turns
- v.(使)转动,旋转;转身;翻转;扭转(身体部位);把…翻过来;翻动
- n.转弯;匝数;圈数(turn 的复数形式);[机]手动车床
- turn的第三人称单数
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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。
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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.He turned abruptly and walked away...
他突然转身走了。
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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.They turned their telescopes towards other nearby galaxies...
他们把望远镜转向附近其他星系。
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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.As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay...
轮子一边转动,制陶工人一边拉坯。
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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.Turn a special key, press the brake pedal, and your car's brakes lock...
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。
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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.He turned into the narrow terraced street where he lived…
他转向自己居住的那条夹在排房间的狭窄街道。
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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....the corner where Tenterfield Road turned into the main road.
滕特菲尔德路拐向主道的岔路口
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VERB (潮)涨,落
When the tide turns, it starts coming in or going out.There was not much time before the tide turned.
不久就要涨潮了。
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VERB 翻(筋斗)
When someone turns a cartwheel or a somersault, they do a cartwheel or somersault.They were still doing wild acrobatics in the yard, turning somersaults and cartwheels.
他们还在院子里一通杂耍,翻着跟头,玩着侧手翻。
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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.He turned the pages of a file in front of him.
他翻阅面前的文件。
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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.He tried to turn the gun on me...
他企图把枪对准我。
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VERB 翻到(某页码)
If you turn to a particular page in a book or magazine, you open it at that page.To order, turn to page 236.
如需订购,参见 236 页。
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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.We turned our attention to the practical matters relating to forming a company...
我们开始考虑有关成立公司的具体事宜。
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VERB 求助于;求教于
If you turn to someone, you ask for their help or advice.For assistance, they turned to one of the city's most innovative museums...
他们求助于该市最具创新风格的一家博物馆。
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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.These communities are now turning to recycling in large numbers...
这些团体现在正转而致力于大规模的回收利用工作。
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V-ERG (使)变成;(使)成为
To turn or be turned into something means to become that thing.A prince turns into a frog in this cartoon fairytale...
在这个卡通童话里王子变成了一只青蛙。
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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.If the bailiff thinks that things could turn nasty he will enlist the help of the police...
如果法警认为事情变得不可收拾,他就会寻求警方的帮助。
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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.The sea would turn pale pink and the sky blood red...
大海会变成浅粉色,天空则变成血红色。
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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.If it turns cold, cover plants...
如果天气变冷,就把植物盖起来。
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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.The scandal took a new turn over the weekend.
周末时丑闻有了新的发展。
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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.The game turned in the 56th minute.
比赛在第 56 分钟时发生了扭转。
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VERB 赚得,获得(利润)
If a business turns a profit, it earns more money than it spends.The firm will be able to service debt and still turn a modest profit...
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。
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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.It was his ambition to accumulate a million dollars before he turned thirty...
他立志要在而立之年以前攒够 100 万美元。
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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.They fled to South America around the turn of the century.
他们在世纪之交逃到了南美洲。
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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....the joys of making a living from turning wood.
靠车削木材谋生的乐趣
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N-COUNT (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.Tonight it's my turn to cook...
今晚该我做饭了。
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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.He is having one of his turns…
他又犯病了。
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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.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。
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PHRASE 形势的变化
If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen.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。
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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.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。
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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.He did you a good turn by resigning...
他辞职对你有利。
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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.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。
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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.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。
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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.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。
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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.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。
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PHRASE 思维;性情;秉性
If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.She was of a rational turn of mind.
她是个理性的人。
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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.I hope I haven't spoken out of turn.
希望我没有多嘴。
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PHRASE 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. -
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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.We took turns to drive the car...
我们轮流开车。
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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.Her condition took a sharp turn for the worse.
她的病情突然急剧恶化。
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The impulse of falling water turns the waterwheel .
落水的冲力使水轮转动。
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The wheel turns freely now .
那轮子现在转动得很灵活。
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Well , that 's my good turn for the day .
好啦,这就是我今天做的好事。
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You must signal which way you are going to turn .
你要朝哪个方向转,必须发出信号。
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Whether we need more food depends on how many people turn up .
我们是否需要更多的食物,这要视到场人数而定。
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Turn around and let me look at your back .
转过身去让我看看你的后背。
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No one could have foreseen things would turn out this way .
谁都没有预料到事情的结果会这样。
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When it 's your turn , take another card .
轮到你时,再抓一张牌。
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Turn right at the end of the road .
在路的尽头向右转。
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Please turn the television off before you go to bed .
睡觉前请关上电视。
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The weather got so bad that we had to turn back .
天气变得非常恶劣,我们不得不循原路折回。
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All right class , turn to page 20 .
好啦,同学们,翻到第20页。
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Objects like this turn up at sales with surprising frequency .
这样的东西在拍卖会上出人意料地频繁出现。
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In times of crisis I know which friends I can turn to .
在危难关头我知道能投靠哪些朋友。
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Can you turn the volume up a little bit ?
你能把音量开大点儿吗?
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Turn right at the end of the street .
在街的那头往右拐。
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There was a queue of traffic waiting to turn right .
有一大串车辆等着右转弯。
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Follow this road until you get to the school , then turn left .
沿着这条路走到学校,然后向左拐。
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He always turns up just when you least expect him .
他总是在你最意料不到的时候出现。
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My father would turn in his grave if he knew .
我父亲知道的话在九泉之下也会不得安宁的。
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Do you mind if I turn the TV off ?
我关上电视可以吗?
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I can 't get the screw to turn .
我拧不动这个螺丝钉。
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It didn 't turn out like I intended .
这结果与我的本意相悖。
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It 's your turn to do the table .
轮到你摆放餐具了。
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Turn left at the first robot .
在第一个交通信号灯处向左拐。
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Events took a dramatic turn in the weeks that followed .
在以后的几周里,事态急转直下。
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Turn the bag inside out and let it dry .
把包翻过来晾干。
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Can you turn the volume up a bit ?
你能把音量开大点儿吗?
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The boy had the presence of mind to turn off the gas .
那男孩子镇定地关掉了煤气。
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Take a right turn at the intersection .
在十字路口向右拐。