| 单词 | turn |
| 释义 | turn (tɜːʳn ) Word forms: turns , turning , 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. 1. verb B1 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. [VERB] He turned to his publicist and jokingly asked, 'What's next?'. [VERB preposition/adverb] He sighed, turning away and surveying the sea. [VERB preposition/adverb] He turned his head left and right. [VERB noun adverb/preposition] He waited for the woman to turn her face back to the road. [VERB noun adverb/preposition] Synonyms: change course, swing round, wheel round, veer Turn around or turn round means the same as turn. I felt a tapping on my shoulder and I turned around. [VERB PARTICLE] Turn your upper body round so that your shoulders are facing to the side. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. verb B1+ 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. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Turn the cake the right way up on to a wire rack. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] I turned my jacket inside out. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] She had turned the bedside chair to face the door. [VERB noun to-infinitive] The lid, turned upside down, served as a coffee table. [VERB-ed] 3. verb B2 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. [VERB] The engine turned a propeller. [VERB noun] Synonyms: rotate, spin, go round (and round), revolve 4. verb A2 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. [VERB noun] Turn the heat to very low and cook for 20 minutes. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] I tried the doorknob and it turned. [VERB] 5. verb A2 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. [VERB preposition/adverb] Now turn right to follow West Ferry Road. [VERB preposition/adverb] The man with the umbrella turned the corner again. [VERB noun] Turn is also a noun. You can't do a right-hand turn here. 6. verb B2 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. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: bend, curve, meander, wind Turn is also a noun. ...a sharp turn in the road. [+ in] 7. verb When the tide turns, it starts coming in or going out. There was not much time before the tide turned. [VERB] 8. verb 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. [VERB noun] Synonyms: perform, do, carry out, execute 9. verb B1 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. [VERB noun] Synonyms: flick through, thumb, skim, browse 10. verb 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. [VERB noun + on] The crowd then turned their anger on the Prime Minister. [VERB noun + on] 11. verb B2 If you turn to a particular page in a book or magazine, you open it at that page. To order, turn to page 236. [VERB + to] 12. verb B2 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. [VERB noun + to] We turn now to the British news. [VERB + to] 13. verb B2 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. [VERB + to] There was no one to turn to, no one to tell. [VERB to noun] 14. verb B2 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. [V + to/from] She quickly turned to the practical task of finding the nurse. [V to/from n/-ing] Universities are turning from academic to commercial sponsorship. [V to/from n/-ing] 15. verb B1+ To turn or be turned into something means to become that thing. A prince turns into a frog in this cartoon fairytale. [V + into/to] Their grief turned to hysteria when the funeral procession arrived at the cemetery. [V into/to n] ...an ambitious programme to turn the country into a functioning democracy. [VERB noun + into] He soon turned his dreams to reality. [V n into/to n] ...an MP turned diplomat. [VERB-ed] 16. link verb B2 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. [VERB adjective] She announced that she was going to turn professional. [VERB adjective] Synonyms: become, get, grow, come to be 17. link verb B2 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. [V colour] Her contact lenses turned her eyes green. [V n colour] 18. link verb B2 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. [VERB adjective] The weather had turned warm and thundery overnight. [VERB adjective] 19. countable noun 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. ...the latest turn in the fighting. Retailers have given up waiting for a turn in the housing market. Synonyms: direction, course, tack, swing 20. ergative verb In sports, if a game turns, or is turned, something significant happens which changes the way the game is developing. [British, journalism] The game turned in the 56th minute. [VERB] With two direct hits and another sharp throw, Richards had turned the game. [VERB noun] 21. verb [no passive] If a business turns a profit, it earns more money than it spends. [US, business] The firm will be able to service debt and still turn a modest profit. [VERB noun] He says the fares are just too low to turn profits. [VERB noun] Synonyms: make, produce, generate, yield 22. verb 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. [VERB noun] It had just turned twelve o'clock. [VERB noun] Synonyms: reach, become, hit [informal], pass 23. singular noun 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. [+ of] 24. verb 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. [VERB noun] ...finely-turned metal. