| 单词 | to turn the turtle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn the turtle b. figurative (in earlier use to turn the turtle.) To turn over, capsize, be upset. (See also quot. 18182.) ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > capsize or be upset whelma1300 overturna1393 overset1641 coup1787 upset1799 capsize1805 to turn the turtle1818 to go over1829 keela1860 to turn turtle1860 wintle1867 turtle1920 1818 ‘A. Burton’ Adventures Johnny Newcome 69 John..in the next week..would take Twice calling, to be once awake; They turned the turtle, cut him down. 1818 ‘A. Burton’ Adventures Johnny Newcome 254 Turn the turtle, to get under a hammock, and lift it up in the middle, thus pitching the sleeper out on one side of it. 1830 United Service Jrnl. June 709 The chance on some equally squally night of ‘turning the turtle’, as Jack facetiously calls upsetting. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene III. iii. 59 But ‘turning the turtle’ is not making a quick passage, except to the other world. 1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet III. x. 196 The canoe turned the turtle with them. 1860 All Year Round 28 July 384 If the wind catches that 'ere, she'll turn turtle at once. 1896 Daily News 2 July 9/1 An engine and two trucks had turned turtle on the embankment. < as lemmas |
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