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AHD:[tûrn]
D.J.[t*8n]
K.K.[t)n]
【基本詞意】
v.（動詞）
turned, turn.ing, turns
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To cause to move around an axis or a center; cause to rotate or revolve.
使旋轉(zhuǎn),轉(zhuǎn)動：使繞著一個軸或中心移動；使轉(zhuǎn)動或旋轉(zhuǎn)
To cause to move around in order to achieve a result, such as opening, closing, tightening, or loosening:
轉(zhuǎn)動：使轉(zhuǎn)動以達到某種結(jié)果,如打開、關(guān)閉、擰緊或擰松：
turn the key; turn a screw.
轉(zhuǎn)動鑰匙；擰動螺絲釘
To alter or control the functioning of (a mechanical device, for example) by the use of a rotating or similar movement:
扭動,旋動：通過旋轉(zhuǎn)或類似動作改變或控制（如機械裝置）的功能：
Please turn the iron to a hotter setting.
請把熨斗旋動到更熱
To perform or accomplish by rotating or revolving:
翻,翻轉(zhuǎn)：通過轉(zhuǎn)動或旋轉(zhuǎn)來執(zhí)行或完成：
turn a somersault.
翻筋斗
To change the position of so that the underside becomes the upper side:
翻轉(zhuǎn)：改變…的位置而使下面的成為上面的：
turn the steak; turn a page.
翻轉(zhuǎn)牛排；翻一頁書
To spade or plow (soil) to bring the undersoil to the surface.
翻耕,翻土：翻（土）或犁（土）,從而把下面的泥土翻到表面上來
To reverse and resew the material of (a collar, for example).
翻修：用翻料或重縫的方法修整（如領(lǐng)子）
To revolve in the mind; meditate on; ponder.
盤算；反復(fù)思考；考慮
To give a rounded form to (wood, for example) by rotating against a cutting tool.
車削：在切割工具上旋轉(zhuǎn)而使（如木頭）成為圓形
To give a rounded shape to (clay, for example) by rotating and shaping with the hands or tools.
使成形,使成圓形：用手或工具旋轉(zhuǎn)和定型而使（例如粘土）成為圓形
To give a rounded form to:
使成圓形：
turn a heel in knitting a sock.
編織短襪時把腳的后跟織成圓形
To give distinctive, artistic, or graceful form to:
使變得形式優(yōu)美,使變得形狀勻稱：給予獨特,藝術(shù),優(yōu)雅的形式：
“They know precisely how to turn a dramatic line or phrase that is guaranteed to make the evening news”(William Safire)
“他們當(dāng)然知道如何寫出適合晚間新聞的文采優(yōu)美的詞句”(威廉·薩菲爾)
To change the position of by traversing an arc of a circle; pivot:
繞過,轉(zhuǎn)動：繞過一段圓弧改變位置；使繞樞軸轉(zhuǎn)動：
turned his chair toward the speaker.
轉(zhuǎn)動椅子面向說話人
To cause (a scale) to move up or down so as to register weight:
稱重：使（秤臺）上下移動以記錄重量：
Even a feather will turn a delicate scale.
一臺精密的天平能稱出即使是一片羽毛的重量
To fold, bend, or twist (something).
使折疊,使彎曲,使扭曲
To change the position or disposition of by folding, bending, or twisting:
翻,翻轉(zhuǎn)：通過折疊、彎曲成扭曲而改變位置或姿式：
Turn the design right side up on all your jacket buttons. Turn the hat inside out.
把你外套上的紐扣的圖案翻轉(zhuǎn)正了.把帽子的里面翻出來
To make a bend or curve in:
弄彎：把…弄彎把…弄成曲線：
He could turn a bar of steel.
他能把一根鋼棒弄彎
To blunt or dull (the edge of a cutting instrument).
弄鈍,弄卷刃（切割工具的刃）
To injure by twisting:
扭傷：因扭曲而弄傷：
turn an ankle.
扭傷了腳踝
To upset or make nauseated:
使作嘔,使惡心：
That story turns my stomach.
這個故事令我作嘔
To change the direction or course of:
使…改變方向,使改變路程：
turn the car to the left.
把車朝左拐
To divert or deflect:
使轉(zhuǎn)向,使改變方向：
turn a stampede.
使群眾分心
To reverse the course of; cause to retreat:
使撤退；使掉頭：
“Then turn your forces from this paltry siege/And stir them up against a mightier task”(Shakespeare)
“那么把你的軍隊調(diào)離這足取的圍攻/而鼓動他們?nèi)ネ瓿筛D巨的任務(wù)”(莎士比亞)
To make a course around or about:
迂回,繞過,拐過：
turn a corner.
