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单词 turn
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turn1/tuhn/ verb trans

to make (something) move round an axis or face the opposite direction

to make (something) change course, position, or direction

to go past round (a point, esp a corner)

to reach or go beyond (something, esp an age or time)

It's just turned midnight

to perform (an acrobatic manoeuvre) by rotating

to make or form (something) using a lathe

(often + into/to) to make (something, somebody, or oneself) into a different form, type, shape, etc

(often + to/towards) to direct (the mind, attention, thoughts, etc) to a specified topic, etc

to cause something or somebody to change form, position, or condition esp:

to cause (milk, etc) to become sour

to cause (leaves) to change colour

to give (words, etc) an elegant form

to cause (the stomach) to be affected with nausea or revulsion

to bring (soil) from a lower position to the surface

in cricket, to give (a bowled ball) spin

to sprain (an ankle)

to make (a specified profit)

verb intrans

to move round on an axis or so as to face an opposite direction

to move into or take a different position, condition, etc

The weather has turned cold

said of leaves: to change colour

said of milk, etc: to become sour

(+ to) to consult or seek support from (somebody or something)

I always turn to you for advice

to become giddy or dizzy; to reel

said of a person's stomach: to feel nauseated

turn against

to become hostile towards (somebody or something)

turn colour

to change colour; esp to grow pale or red

turn loose

to release (somebody or something) from constraint or captivity

turnable adj
[Old English tyrnian via Old French torner from Latin tornare to turn on a lathe, from tornus a lathe, from Greek tornos]

turn2noun

an act of turning

a bend or curve in a path, road, river, etc

a place where a road divides; turning

in cricket, deviation of the ball after a bounce

a single coil, e.g. of rope or wire wound round an object

something that revolves round a centre, esp a lathe

a point at which events or circumstances change

a turn for the better

a point at the beginning or end of a century or other period

an opportunity or obligation to do something occurring in succession or rotation

It's your turn to drive

an opportunity or obligation to do something occurring in succession or rotation

your turn to go

informal a shock

gave me a turn

a spell or attack of illness, faintness, dizziness, etc

a complete transaction involving a purchase and sale of securities

a profit from such a transaction

a musical ornament based on a note and consisting of the note itself and the notes above and below

a short act or performance, e.g. in a variety show

a short walk or drive taken for pleasure

at every turn

on every occasion; constantly or continually

by turns

alternately or successively

We are all rovers and all fixtures by turns — Ralph Waldo Emerson

do somebody a good turn

to do a favour for somebody

in turn

in the correct order of succession

on the turn

at the point of turning

out of turn

not in the correct order of succession

at a wrong time or place; imprudently or unwisely

take turns/take it in turns

to do something alternatively or successively

to a turn

perfectly; to the required degree

turn and turn about

chiefly Brit one after another

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