intransitive. To reverse one's, or its, course; to begin to go, or to tend, in the opposite direction; to be reversed; spec. (of the tide) to change…
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| 释义 | the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > turn back or reverse course (12) turnc1275 intransitive. To reverse one's, or its, course; to begin to go, or to tend, in the opposite direction; to be reversed; spec. (of the tide) to change… to turn aboutc1330 intransitive. To reverse one's position or course; to turn so as to face or go in the opposite direction: = to turn round 1a at phrasal verbs 1. repeata1382 intransitive. To return to something; to turn again. Obsolete. to turn againc1384 intransitive. To turn to face the other way (usually in order to go back); = to turn back at phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete (archaic in later use). to turn backc1425 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… re-turn1483 intransitive. To turn again; to turn back. resore1486 intransitive. Of a hare: to traverse open ground again; to double back. to turn the backc1540 With verbs. to turn the back: to turn away from facing, go away, flee; to turn the back upon: to turn definitely from, abandon, forsake. to turn round1560 intransitive. To turn so as to face in the opposite direction; to reverse one's position or course; to face about. Cf. main senses 6 25a. to set back1803 intransitive. To flow in the reverse direction. resile1887 intransitive. To turn back from a point reached. rare. to break back1933 To make a dash; to set off at a run. So to break back: to set off running in a reverse direction. U.S., Australian, and New Zealand. |
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