繞過拐角
To change the purpose, intention, or content of by persuasion or influence:
轉(zhuǎn)變,改變：通過勸說或施加影響而改變目的、意圖或傾向：
His speech turned my thinking.
他的演說改變了我的想法
To change the order or disposition of; unsettle:
使混亂,使迷亂；使錯亂：
“Sudden prosperity had turned [his]head” (Macaulay)
“飛來的橫財使〔他的〕 腦筋不太正?！?(麥考利)
To set in a specified way or direction by or as if by rotating or pivoting; point:
轉(zhuǎn)動：通過或好象通過旋轉(zhuǎn)或繞樞軸旋轉(zhuǎn)而放在一定的方向或形態(tài)；指向：
turn the antenna east.
把觸角轉(zhuǎn)向東
To present in a specified direction by or as if by rotating or pivoting:
朝向,轉(zhuǎn)彎：通過或好象旋轉(zhuǎn)或繞樞軸轉(zhuǎn)動而使出現(xiàn)在某一方向：
turn one's face to the wall.
將臉轉(zhuǎn)向墻
To aim or focus; train:
瞄準(zhǔn)或聚焦于；使對著：
turn one's gaze to the sky.
抬眼凝視天空
To devote or apply (oneself, for example) to something:
致力于,投身于：使（如自己）投身或致力于某事：
She turned herself to music.
她致力于音樂
To cause to act or go against; make antagonistic:
使反對,使敵對；使…成為敵人：
News of the scandal turned public opinion against the candidate.
關(guān)于丑聞的報道使公眾輿論都反對候選人
To cause to go in a specific direction; direct:
引導(dǎo),指導(dǎo)：使向某一特定方向運動；引導(dǎo)：
They turned their way back.
他們掉頭向回走
To send, drive, or let go:
驅(qū)趕,打發(fā),放走：
turn the bully out of the bar; turned the dog loose.
把這個惡棍趕出酒吧；把狗放開
To pour, let fall, or otherwise release (contents) from or into a receptacle:
倒,傾倒：傾倒或用其他方法把容器中的東西倒出或倒入容器：
Turn the dough onto a floured board.
把生面團倒在撒了面粉的板上
To cause to take on a specified character, nature, identity, or appearance; change or transform. Used with toorinto :
改變：使具有特定的性質(zhì)、本質(zhì)、身份或外形；改變或使變成.與to 或 into 連用：
water that had been turned to ice; turn a rundown house into a show place.
已變成冰的水；把一所破舊的房子改變成一個表演場所
To make sour; ferment:
使變酸；使變質(zhì)：
Lack of refrigeration turned the milk.
沒有電冰箱會使牛奶變質(zhì)
To affect or change the color of:
使變色,使顏色改變：
Autumn turns the green leaves golden.
秋天使綠葉變成了金黃色
To exchange; convert. Used with toorinto :
交換；轉(zhuǎn)換.與to 或 into 連用：
turns her singing talent into extra money.
把她的歌唱天賦轉(zhuǎn)換成外塊
To keep in circulation; sell and restock:
周轉(zhuǎn)：使流通；出賣然后再進貨：
We turned a great deal of merchandise during the holidays.
在假期中我們周轉(zhuǎn)大量的商品
To get by buying and selling:
賺取,掙得：通過買和賣而掙得：
turn a fair profit.
贏利情況不錯
【常用詞組】
turn away
To send away; dismiss:
把…打發(fā)走；解雇：
turned away the salesperson.
解雇了推銷員
To repel:
驅(qū)逐：
The poor location of the condominium turned away many prospective buyers.
公寓房偏僻的位置趕跑了許多很有希望的買主
To avert; deflect:
擋開；使轉(zhuǎn)向：
turned away all criticism.
擋開了所有的批評
turn back
To reverse one's direction of motion:
折回,往回走：掉轉(zhuǎn)某人的運動方向：
stopped on the road and had to turn back.
在公路上停了下來,只好往回走
To drive back and away:
使折回,趕回去：
turned back the uninvited comers.
把不速之客趕了回去
To halt the advance of:
使停止前進,擋?。?br/>managed to turn back the advancing army.
設(shè)法擋住了向前推進的軍隊
To fold down:
翻起,折轉(zhuǎn)：
Turn back the corner of the page to save your place in the book.
在書角上折一下來作讀到哪里的記號
turn down
To diminish the speed, volume, intensity, or flow of:
降低,減弱：調(diào)低速度、音量、強度或流量：
Turn down the radio, please.
