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单词 to turn back
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to turn back
to turn back
1.
a. intransitive. To reverse one's position so as to face or go in the opposite direction; to turn and go back. Also figurative. Cf. main senses 18a, 20c, 21a, 25a.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > turn back or reverse course
turnc1275
to turn aboutc1330
repeata1382
to turn againc1384
to turn backc1425
re-turn1483
resore1486
to turn the backc1540
to turn round1560
to set back1803
resile1887
to break back1933
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > turn back or retrace one's steps
charec1000
i-cherrec1000
again-wendOE
again-turna1375
to turn backc1425
reflect1608
redambulate1623
to tread back one's steps1777
back track1802
to try back1816
back-track1904
back-trail1907
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > revert [verb (intransitive)]
awendOE
recommence1481
relieve?1510
turn1594
remigrate1601
to cast back1622
recounter1630
regress1650
retrovert1782
to turn round1802
retrogress1860
to turn back1886
U-turn1973
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 4128 (MED) Hir liste nat onys for to tourne bake..she hade of hym no drede But riȝt proudly gan to neiȝen nere.
c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) l. 1089 (MED) Hir host gan turne bak and fle, Vpon horsbake as fast as they myght flynge.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxiii[i]. 5 Whatayled the..thou Iordan that thou turnedst backe?
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 2 Shall I goe forward and my heart is here? Turne backe dull earth and finde thy Center out. View more context for this quotation
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vii. 154Turn back! turn back!’ exclaimed the vagrant.
1829 T. Carlyle in Edinb. Rev. June 458 Not in turning back,..but only in resolutely struggling forward, does our life consist.
1886 E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew II. x. 217 He had put his hand to the plough, and he was not the man to turn back.
1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon v. 90 Eventually they had turned back before even reaching the foot of the climb proper.
2014 S. Jones Yolo 132 Well, it's too late to turn back now... And anyway..YOLO [= you only live once], right?
b. transitive. To reverse the forward movement of (a person or thing); to make (a person or thing) go back. Also figurative. Cf. main sense 18b.See also to turn the clock back at clock n.1 and adv. Phrases 5.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > cause to move back [verb (transitive)] > turn back or reverse the course of
reverse?a1439
to turn back?1531
return?1542
retrograde1582
tergiverse1602
turn1665
to roll back1695
revert1814
?1531 W. Tyndale tr. Prophet Ionas sig. B.iiij So am I sure that greate wrath will folow, excepte repentaunce turne it Backe agayne and cease it.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xxi. 4 I will turne backe the weapens..wherwith ye fight agaynst the kinge of Babilon.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. D3v Apuleius..asserts, that by a magical susurration..rivers are turned back.
1872 J. Morley Voltaire vi. 298 The man who turned the tide back.
1880 R. Mackenzie 19th Cent. iii. ix. 448 To arrest and turn back the mightiest power.
1941 M. Lowry Let. 15 Jan. in Sursum Corda! (1995) I. 370 When I set off in September 1939 to see Margie in the U.S...I was turned back at the American border as without proof that I would not be a public charge.
2018 J. Cassara House Impossible Beauties 17 She wished that she could turn back time.
2.
a. intransitive. To come back or go back to one's former place; to return. Cf. main sense 19a. Obsolete.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [verb (intransitive)]
to wend againeOE
i-cherrec1000
again-chareOE
again-comeOE
again-fareOE
again-goOE
eft-sithec1175
to turn againc1175
returna1325
attournec1386
turnc1390
recovera1393
repair?c1400
recourse?a1425
to go backc1425
resortc1425
revertc1475
renew1488
retour?1505
to make return1534
to turn back1538
retend1543
to come short home1548
regress1552
rejourna1556
revolt1567
revolve1587
repeal1596
recur1612
rewend1616
revene1656
to get back1664
to take back1674
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Illuc quaeso redi, quo coepisti, I beseche the tourne backe agayne, where thou begannest.
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxliii. sig. I2v Turne back to me.
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings i. 5 When the messengers turned backe vnto him, he said.., Why are ye now turned backe? View more context for this quotation
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 37 We turned back again into Persia.
b. transitive. To cause (a person or thing) to go back to its former place; to send or give (something) back, to return. Cf. main sense 19c. Now U.S.
