj.]shape (something) on a lathe
车削
the faceplate is turned rather than cast.
这个花盘是车出来的，而不是铸出来的。
■give a graceful or elegant form to
使…形状变得优美（或雅致）
[as adj., with submodifier]a production full of so many finely turned words.
一部有如此多优美语言的作品。
■make (a profit)
赢（利）
- an act of moving something in a circular direction around an axis or point
转动，旋转
a safety lock requiring four turns of the key.
需要转动钥匙4次的保险锁。
■a change of direction when moving
转向
they made a left turn and picked up speed.
他们左转弯，并加快了速度。
■a development or change in circumstances or a course of events
情况（或事件的）发展（或改变）
life has taken a turn for the better.
生活开始变好。
■a time when one specified period of time ends and another begins
（时间上的）转折点，交替时刻
the turn of the century.
世纪之交。
■a bend or curve in a road, path, river, etc
（道路、路线、河流等的）转弯，曲折
the twists and turns in the passageways.
过道上的弯弯曲曲。
■a place where a road meets or branches off another; a turning
两条路的汇合处；岔路口；道路转弯处
■[mass noun](Cricket)deviation in the direction of the ball when bouncing off the pitch
(板球)（球）弹地转向
■(the turn)the beginning of the second nine holes of a round of golf
（高尔夫球中）回程开始点（后九洞的开始）
he made the turn in one under par.
他到达回程开始点时比标准杆少一杆。
■a change of the tide from ebb to flow or vice versa
涨潮或落潮
■one round in a coil of rope or other material
（一卷绳子等的）一圈 - an opportunity or obligation to do something that comes successively to each of a number of people
轮到的机会，顺次
it was his turn to speak.
轮到他说话了。
■a short performance, especially one of a number given by different performers in succession
（尤指轮流表演的）短小节目
a comic turn.
一个喜剧小节目。
■a performer giving such a performance
短小节目表演者 - a short walk or ride
（短程）散步（或骑马），蹓跶
why don't you take a turn around the garden?.
你为什么不绕花园蹓跶上一圈？。 - (informal)a shock
(非正式)吓唬，惊吓
you gave us quite a turn!.
你让我们大吃一惊！。
■a brief feeling or experience of illness
（短暂的）生病
tell me how you feel when you have these funny turns.
告诉我你得上这些怪病时的感受。 - the difference between the buying and selling price of stocks or other financial products
（股票等的）买卖差价
■a profit made from such a difference
差价利润 - (Music)a melodic ornament consisting of the principal note with those above and below it
(乐)回音
at every turn
- on every occasion; continually
每次；一再
her name seemed to come up at every turn.
她的名字似乎一再出现。
- one after the other; alternately
轮流地；交替地
he was by turns amused and mildly annoyed by her.
他一会儿被她逗笑，一会儿又被她惹得有点烦。
- do something that is helpful (or unhelpful) for someone
做有利（或有损）某人的事
- in succession; one after the other
轮流地；依次地
everyone took it in turn to attack my work.
每人轮番对我的工作进行抨击。
■(亦作 in one's/its turn)used to convey that an action, process, or situation is the result or product of a previous one
轮到时；接着
he would shout until she, in her turn, lost her temper.
他会大声喊叫，直到她接着开始发脾气。
- not know what to do; be completely at a loss
不知该怎么办；彻底地迷惘
- 见 hair
- (proverb)if someone does you a favour, you should take the chance to repay it
(谚)施惠者应受惠；好心应有好报
- at a turning point; in a state of change
处于转折点；正在转变
my luck is on the turn.
我开始转运了。
■(of certain foods or liquids) going off
（某些食物，液体）正在变质
the smell of meat on the turn.
变质肉的味道。
- at a time when it is not one's turn
没轮到，未按正当顺序地
- speak in a tactless or foolish way
冒失或傻乎乎地说
- (of two or more people) do something alternately or in succession
轮流，依次
- to exactly the right degree (used especially in relation to cooking)
（尤指烹调得）恰到好处
beefburgers done to a turn.
火候正好的汉堡牛排。
- (chiefly Brit.)one after another; in succession
(主英)轮流地；依次
the two men were working in rotation, turn and turn about.
这两个人轮流上班。
- 见 back
- pass round a corner into another street
转过拐角到另一条街 - pass the critical point and start to improve
渡过危机，情况好转
- 见 deaf
- 见 hand
- 见 head
- 见 head
- 见 honest
- 见 grave
- a particular way of thinking
习性，性格
people with a practical turn of mind.
天性实际的人。
- the ability to go fast when necessary
加速能力
- 见 heel
- 见 cheek
- start to act or behave in a better or more responsible way
开始新的一页；开始做得更好（或更负责任）
- think about or consider something thoroughly
彻底考虑
- (informal)used to convey that someone's actions or words are perceived as unexpected, unwelcome, or confrontational
(非正式)转变，反过来（指某人的行动或话语被认为出人意料，不受欢迎或具对抗性质的）
then she just turned round and said she wasn't coming after all.