請把收音機的音量調(diào)低
To reject or refuse, as a person, advice, or a suggestion:
拒絕：拒絕某人、建議或忠告：
We politely turned down the invitation.
我們有禮貌地拒絕了邀請
To fold or be capable of folding down:
翻下：折轉(zhuǎn)或能夠被翻下：
turn a collar down; a collar that turns down.
翻下衣領(lǐng)；能翻下的衣領(lǐng)
turn in
To hand in; give over:
交還；上交：
turned in the final exam.
上交期末考試試卷
To inform on or deliver:
檢舉,陳述：
The criminal turned herself in.
罪犯自首了
To produce:
完成：
turns in a consistent performance every day.
每天的表現(xiàn)都很一致
Informal To go to bed:
【非正式用語】 上床睡覺：
I turned in early last night.
我昨晚很早就上床睡覺了
turn off
To stop the operation, activity, or flow of; shut off:
關(guān)閉,停止：終止運轉(zhuǎn)、行為或流動；關(guān)掉：
turned off the television.
關(guān)掉電視
Slang
【俚語】
To affect with dislike, displeasure, or revulsion:
討厭,厭惡：使不喜歡,討厭或厭惡：
That song really turns me off.
我一點也不喜歡那首歌
To affect with boredom:
使厭煩：
The play turned the audience off.
這出戲讓觀眾很倒味
To lose or cause to lose interest; withdraw:
失去或使失去興趣；撤回：
turning off to materialism.
淪為實利主義
To cease paying attention to:
不注意：
Unable to leave my seat, I turned off the boring speaker and thought about vacation.
不能離開我的座位,我對那個令人厭煩的講演者置之不理,開始考慮假期
To divert; deflect.
分散；轉(zhuǎn)移
Chiefly British To dismiss (an employee).
【多用于英國】 解雇（員工）
turn on
To cause to begin the operation, activity, or flow of:
打開,開啟：使開始運作、活動或流動：
Turn on the light bulb.
打開電燈
To begin to display, employ, or exude:
開始展示,顯露出,流露出：
turn on the charm.
顯露出魅力
Slang
【俚語】
To take or cause to take a mind-altering drug, especially for the first time.
開始或使開始吸毒,尤指第一次
To be or cause to become interested, pleasurably excited, or stimulated. Often used with to :
使興奮,使刺激：產(chǎn)生或使產(chǎn)生興趣、興奮或刺激.通常與to 連用：
My uncle turned me on to jazz. She turned on to surfing this summer.
我叔叔使我對爵士樂發(fā)生了興趣.這個夏季她對滑水發(fā)生了興趣
To excite or become excited sexually.
（使）激發(fā)性欲
turn out
To shut off:
關(guān)上,關(guān)掉：
turned out the lights.
關(guān)掉了燈
To arrive or assemble, as for a public event or entertainment:
聚集,召集：聚集或召集,如參加公眾活動或娛樂：
A large group of protesters have turned out.
一大群抗議者聚集到了一起
To produce, as by a manufacturing process; make:
生產(chǎn)：產(chǎn)出,如通過制作過程；制造：
an assembly line turning out cars.
生產(chǎn)小汽車的流水線
To be found to be, as after experience or trial:
證實：發(fā)覺是,如經(jīng)歷或試驗之后：
The rookie turned out to be the best hitter on the team.
新手證明是隊里最出色的擊球員
To end up; result:
結(jié)果；結(jié)果：
The cake turned out beautifully.
蛋糕最后做出來很漂亮
To equip; outfit:
裝備；配置：
troops that were turned out beautifully.
裝備精良的隊伍
Informal To get out of bed.
【非正式用語】 起床
To evict; expel:
趕出；使搬走：
The tenants were turned out.
房客都被趕走了
turn over
To bring the bottom to the top or vice versa; invert.
翻轉(zhuǎn),翻過來：把底翻到上面或相反面；翻轉(zhuǎn)
To shift the position of, as by rolling from one side to the other.
翻滾：改變位置,似乎通過從一邊到另一邊滾動
To shift one's position by rolling from one side to the other.
翻身：從一邊滾向另一邊改變位置
To rotate; cycle:
旋轉(zhuǎn)；轉(zhuǎn)動：
The engine turned over but wouldn't start.
發(fā)動機轉(zhuǎn)了一圈,但是沒有起動
To think about; consider:
考慮；思考：
She turned over the problem in her mind.
她仔細考慮了這個問題
To transfer to another; surrender:
移交；交出：
turned over the illegal funds.
交出了非法資金
To do business to the extent or amount of:
營業(yè)額達：
turn over a million dollars a year.