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the mind > possession > giving > giving back or restitution > give back [verb (transitive)]
yieldc897
agiveOE
again-setOE
restorec1325
acquitc1330
to pay outa1382
refundc1386
to give againa1400
quita1400
restituec1400
reliver1426
surrend1450
redeliver1490
refer1496
render1513
rebail1539
re-present1564
regive1575
to give backa1586
to turn back1587
relate1590
turn1597
returna1632
to hand back1638
redonate1656
reappropriate1659
re-cede1684
revert1688
replace1776
restitute1885
to kick back1926
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1537/1 An easterlie great wind would remooue and driue it from that coast, and consequentlie from the pierre, which then would lie naked as before, vntill the south and westerne wind turned it backe againe.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 34 Sir Iohn Vmfreuile turnd me backe With ioyfull tidings.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. ii. 69 We turne not backe the silkes vpon the marchant When we haue soild them. View more context for this quotation
1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal ii. 15 These insolent Raskals have turn'd 'em all back upon my hands again.
1927 Publishers' Weekly 12 Feb. 610 We felt that the only course open to us in view of the authors' feelings in the matter was to offer to turn back the book to them, subject to their disposal.
1993 Newsweek 19 Apr. 27/3 The odds of that happening are about the same as a lottery winner turning back the money because he doesn't need it.
3.
a. transitive. To cause (something) to face backwards or in the previous direction; to reverse the direction of; to direct backwards; cf. main senses 20b, 25bIn quot. 1579: = to turn bridle at Phrases 1c.In quot. 1845: to expose by reversing; = to turn over 2c at Phrasal verbs 1.
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the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > reverse the direction of
reverse?a1439
return1483
to turn back1579
alternate1595
re-enverse1603
retrovert1637
obvert1646
the world > space > direction > specific directions > direct in specific directions [verb (transitive)] > direct or turn backwards
returna1450
reverse1523
to turn back1579
retort1583
reverta1657
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 731/2 If there bee but one man that turneth backe the bridle [Fr. qui aura tourné bride], wee seeme to seeke such occasions to become wicked and lewde.
1585 T. Wilcox Expos. vppon Bk. Canticles vi. 173 Though thou bee past, yet turne thine eyes backe againe, that thou maiest beholde mee.
1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim (1687) xxxiv. 417 They heard the noise of an horses heels behind them. Which causing them to turn their eyes back [etc.].
1743 Gen. Syst. Horsemanship II. 107/2 Quadratus Labiorum. The last are the Abducents. They rise from the Occiput, and are inserted in the fore Part of the Ear, which they turn back.
1825 W. Scott Talisman ii, in Tales Crusaders III. 40 It were better..to turn back thy horse's head towards the camp of thy people.
1845 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 6 ii. 344 Both heaps [of potatoes] have now been turned back, and none are diseased.
2015 A. Leigh Fortune's June Bride 51 Jeanne Marie turned her eyes back on Galen. ‘Where's your father?’
b. intransitive. To turn so as to face in the backwards or in the previous direction; figurative to give attention again to something.
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1831 T. C. Grattan Jacqueline of Holland II. ii. 48 My mind turned back to early days, when I have seen you serve the altar and sing the saint's litany.
1912 E. Wharton Reef xxvii. 345 She turned back to her letters and her glance lit on an envelope inscribed in Owen's hand.
1968 Listener 26 Dec. 859/3 The indigenists, who relied mainly on a European form, the novel, turned back to the study of Voodoo.
2017 M. W. Sexton Kind of Freedom 117 But her mother just turned back to her paper, flipped through it.
4. transitive. To fold or double back or over (part of a garment, etc.) Formerly also †in past participle with with: turned up with (see to turn up 5b(a) at Phrasal verbs 1) (obsolete).
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the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > fold [verb (transitive)] > back
replyc1425
replicate1649
to turn back1683
retroflex1954
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > adjust or arrange > turn or fold over, back, up, or down
tuckc1440
tirve1482
to turn upa1586
to turn back1683
to turn down1841
1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse i. vi. 11 The fleshy Membrane likewise turn'd back, with a little sprinkling of Fat on its inside.
a1837 E. C. Knight Autobiogr. (1861) I. v. 61 The constable's were the last, with their mantles turned back with gold stuff.
1869 H. S. Leigh Carols of Cockayne 166 He turn'd back his cuffs, and he put back his hair.
1913 Play Pictorial No. 130. 18/2 A gown of green paon broché crêpe de chine, draped..with tulle,..turned back with handsome cream guipure.
2007 A. Barrett Air We Breathe 28 Her sleeves were turned back to expose her wrists, her apron was fresh and neatly ironed.
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