然后她又反过来说她终究不会来。
- 见 scale
- 见 table
- (informal)turn round and run away
(非正式)转身逃跑
- reverse the trend of events
扭转趋势
- 见 account
- 见 trick
- 见 turtle
- 见 nose
- Old English tyrnan, turnian (verb), from Latin tornare, from tornus 'lathe', from Greek tornos 'lathe, circular movement'; probably reinforced in Middle English by Old French turner. The noun (Middle English) is partly from Anglo-Norman French tourn, partly from the verb
turn about
- move so as to face in the opposite direction
转身，回头
Alice turned about and walked down the corridor.
艾丽丝转过身，沿着走廊走去。
- become (or cause someone to become) hostile towards
（使）与（某人）为敌，（使）转而反对
public opinion turned against him.
公众舆论转而反对他。
- (chiefly N. Amer.)(主北美)
见turn something round
- refuse to allow someone to enter or pass through a place
不让进入（或通过）
- go (or cause to go) back in the direction in which one has come
（使）折回
they turned back before reaching the church.
他们还没到教堂就折回去了。
- reject an offer or application made by someone
拒绝（某人的建议或申请）
the RAF turned him down on medical grounds.
英国皇家空军以健康为由拒绝了他的申请。
- reject something offered or proposed
拒绝
his novel was turned down by publisher after publisher.
他的小说遭到一个又一个出版商的拒绝。 - adjust a control on an electrical device to reduce the volume, heat, etc.
调低（声音、温度等）
- (informal)go to bed in the evening
(非正式)（晚上）上床睡觉
- hand someone over to the authorities
告发，检举
- give something to someone in authority
提交，呈递
I've turned in my resignation.
我已提交辞呈。
■produce or achieve a particular score or a performance of a specified quality
获得分数；取得成绩
- leave one road in order to join another
转上另一条路
- (informal)cause someone to feel bored, disgusted, or sexually repelled
(非正式)使（某人）感到乏味（或厌恶、性反感）
- stop the operation or flow of something by means of a tap, switch, or button
（用龙头、开关、按钮）关掉
remember to turn off the gas.
要记得关煤气。 。
■operate a tap or switch in order to do this
关（龙头，开关）
- suddenly attack (someone) physically or verbally
突然攻击
he turned on her with cold savagery.
他突然冷酷残忍地对待她。 - have as the main topic or point of interest
作为重要（或感兴趣）的话题
for most businessmen, the central questions will turn on taxation.
对绝大多数商人来说，中心问题总是离不开税收。
- (informal)excite or stimulate the interest of someone, especially sexually
(非正式)（尤指在性方面）刺激某人，激发某人性欲
- start the flow or operation of something by means of a tap, switch, or button
（用龙头、开关、按钮）打开
she turned on the TV.
她打开电视机。
■operate a tap or switch in order to do this
打开（龙头，开关）
- (informal)cause someone to become interested or involved in (something, especially drugs)
(非正式)使（某人）对（某物，尤指毒品）感兴趣
he turned her on to heroin.
他使她对海洛因感兴趣。
- prove to be the case
结果（是），原来（是），证明（是）
the job turned out to be beyond his rather limited abilities.
这项工作证明超出了他那非常有限的能力。 - go somewhere in order to do something, especially to attend a meeting, to play in a match, or to vote
去某地做某事（尤指参加会议、比赛、投票），出来
over 75 per cent of the electorate turned out to vote.
超过75%的选民出来投票。
- eject or expel someone from a place
赶走，驱逐 - (Military)call a guard from the guardroom
(军)集合，召集 - (be turned out)be dressed in the manner specified
穿着
she was smartly turned out and as well groomed as always.
她穿着靓丽，打扮得像往常一样利索。
- extinguish a light
关灯 - produce something
生产
the plant takes 53 hours to turn out each car.
这个工厂生产一辆汽车要花53个小时。 - empty something, especially one's pockets
倒空（某物，尤指口袋）
■(Brit.)clean out a drawer, room, etc. by taking out and reorganizing its contents
(英)把（抽屉、房间里的东西）翻出来进行整理 - tip prepared food from a mould or other container
（把做好的食物）从模子里倒出
- (of an engine) start or continue to run properly
（引擎）发动，持续运转
- deliver someone to the care or custody of (another person or body, especially one in authority)
把…移交
they turned him over to the police.
他们把他移交警方。
- cause an engine to run
使引擎运转 - transfer control or management of something to someone else
移交（控制、管理权）
a plan to turn the pub over to a new manager.
一项把酒吧移交给新经理的计划。 - change the function or use of something
改变（功能或作用）
the works was turned over to the production of aircraft parts.
这家工厂转产飞机部件了。 - (informal)rob a place
(非正式)抢劫 - (of a business) have a turnover of a specified amount
营业额达
last year the company turned over £12 million.
去年，这家公司营业额达1,200万英镑。
- prepare a ship or aircraft for its return journey
（船或飞机）准备返航 - reverse the previously poor performance of something, especially a company, and make it successful
（尤指公司）情况好转
- be found, especially by chance, after being lost
（尤指丢失后偶然）找到
all the missing documents had turned up.
所有曾丢失的文件都找到了。 - put in an appearance; arrive
出现；到达
half the guests failed to turn up.
有一半的客人没到。
- increase the volume or strength of sound, heat, etc. by turning a knob or switch on a device
把（声音，暖气等）调大 - reveal or discover something
显示，发现
New Yorkers confidently expect the inquiry to turn up nothing.
纽约人自信这个调查不会有什么发现。 - shorten a garment by raising the hem
（折摺）使衣服变短
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