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: shape, form, fashion, cast 25. countable noun [usually with poss, oft NOUN to-infinitive, N -ing] B2 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. Let each child have a turn at fishing. [+ at] Students are expected to take their turn leading the study group. Synonyms: opportunity, go, spell, shot [informal] 26. countable noun If you say that someone is having a turn, you mean they feel suddenly very unwell for a short period of time. [British, informal] He is having one of his turns. He gets funny turns, you know. It's his age. 27. See also turning 28. by turns phrase 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. Synonyms: alternately, in succession, turn and turn about, reciprocally 29. turn of events phrase If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen. They were horrified at this unexpected turn of events. Synonyms: development, incident, circumstance, occurrence 30. at every turn phrase 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. [emphasis] Its operations were hampered at every turn by inadequate numbers of trained staff. At every turn smoke and flame stopped efforts to get into the living quarters. Synonyms: repeatedly, always, constantly, all the time 31. a good turn phrase If you do someone a good turn, you do something that helps or benefits them. He did you a good turn by resigning. One good turn deserves another. 32. turn sth inside out phrase 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. 33. turn sth inside out/turn sth upside down phrase 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. 34. in turn phrase 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 team members leaked the story to a colleague who, in turn, told a reporter. 35. in turn phrase B2 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. Synonyms: one at a time, one by one, in succession, one after another 36. turn of mind phrase 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. Synonyms: bent, tendency, bias, inclination 37. speak out of turn/talk out of turn phrase 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. 38. turn of speed phrase [PHRASE after verb] If a person, animal, or vehicle has a good turn of speed, they have the ability to move fast. [British] 39. take turns/take it in turns phrase B2 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. Ted and I took it in turns to go into hospital and sit with Emma. 40. take a turn for the worse/take a turn for the better phrase 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. Phrasal verbs: turn against phrasal verb B2 If you turn against someone or something, or if you are turned against them, you stop supporting them, trusting them, or liking them. A kid I used to be friends with turned against me after being told that I'd been insulting him. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Workers may turn against reform. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Working with the police has turned me against the use of violent scenes as entertainment. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] turn around 1. turn [sense 1] 2. phrasal verb B1+ If you turn something around, or if it turns around, it is moved so that it faces the opposite direction. Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond. [VERB noun PARTICLE] He had reached over to turn round a bottle of champagne so that the label didn't show. [VERB PARTICLE noun] There was enough room for a wheelchair to get in but not to turn round. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb If something such as a business or economy turns around, or if someone turns it around, it becomes successful, after being unsuccessful for a period of time. [business] Turning the company around won't be easy. [VERB noun PARTICLE] In his long career at BP, Horton turned around two entire divisions. [VERB PARTICLE noun] If the economy turned round the government's authority would quickly increase. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb If you turn around a question, sentence, or idea, you change the way in which it is expressed, in order to consider it differently. What's the point of history? Let's turn the question around: imagine a world with the history written out. [VERB noun PARTICLE] It's an example of how you can turn around the sentence and create a whole new meaning. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 5. See also turnaround 6. See turn around and say turn away 1. phrasal verb B2 If you turn someone away, you do not allow them to enter your country, home, or other place. Turning refugees away would be an inhumane action. [VERB noun PARTICLE] Hard times are forcing community colleges to turn away students. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb To turn away from something such as a method or an idea means to stop using it or to become different from it. Japanese corporations have been turning away from production into finance. [VERB PARTICLE + from] Medicine began to turn away from botany in the 17th and 18th centuries. [V P from n] turn back 1. phrasal verb B2 If you turn back or if someone turns you back when you are going somewhere, you change direction and go towards where you started from. She turned back towards the crossroads. [VERB PARTICLE preposition/adverb] They were very nearly forced to turn back. [VERB PARTICLE] Police attempted to turn back protesters marching towards parliament. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you cannot turn back, you cannot change your plans and decide not to do something, because the action you have already taken makes it impossible. The administration has now endorsed the bill and can't turn back. [VERB PARTICLE] turn down 1. phrasal verb B2 If you turn down a person or their request or offer, you refuse their request or offer. Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down. [VERB noun PARTICLE] I thanked him for the offer but turned it down. [VERB noun PARTICLE] Would you turn down $7,000,000 to appear nude in a magazine? [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb B1 When you turn down a radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you reduce the amount of sound or heat being produced, by adjusting the controls. He kept turning the central heating down. [VERB noun PARTICLE] She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb If the rate or level of something turns down, it decreases. [British, journalism] The divorce rate turned down in the 1950s. [VERB PARTICLE] turn in 1. phrasal verb When you turn in, you go to bed. [informal] Would you like some tea before you turn in? [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If you turn someone in, you take them to the police or tell the police where they are because they are suspected of committing a crime. If you turn yourself in, you go to the police because you have been involved in a crime. He has been given until noon today to turn himself in to the authorities. [VERB noun PARTICLE + to] There would be strong incentives to turn someone in. [VERB noun PARTICLE] There has been enough death and destruction. Please turn yourself in. [VERB noun PARTICLE] I might today hesitate to turn in a burglar. