| 单词 | to turn away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn away to turn away 1. a. transitive. To avert (one's face, head, etc.), typically so as not to pay attention. Also more generally: to place or turn (something) so as to face in the opposite direction. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > turn (something) to a (different) direction > turn away awendOE to turn awaya1225 wryc1400 reversec1540 evert1569 avert1578 nurture1627 a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 53 Swa sone se hi beoð iturnd awey from heom. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms xii. 1 Lord,..hou longe thou turnest awei thi face fro me? ?c1430 (c1383) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 8 His preiere is cursid..þat turneþ a wey his eris. a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1976) i. 276 (MED) Whan ȝe schul lyfte up ȝour hondys to me Y schal turnyn myn eyne awey from ȝou. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 147 Each turne away his face. View more context for this quotation 1782 W. Cowper Anti-Thelypthora 87 She saw,—and turn'd her rosy cheek away. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xv. 322 In filling the fresh jar with water its mouth is to be turned away from the gas jars. 1889 F. M. Peard Paul's Sister v She..turned away her head. 2017 I. Zoboi Amer. Street xiii. 129 I turn my head away from him each time he comes closer to whisper something in my ear or kiss me. b. intransitive. To turn so as to face or move away from a person or thing; to avert one's face. Also figurative: to abandon a person. Cf. main senses 20c, 23, 25a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > turn round or to face a direction > turn away abowOE hieldc1275 to turn awayc1300 to hide one's facea1382 wrenka1400 awherfc1400 avert1483 to turn the backc1540 twine1600 averse1652 c1300 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Cambr.) (1966) l. 744 Al wepinge he turnde away. c1330 (?c1300) Speculum Guy (Auch.) (1898) l. 127 Þurw swiche wicke mourning [emended in ed. to þurw swiche mourninge] Wanhope beginneþ for to spring [emended in ed. to springe], Þat, bote man turne awey þerfro, Sauued worþ he neuere mo. c1425 Concordance Wycliffite Bible f. 109 (MED) Pheletus turnyde awey fro me. 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) xiii. viii. sig. Nvii The kyng tourned awey and myghte not speke for wepynge. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 74 What doest thou turne away and hide thy face? 1653 T. Nicols Arcula Gemmea 51 It will make her in her sleep, if she be faithfull to her husband, to cast her self into his embraces; but if she be an adulteresse, to turn away from him. 1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus I. ii. 32 Either I have strangely forgotten my native land, or your surly squire has led us wrong, and we are turning away from the Puy to the valleys of Dome. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxii. 59 ‘Oh, very well—if you're in a huff,’ cried Miggs, turning away. 1958 B. Nichols Sweet & Twenties 200 Miss Tempest always ‘upstaged’ her—..she slowly pushed her chair to the rear so that..Miss X was obliged to turn away from the audience. 2017 ‘C. Lauren’ Autoboyography xvii. 297 He..turns away, jaw ticcing in anger. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > direct [verb (reflexive)] > turn away to turn awaya1382 avert1541 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Baruch ii. 33 Thei shul turnen awei themself..fro ther cursidhedus. a1425 (c1384) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Ezek. xviii. 24 If a iust man shal turne hym a wei fro his riȝtwisnes. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 167 [He] turnyt him in wreth away. 2. a. transitive. To send away, dismiss (a person); spec. to dismiss (a worker or servant) from employment (now rare); (now frequently) to refuse admission to (an applicant, customer, etc.). Cf. main sense 27.In quot. c1540: (perhaps) to take away, carry off (a person).See also to turn money away at money n. Phrases 2a(f). