turn

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近义词： vary,alter,change

反义词： fix

turn词义

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vt. 转动，使旋转；转弯；翻过来；兑换vi. 转向；转变；转动n. 转弯；变化n. (Turn)人名；(德、匈)图恩

词态变化

第三人称单数: turns;过去式: turned;过去分词: turned;现在分词: turning;

中文词源

turn 旋转，转动

来自古英语 turnian,旋转，转动，来自拉丁语 tornare,磨，磨圆，用车床加工，来自 PIE*ter,*tere, 转动，摩擦，旋转，可能缩写自 PIE*stwer,转动，旋转，词源同 storm,stir,turbid.

turn双语例句

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1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?: 我们活着是为了什么？不就是给邻居当笑柄，再反过来笑他们。

2. He said they should turn their fire on the Conservative Party instead.: 他说他们应该掉转枪口，向保守党开火。

3. Today I might hesitate to turn in a burglar.: 现在让我把入室窃贼送交警方，我可能会有所顾虑。

4. Sometimes things don't turn out the way we think they're going to.: 有时事情并不像我们认为的那样发展。

5. The river widens considerably as it begins to turn east.: 河流转向东流时河道大幅度变宽。

turn英文词源

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turn: turn: [OE] The ultimate source of turn is Greek tórnos ‘lathe’, which was probably related to Latin terere ‘rub’ (source of English attrition, detritus, trite, etc). Latin took this over as tornus and formed a verb from it, tornāre ‘turn on a lathe’, hence ‘round off, make smooth’. Old English borrowed tornāre as turnian, which was later reinforced by Old French turner. To the same word family belong tour and tournament.
=> attrition, detriment, detritus, tour, tournament, trite
turn (v.): late Old English turnian "to rotate, revolve," in part also from Old French torner "to turn away or around; draw aside, cause to turn; change, transform; turn on a lathe" (Modern French tourner), both from Latin tornare "to polish, round off, fashion, turn on a lathe," from tornus "lathe," from Greek tornos "lathe, tool for drawing circles," from PIE root *tere- (1) "to rub, rub by turning, turn, twist" (see throw (v.)). Transitive sense in English is from c. 1300. Related: Turned; turning.

Use in expression to turn (something) into (something else) probably retains the classical sense of "to shape on a lathe." To turn up "arrive, make an appearance" is recorded from 1755. Turn about "by turns, alternately" is recorded from 1640s. To turn (something) loose "set free" is recorded from 1590s. Turn down (v.) "reject" first recorded 1891, American English. Turn in "go to bed" is attested from 1690s, originally nautical. To turn the stomach "nauseate" is recorded from 1620s. To turn up one's nose as an expression of contempt is attested from 1779.

Turning point is attested by 1640s in a figurative sense "point at which a decisive change takes place;" literal sense "point on which a thing turns; point at which motion in one direction ceases and that in another or contrary direction begins" is from 1660s.
turn (n.): c. 1200, "action of rotating," from Anglo-French tourn (Old French torn, tour), from Latin tornus "turning lathe;" also partly from turn (v.). Meaning "an act of turning, a single revolution or part of a revolution" is attested from late 15c. Sense of "place of bending" (in a road, river, etc.) is recorded from early 15c. Meaning "beginning of a period of time" is attested from 1853 (as in turn-of-the-century, from 1921 as an adjectival phrase).

Sense of "act of good will" is recorded from c. 1300. Meaning "spell of work" is from late 14c.; that of "an individual's time for action, when these go around in succession" is recorded from late 14c. The automatic automobile turn-signal is from 1915. Turn-sick "dizzy," is attested from early 15c. Phrase done to a turn (1780) suggests meat roasted on a spit. The turn of the screw (1796) is the additional twist to tighten its hold, sometimes with reference to torture by thumbscrews.

turn实用场景例句

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He turned abruptly and walked away...: 他突然转身走了。

He turned to his publicist and jokingly asked, 'What's next?'…: 他转向他的宣传员开玩笑地问道：“下一个是什么？”

They turned their telescopes towards other nearby galaxies...: 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…: 把蛋糕翻到合适的方向对准金属丝架上。

As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay...: 轮子一边转动，制陶工人一边拉坯。

The engine turned a propeller.: 发动机使螺旋桨旋转起来。

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。

Turn the heat to very low and cook for 20 minutes...: 把温度调到很低，煮 20 分钟。

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。

Now turn right to follow West Ferry Road...: 现在向右拐沿西渡路往前走。

...the corner where Tenterfield Road turned into the main road.: 滕特菲尔德路拐向主道的岔路口

There was not much time before the tide turned.: 不久就要涨潮了。

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。

He turned the pages of a file in front of him.: 他翻阅面前的文件。

He tried to turn the gun on me...: 他企图把枪对准我。

The crowd then turned their anger on Prime Minister James Mitchell.: 然后人群把怒火都撒向詹姆斯·米切尔总理。

To order, turn to page 236.: 如需订购，参见 236 页。

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。

We turn now to the British news.: 我们现在来关注英国新闻。

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。

There was no one to turn to, no one to tell.: 没人可以求助，没人可以诉说。

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。

The Superpowers turned to the harder task of cutting their nuclear arsenals…: 超级大国开始着手削减核武器库这项更为艰难的工作。

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。

Their grief turned to hysteria when the funeral procession arrived at the cemetery…: 当送葬队走到墓地时，他们更加悲恸欲绝。

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。

She announced that she was going to turn professional.: 她宣布自己即将成为职业选手。

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。

Her contact lenses turned her eyes green.: 隐形眼镜把她的眼睛变成了绿色。

If it turns cold, cover plants...: 如果天气变冷，就把植物盖起来。

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