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb When you turn in a completed piece of work, especially written work, you give it to the person who asked you to do it. [mainly US] Now we wait for them to turn in their essays. [VERB PARTICLE noun] I want everybody to turn a report in. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb If you turn something in, you return it to the place or person you borrowed it from. [mainly US] I went back to the station-house to turn in my badge and gun. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The official showed up to tell her to turn in her library books. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] turn off 1. phrasal verb B1 If you turn off the road or path you are going along, you start going along a different road or path which leads away from it. The truck turned off the main road along the gravelly track which led to the farm. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He turned off only to find he was trapped in a town square with no easy exit. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. See also turn-off 3. phrasal verb B1 When you turn off a piece of equipment or a supply of something, you stop heat, sound, or water being produced by adjusting the controls. The light's a bit too harsh. You can turn it off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] I have to get up and turn off the radio. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Their water was turned off weeks ago without explanation. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 4. phrasal verb If something turns you off a particular subject or activity, it makes you have no interest in it. What turns teenagers off science and technology? [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] Teaching off a blackboard is boring, and undoubtedly turns people off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 5. phrasal verb If something or someone turns you off, you do not find them sexually attractive or they stop you feeling sexually excited. [informal] Aggressive men turn me off completely. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 6. See also turn-off turn on 1. phrasal verb B1 When you turn on a piece of equipment or a supply of something, you cause heat, sound, or water to be produced by adjusting the controls. I want to turn on the television. [VERB PARTICLE noun] She asked them why they hadn't turned the lights on. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If someone or something turns you on, they attract you and make you feel sexually excited. [informal] Physical perfection doesn't tend to turn most people on. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 3. See also turn-on 4. phrasal verb If you say that someone turns on a particular way of behaving, you mean that they suddenly start behaving in that way, and you are often also suggesting that this is insincere. [informal] He could also turn on the style when the occasion demanded. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 5. phrasal verb If someone turns on you, they attack you or speak angrily to you. Demonstrators turned on police, overturning vehicles and setting fire to them. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He turned on Pete and accused him of being mixed up in crime. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 6. phrasal verb If something turns on a particular thing, its success or truth depends on that thing. The plot turns on an encounter with a boyhood friend. [VERB PARTICLE noun] turn out 1. phrasal verb B2 If something turns out a particular way, it happens in that way or has the result or degree of success indicated. I had no idea that it would turn out like this. [VERB PARTICLE preposition] Sometimes things don't turn out the way we think they're going to. [VERB PARTICLE noun] I was positive things were going to turn out fine. [V P adj] 2. phrasal verb When you are commenting on pleasant weather, you can say that is has turned out nice or fine, especially if this is unexpected. [British, spoken] It's turned out nice again. [V P adj] 3. phrasal verb B2 If something turns out to be a particular thing, it is discovered to be that thing. Cosgrave's forecast turned out to be quite wrong. [VERB PARTICLE to-infinitive] It turned out that I knew the person who got shot. [V-ed P that] 4. phrasal verb B1 When you turn out something such as a light or gas, you move the switch or knob that controls it so that it stops giving out light or heat. I'll just play until the janitor comes round to turn the lights out. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 5. phrasal verb If a business or other organization turns out something, it produces it. They have been turning out great blades for 400 years. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 6. phrasal verb If you turn someone out of a place, especially the place where they have been living, you force them to leave that place. Surely nobody would suggest turning him out of the house. [V n P + of/from] They were turned out of the hotel. [V n P of/from n] It was previously a small monastery but the authorities turned all the monks out. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 7. phrasal verb B2 If you turn out the contents of a container, you empty it by removing them or letting them fall out. Turn out the dough on to a floured surface. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Turn the plants out of their pots. [V n P + of/from] 8. phrasal verb B2 If people turn out for a particular event or activity, they go and take part in it or watch it. Thousands of people turned out for the funeral. [VERB PARTICLE + for] It was no wonder the fans turned out. The matches yielded 259 goals. [VERB PARTICLE] 9. See also turned out, turnout turn over 1. phrasal verb B1 If you turn something over, or if it turns over, it is moved so that the top part is now facing downwards. Liz picked up the blue envelope and turned it over curiously. [VERB noun PARTICLE] I turned him over on his back. [VERB noun PARTICLE] She sat down and turned over the test paper. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The buggy turned over and Nancy was thrown out. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb B1 If you turn over, for example when you are lying in bed, you move your body so that you are lying in a different position. Ann turned over in her bed once more. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb If you turn something over in your mind, you think carefully about it. Even when she didn't say anything you could see her turning things over in her mind. [V n P + in] 4. phrasal verb If you turn something over to someone, you give it to them when they ask for it, because they have a right to it. I would, indeed, turn the evidence over to the police. [VERB noun PARTICLE + to] The lawyer turned over the release papers. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 5. phrasal verb If you turn over a job or responsibility that you have, you give it to someone else, so that you no longer have it. The King may turn over some of his official posts to his son. [V P n + to] Parliamentarians were eager to turn over responsibility for the decision. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 6. phrasal verb If you turn over when you are watching television, you change to another channel. Whenever he's on TV, I turn over. [VERB PARTICLE] 7. See also turnover turn over to phrasal verb If you turn something over to a different function or use, you change its function or use. When he first leased the land in the late 1970s, he planned to turn it over to cereal production. [VERB noun PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] turn round turn around turn up 1. phrasal verb B2 If you say that someone or something turns up, you mean that they arrive, often unexpectedly or after you have been waiting a long time. Richard had turned up on Christmas Eve with Tony. [VERB PARTICLE] This is similar to waiting for a bus that never turns up. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb B2 If you turn something up or if it turns up, you find, discover, or notice it. Investigations have never turned up any evidence. [VERB PARTICLE noun] ...a very rare 15th-century spoon, which turned up in an old house in Devon. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb B1 When you turn up a radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you increase the amount of sound, heat, or power being produced, by adjusting the controls. Bill would turn up the TV in the other room. [VERB PARTICLE noun] I turned the volume up. [VERB noun PARTICLE] Turn the heat up high. [V n P adj] Quotations: One good turn deserves another A bad penny always turns up Idioms: turn up the heat on someone to put pressure on a person or situation in order to get what you want The firm will be turning up the heat on its rivals in a highly competitive industry now scrapping for a share of the domestic market. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn heads to be so beautiful, unusual, or impressive that people are attracted to you and cannot help looking at you or paying attention to you At the age of 20, the dark-haired actor was already turning heads in the right places. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn something on its head or stand something on its head to use the same facts of an argument or theory to produce a different or opposite conclusion Homoeopathy stands traditional theory on its head with its insistence that like should be used to cure like. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn your hand to something to start doing something and do it well, even though you may not be trained to do it Judy is one of those women who can turn her hand to most things. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers not turn a hair to be very calm in an unpleasant or difficult situation, and not show any sign of being afraid or anxious She started off by accusing him of blackmail but he didn't turn a hair: in fact he more or less ignored her. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn in your grave [British] or turn over in your grave if someone who is dead would turn in their grave, they would be very angry or upset about something that is happening now if they knew about it Churchill and Bevan would turn in their graves if they could hear the pathetic attempts at public speaking made by members of all parties in the past three weeks. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn over a new leaf to start to behave in a better or more acceptable way than previously The military leader said he and the king have agreed to turn over a new leaf in their relations with one another. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn a blind eye to something to deliberately ignore something because you do not want to take any action over it, even though you know you should The authorities were turning a blind eye to human rights abuses. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn a deaf ear to something to refuse to consider a request or an opinion and not pay any attention to it The Mayor of Paris has long turned a deaf ear to Parisians who want tougher laws to protect the cleanliness of their pavements. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn on a dime [mainly US] to suddenly do something completely different from what you were doing before Nowadays businesses need to be flexible and to change, and sometimes to turn on a dime in order to stay competitive. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn the corner to begin to recover from a serious illness or a difficult situation At last, Joe turned the corner. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers wish you could turn back the clock to wish to return to an earlier period, for example because you think it was a very good time or because you would like the chance to live your life differently He said if he could turn back the clock, he would act differently. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn the other cheek to decide not to take any action against someone who harms or insults you It's better to learn how to avoid a situation where you have either to defend yourself or turn the other cheek. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn your back on something to stop thinking about something and paying attention to it, or to reject it He intends to turn his back on his Communist past and form a completely new party with which to challenge for power. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn your back on someone to ignore someone and refuse to help them We appeal to this conference – do not turn your back on the poor. Do not turn your back on the unemployed. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn up your nose at something to reject something because you think that it is not good enough for you Even in the United States top-flight university graduates turned up their noses at business jobs and tried instead to get into government service. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn the page to make a new start after a period of difficulties They hoped Obama's victory would enable us to turn the page on these sad chapters of our history. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn up like a bad penny [British, old-fashioned] to appear again in a place where you are not welcome or wanted Pete goes down very well with everyone except Ross, who makes zero effort when he turns up like the proverbial bad penny. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn the screw on someone or tighten the screw on someone to increase the pressure on someone to make them do what you want NATO is turning the screw on the president and piling on the pressure. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn the tables on someone to do something to change a situation so that you gain an advantage over someone or cause them problems, following a time when they had the advantages or caused problems for you The Prime Minister has turned the tables on his many enemies and has given them something to worry about for a change. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn tail to turn and run away from someone or something because you are frightened of them Rebels were forced back from position after position until they turned tail and fled. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn up your toes [British] to die. This expression is used to refer to death in a light-hearted or humorous way. I've discovered that all my old admirers have turned up their toes to the daises. Now I feel old! Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers at every turn if something happens at every turn, it happens very frequently or continuously, and usually prevents you from doing what you want to do Although the government has had a coherent economic plan, parliament has set out to block it at every turn. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers turn turtle if a boat turns turtle, it turns upside down when it is in the water The dinghy nearly turned turtle twice, but I managed to keep her upright. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: turn red The lobed leaves, shaped like fleurs-de-lis, will also soon turn red. Times, Sunday Times (2018) There is a nervous hush in the dingy dealing rooms of Shanghai's retail stockbrokers as share prices on the display boards turn red. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Her skin turned red and flaky. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The leaves are attractive, like a simplified fleur-de-lys, and turn red in autumn. Times, Sunday Times (2014) There is a telling delay between turning the wheel and the boat beginning to change direction. Times, Sunday Times (2012) She let out the clutch, turned the wheel, and discovered that the truck was ungodly heavy. BEAUTIFUL DREAMER (2001) He turned the wheel and they jolted over kerbing onto the westbound motorway, picked up speed, and were in the clear. JANAKY AND THE GIANT (2003) You see the river turning the wheel that powers the steam hammer that forges the metal. Times, Sunday Times (2010) They suddenly slam on the brakes to get rear-ended, or make an unexpected turn on a roundabout. The Sun But things take an unexpected turn on the day of his wedding. Times, Sunday Times His life takes an unexpected turn when he thwarts a robbery and becomes a hero. The Sun The drifter carries out the task, but before the locals can start celebrating, events take a very unexpected turn. The Sun I know it sounds odd to link joy to misery, but sometimes, when delirious anticipation hits brute reality, our emotions can take an unexpected turn. Times, Sunday Times Earlier, they'd cheered a terrified learner driver who took a wrong turn and ended up in the middle of the crowd. Times, Sunday Times (2012) At last you see where you took a wrong turn and are ready to go back. The Sun (2012) The chauffeur had taken a wrong turning. Times, Sunday Times (2013) At one point he took a wrong turn and found himself caught in a moonless trough, trapped in brambles and deep bracken. GRACE (2002) Had she been confused by military sonar equipment, or was she lost after taking a wrong turn? The Sun (2006) Translations: Chinese: 转弯, 转弯, 转, 变成 Japanese: 逸れること, 向きを変える, 回転する, ･･･になる |
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