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > dismiss or discharge to put awaya1387 discharge1428 dismiss1477 to put out of wages1542 discard1589 to turn away1602 to put off1608 disemploy1619 to pay off1648 to pay off1651 to turn out1667 to turn off1676 quietus1688 strip1756 trundle1794 unshop1839 shopc1840 to lay off1841 sack1841 drop1845 to give (a person) the shoot1846 bag1848 swap1862 fire1879 to knock off1881 bounce1884 to give (a person) the pushc1886 to give (a person) the boot or the order of the boot1888 bump1899 spear1911 to strike (a medical practitioner, etc.) off the register1911 terminate1920 tramp1941 shitcan1961 pink slip1966 dehire1970 resize1975 to give a person his jotters1990 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss congeec1330 turnc1330 putc1350 dismitc1384 refusea1387 repel?a1439 avyec1440 avoida1464 depart1484 license1484 to give (a person) his (also her, etc.) leave?a1513 demit1529 dispatcha1533 senda1533 to send a grazing1533 demise1541 dimiss1543 abandon1548 dimit1548 discharge1548 dismiss1548 to turn off1564 aband1574 quit1575 hencea1586 cashier1592 to turn away1602 disband1604 amand1611 absquatulize1829 chassé1847 to send to the pack1912 1370–2 in Medium Ævum (1985) 54 38 Y wende neuer so sone sum tyme ha be forsake of on þat y mest truste…bote tyd ȝwen y was turned awey..anoþer heo con take. a1450 R. Spaldyng Katereyn in Anglia (1907) 30 545 (MED) Turne a-way al traytures..þat towchyn vs with turmentys of tene & of tray. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 131v He was takon full & turnyt away. 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor i. iii. 4 I must turne away some of my followers. 1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 29 The Master of the House may turn away all his Servants. 1793 T. Hastings Regal Rambler 17 The footman..was turned away without wages or warning. a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. xxiii. 264 He has turned away all the men off the new works. 1901 W. R. H. Trowbridge Lett. Mother to Elizabeth vii We were lucky to get rooms.., for they are turning people away. 2017 London Rev. Bks. 21 Sept. 33/4 I couldn't draw the conclusion, from the tiny samples available, that women were being turned away en masse. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE atwendOE awayOE to wend awayOE awendOE gangOE rimeOE flitc1175 to fare forthc1200 depart?c1225 part?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 biwitec1300 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to draw awayc1330 passc1330 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 voidc1374 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 waive1390 to pass out ofa1398 avoida1400 to pass awaya1400 to turn awaya1400 slakec1400 wagc1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 muck1429 packc1450 recede1450 roomc1450 to show (a person) the feetc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 devoidc1485 rebatea1500 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 to go one's ways1530 retire?1543 avaunt1549 to make out1558 trudge1562 vade?1570 fly1581 leave1593 wag1594 to get off1595 to go off1600 to put off1600 shog1600 troop1600 to forsake patch1602 exit1607 hence1614 to give offa1616 to take off1657 to move off1692 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 sheera1704 to go about one's business1749 mizzle1772 to move out1792 transit1797–1803 stump it1803 to run away1809 quit1811 to clear off1816 to clear out1816 nash1819 fuff1822 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 mosey1829 slope1830 to tail out1830 to walk one's chalks1835 to take away1838 shove1844 trot1847 fade1848 evacuate1849 shag1851 to get up and get1854 to pull out1855 to cut (the) cable(s)1859 to light out1859 to pick up1872 to sling one's Daniel or hook1873 to sling (also take) one's hook1874 smoke1893 screw1896 shoot1897 voetsak1897 to tootle off1902 to ship out1908 to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909 to push off1918 to bugger off1922 biff1923 to fuck off1929 to hit, split or take the breeze1931 to jack off1931 to piss offa1935 to do a mick1937 to take a walk1937 to head off1941 to take a hike1944 moulder1945 to chuff off1947 to get lost1947 to shoot through1947 skidoo1949 to sod off1950 peel1951 bug1952 split1954 poop1961 mugger1962 frig1965 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] to come awayeOE wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE awayOE dealc1000 goOE awendOE rimeOE to go one's wayOE flitc1175 depart?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 to turn awaya1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 recede1450 roomc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 avaunt1549 trudge1562 vade?1570 discoast1571 leave1593 wag1594 to go off1600 troop1600 hence1614 to set on one's foota1616 to pull up one's stumps1647 quit1811 to clear out1816 slope1830 to walk one's chalks1835 shove1844 to roll out1850 to pull out1855 to light out1859 to take a run-out powder1909 to push off (also along)1923 the world > space > place > absence > be absent [verb (intransitive)] > absent oneself to turn awaya1400 absenta1425 to play truant1560 truant1580 to take (a) French leave1751 to trig it1796 to play hookey1848 submarine1915 to take off1930 bunk1949 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 22472 Whenne alle þinge shul turne away. