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单词 round turn
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round turnn.

Brit. /ˈraʊnd təːn/, U.S. /ˈraʊn(d) ˌtərn/
Forms: see round adv. and prep. and turn n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: round adv., turn n.
Etymology: < round adv. + turn n., after to turn round at turn v. Phrasal verbs 1.
1. A turn made so as to face in the opposite direction; (figurative) a complete reversal in a state of affairs, opinion, etc. Cf. about-turn n. Obsolete.
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the world > space > direction > [noun] > changing to face different direction or turning > to opposite direction
inverting1573
reverse1589
round turn1611
reversal1648
controversion1684
contraversion1706
volte-face1819
turnabout1833
about-turn1912
U-turn1915
about-face1930
U1971
heel turn1983
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > [noun]
change of hearta1400
change of mind1572
round turn1611
mentimutation1650
about-turn1919
changeover1920
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Revirade, a wheeling, or round turne; a backe iert.
1653 Moderate Intelligencer No. 8. 64 Many conjecture (after some little boxing about) that the English must give the Round-turn at last to degrade him.
1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 271 The round turn from sin to Christ.
1721 Applebee's Orig. Weekly Jrnl. 16 Sept. 2043/1 But French Money has had a wonderful Effect here, and given a round Turn to the affair.
2. Nautical. A tangling up of the cables in the hawse such that one cable is completely turned around the other. Cf. elbow n. 2e. Now chiefly historical.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [noun] > that which is entangled > a tangle
node1572
knarl1598
snarl1609
rivel1625
ravel1634
snick-snarl1649
mare1688
harla1697
tangle1757
round turn1769
fankle1824
twist1858
twitter1876
taut1887
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. Uv Each of the cables will be twisted round the other, and then directed out from the opposite bow, forming what is called a round turn.
1791 J. H. Moore Pract. Navigator (ed. 9) 265 Having gone once wrong, she makes a Cross in the Hawse, and going three Times wrong, she makes a round Turn.
1866 H. M. Bannister Jrnl. 12 Nov. in J. A. James First Sci. Explor. Russ. Amer. (1942) iv. 251 Found a round turn in the cables which prevented our going to sea this evening.
1881 L. R. Hamersly Naval Encycl. (at cited word) If from an open hawse a ship swings 180° she brings a cross in the hawse, a second half swing in the same direction makes an elbow, a third, a round turn, a fourth, a round turn and an elbow, and so on.
1958 Specimen Exam. for Merchant Marine Deck Officers (U.S. Coast Guard) 18/1 How do crosses, elbows, or round turns get into cables?
1984 J. Harland Seamanship in Age of Sail xviii. 255 (caption) Fouling hawse. A open hawse; B foul hawse; C cross in the hawse; D elbow; E round turn; F round turn and an elbow.
3. Nautical. A complete turn of a rope around another rope or an anchoring point, usually in tying something securely. See also to bring up with a round turn at Phrases.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > a turn of rope round anything
hitchingc1440
round turn1794
lingtow1815
belay1908
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 182 Midshipman's-Hitch. Take a half hitch round the standing part, and a round turn above the hitch, which jambs tight. It is mostly used to make fast the sheets of sailing boats.
1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 53 Haul well out, and take a round-turn with the earing round the cringle.
1898 S. B. Luce et al. Text-bk. Seamanship (ed. 4) App. B. 468 Pass one round turn, which will be the centre one, and heave it well taut.
1946 Mariner's Mirror 32 39 It is secured by a round turn and a blackwall which can be quickly released by a jerk on the running end.
1990 T. Cunliffe Easy on Helm v. 44 Sheet the mainsail hard in amidships and make fast, at least with a round turn.
4. Stock Market (originally U.S.). The action or an instance of buying and selling the same stock, commodity, etc., often simultaneously. Cf. round trip n. 3.Recorded earliest in compounds.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements
intromission1567
hedginga1631
retiring1681
partnership1704
put1718
time bargain1720
bargain for time1721
option1746
call1825
put and call1826
cornering1841
corner1853
raid1866
pooling1871
squeeze1872
call option1874
recapitalization1874
short squeeze1877
split-up1878
margin call1888
pyramid1888
profit taking1891
pyramiding1895
underwriting1895
melon-cutting1900
round turn1901
market-making1902
put-through1902
put and take1921
round trip1922
put and take1929
leverage1931
split-down1932
switching1932
give-up1934
mark to market1938
recap1940
rollover1947
downtick1954
stock split1955
traded option1955
leg1959
stock splitting1959
rollover1961
split1972
spread betting1972
unitization1974
marking-to-market1981
swap1982
telebroking1984
1901 in Treasury Decisions 28 Mar. 60 Is it intended that there shall only be paid a stamp tax of 2 cents on each $100 of the face value or fraction thereof of all stocks, bonds, or other securities covered by the ‘round turn’ transactions?
1921 J. E. Boyle Agric. Econ. xxii. 352 $6.25 for 5,000 bushels bought or sold or both bought and sold (the so-called ‘round turn’).
1964 Financial Analysts Jrnl. 20 150/2 Since there are no transfer or capital gains or other taxes on transactions, a ‘round turn’ in a bond costs what amounts to half a point.
1984 Times 28 Apr. 24/6 Floor brokers charge ¼ to ½ per cent of the value of the total contract for a complete buying / selling contract (‘round turn’) on average.
2002 G. Angell Sniper Trading v. 222 What is the justification for any trader paying above $40 per round-turn?

Phrases

colloquial. figurative. to bring up with a round turn and variants: to check or stop suddenly. Cf. sense 3.
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1788 Whitehall Evening-post 2–4 Sept. To make use of a sea phrase..‘he was brought up with a round turn’; for it was impossible for him to go on.
1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 186/2 I was brought up with a round turn by seeing a light shining through the hazy bull's-eye in the deck where I stood.
1879 All Year Round 19 Apr. 430/2 I..pulled myself up with a round turn. ‘Nell, you foolish child,’ I thought.
1899 W. Churchill Richard Carvel xii. 123 Miss Manners brought him up with a round turn and a half hitch by relating one of your exploits.
a1910 in Amer. Speech (1979) 54 99 Round turn,..‘fetched up with a round turn’. Suddenly.
1920 J. Galsworthy In Chancery ii. vi. 175 The end came swiftly on the 20th of January with a telegram... It brought him up with a round turn.
1997 F. Mulville Rescue & Recovery vi. 83 Perhaps it was right,..that I should be brought up with a round turn.

Compounds

General attributive (in sense 4).
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1901‘Round turn’ transactions [see sense 4].
1942 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Soc. 37 347 The stock should not be bought or sold unless the probable movement is greater than the round turn cost of completing the transaction.
1981 Chicago Tribune 1 Apr. iii. 3/3 A client would be charged $90 for one round-turn trade (opening and closing position) plus a margin of $2,000.
2007 J. L. Bickford Forex Wave Theory ii. 10 Currency futures traders are charged a round-turn commission that varies from brokerage house to brokerage house.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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