一年的營業(yè)額是一百萬美元
To seem to lurch or heave convulsively:
翻動：似乎在痙攣性地抽動：
My stomach turned over.
我的胃在翻動
turn to
To begin work:
開始工作：
If you quit dawdling and just turn to, the cleaning will be done in a day.
如果你停止閑逛,馬上開始工作,清潔工作一天就能做完
turn up
To increase the speed, volume, intensity, or flow of:
開大,調(diào)高：增加速度、音量,強度或流量：
turn up the public-address system.
調(diào)高播音系統(tǒng)的音量
To find:
發(fā)現(xiàn),找到：
She turned up the missing papers under her blotter.
她在記事本下找到了丟失的文件
To be found:
找到：
The papers will turn up sooner or later.
文件遲早會找到的
To make an appearance; arrive:
出現(xiàn)；到達：
Several old friends turned up at the reunion.
好幾個老朋友出現(xiàn)在聚會上
To fold or be capable of folding up:
折疊：折疊或能夠被折疊：
turning up his cuffs; cuffs that will turn up.
卷起自己的袖口；卷起來的袖口
To happen unexpectedly:
意外地發(fā)生：
Something turned up and I was unable to go.
發(fā)生了一點意外,我不能離開
To be evident:
變得明顯：
Her name constantly turns up in art circles.
她的名字經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)在藝術(shù)圈里
【習(xí)慣用法】
at every turn
In every place; at every moment.
處處；時時
by turns
One after another; alternately:
輪流地,交替地：
“From the . . . testimony emerges a man by turns devious and honest, vulgar and gallant, scatterbrained and shrewd”(Life)
“從指證來看,一個人交替地表現(xiàn)為狡猾和誠實,粗鄙和豪俠,浮躁和精明”(生活)
in turn
In the proper order or sequence.
依次地,輪流地
out of turn
Not in the proper order or sequence.
未按照正當(dāng)?shù)拇涡蚧蝽樞虻?br/>At an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner:
不合時宜地,輕率地：
I may be speaking out of turn, but you might like to know that your attire does not conform to the dress code here.
或許我說話有些不合時宜,但是你可能愿意知道你的衣著與這里的服裝規(guī)則不相符
to a turn
To a precise degree; perfectly:
正好；恰好：
The roast was done to a turn.
面包烤得恰到好處
turn a blind eye
To refuse to see or recognize something:
熟視無睹：拒絕正視,裝作沒看見：
turned a blind eye to government corruption.
對于政府的腐敗熟視無睹
turn a deaf ear
To refuse to listen to or hear something:
置若罔聞,裝作沒聽見：
turned a deaf ear to the protests.
對抗議置若罔聞
turn a hair
To become afraid or upset:
慌張,不安：變得慌張或不安：
didn't turn a hair during the bank robbery.
在搶劫銀行發(fā)生的過程中,沒有露出絲毫慌張的神色
turn (one's) back on
To deny; reject.
拒絕；放棄
To abandon; forsake.
拋棄；丟棄
turn (one's) hand
To apply oneself, as to a task:
著手：從事,如一項工作：
turned her hand to writing the dissertation; was lazy and wouldn't turn his hand.
開始著手寫學(xué)術(shù)論文；很懶,不肯開始工作
turn (one's) head
To cause to become infatuated.
使變得糊涂
To cause to become egotistical and conceited:
使變得自負,自高大自：
Success has turned his head.
成功使他變得自高自大
turn over a new leaf
To change, as one's attitude or conduct, for the better.
改過一新：向好的方面轉(zhuǎn)變,如自己的態(tài)度成舉止
turn tail
To run away.
逃跑,逃走
turn the corner或
turn a corner
To reach and surpass a midpoint or milestone.
到達并超越了終點或里程碑
turn the other cheek
To respond to insult or injury by patiently eschewing retaliation.
逆來順受：以忍耐對待侮辱和傷害
turn the scales
To offset the balance of a situation.
打破僵局：打破某一形式的平衡狀態(tài)
turn the tables
To reverse a situation and gain the upper hand.
轉(zhuǎn)敗為勝：扭轉(zhuǎn)了局勢而處于上風(fēng)
turn turtle
To capsize or turn upside-down:
傾覆,底朝天翻轉(zhuǎn)：
Our sailboat turned turtle during the squall.
在風(fēng)暴中我們的帆船翻了個底朝天
turn up (one's) nose
To regard (something) with disdain or scorn:
輕視,看不起：不把…放在眼里,蔑視：
turned up her nose at the food.
她對食物嗤之以鼻