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 516 Naked..I cam Hyder..And naked I sal turne away. c. transitive. Horse Riding. To remove (a horse) temporarily from being ridden or raced. ΚΠ 1897 Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. Scotl. 9 214 The mares are turned away on the fells in the autumn like sheep, and take their chance in much the same way. 1976 Horse & Hound 10 Dec. 70/1 (advt.) After being broken in the summer, she was turned away, and is now ready to prepare for next season. 2007 Horse & Rider Oct. 156 (caption) Professionally backed and ridden, then turned away to mature. Needs experienced home. 3. figurative. a. transitive. To divert (a happening, an experience, one's thoughts, etc.); to avert (a catastrophe). Cf. main senses 12, 23b.In quot. 1848: to divert attention from (an awkward question). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > obviate > prevent the occurrence of or avert werec925 withsitc1300 shun1338 to turn awaya1382 forfend1382 declinec1430 stopa1538 divert1548 refract1563 withturn1563 antevert1583 avert1586 pervert1594 deprive1627 averruncate1663 stave1664 to stop off1891 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > distract [verb (transitive)] fortogglea1300 to call away1529 scatter1530 forhale1579 to draw away1586 diffuse?1587 to call off1606 divert1609 to put out1616 avoke1623 disjoint1628 to take a person out of himself (herself, etc.)1631 to draw off1646 divertise1648 to take off1670 dissipate1684 to turn off1741 to throw out1821 to turn away1848 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms liii. 7 Turne awei euelis to myn enemys. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Psalms lxxvii. 38 And he dide greetli, to turne awei his yre; and he kyndelide not al his ire. ?a1450 in C. von Nolcken Middle Eng. Transl. Rosarium Theol. (1979) 87 (MED) Schewe it noȝt to hym ne speike it noȝt þat he be turned away fro his wicked way and luffe. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xiii. 10 When oure lord has turned away the caitife of his folke. c1591 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) 79 To turne awaie the peoples likinge from him. 1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man v. §5. 112 Deprecation,..when we pray to God to turn away some evil from us. 1708 W. Kennett Excellent Daughter 18 The Children in our Schools are wean'd from this Brutishness, are taught to hold their Peace and be still, not answering again for Strife, but giving soft Words to turn away Wrath. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxvi. 100 Which question Lady Hawbuck turned away with a sudden query regarding her..daughters. 1933 N. O. Solum tr. O. Rölvaag Boat of Longing i. xiii. 73 He prayed, he bemoaned, he implored..that God in His mercy..would turn the thought of the boy away from his folly. 2000 I. Goldenberg & H. Goldenberg Family Therapy (ed. 5) xiii. 318 The narrative therapist might ask: ‘When was the last time you were able to turn Sadness away?’ b. intransitive. Usually with from. To depart from or abandon a practice, course of action, experience, etc. Also: (of an experience) to be averted. Cf. main sense 15. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] charec1000 stintc1330 turnc1330 to turn awaya1382 windc1385 casta1475 rebatea1500 strike1576 to cast about1591 veer1769 to come around1797 twist?1801 vert1859 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms xxxiii. 15 Turne awei fro euel, and do good. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xviii. 24 Yf the rightuous turne awaye from his rightuousnes. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxvii. 45 Vntill thy brothers anger turne away from thee. View more context for this quotation 1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies ii. 186 Instead of trying to do this, you turn away from it. 1949 Archivum Linguisticum 1 i. 42 Philologists are beginning to turn away from phonetics to speech-acoustics. 1997 W. Self Great Apes vi. 113 It doesn't surprise me, he has turned away from the path of righteousness. < as lemmas |
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