单词 | in turn |
释义 | > as lemmasin turn (c) in turn. extracted from turnn. (i) One after another in regular succession. Also †in turns (obsolete). ΚΠ 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum xiv. 16 Either by course or by lot ech man in turne might be receaued to beare rule and haue his part of the honour. 1688 M. Prior Ode Exod. iii. 14 v Why does each consenting Sign With prudent Harmony combine In Turns to move? 1807 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons (ed. 2) II. 407 Of the harp, Bede mentions, that in all festive companies it was handed round, that every one might sing in turn. 1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 303 The daughters in turn riding on pillion-seat. 2012 K. Smith Jammy Dodger 46 He shook hands with each of us in turn. (ii) In one's due order in a series (often used to convey that an action, process, or situation is the result of a previous one); = in one's turn at Phrases 1a(a). ΚΠ 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. I4v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) The next & last in turne, are those Letters Familiar. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. II. 203 From being attacked, the French now in turn became the aggressors. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art Ded., in Poems (new ed.) 69 He that shuts Love out, in turn shall be Shut out from Love. 1946 National Geographic Mag. July 119/1 Edgerton devised an ingenious combination of a beam of light playing on a photoelectric cell which in turn activated a relay. 2016 C. O'Neil Weapons Math Destr. ii. 42 The dollars in turn created confidence in the products. < as lemmas |
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