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单词 churn
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churnverb

uk/tʃɜːn/us/tʃɝːn/

churn verb (MOVE/MIX)

[ T ] also churn up to move something, especially a liquid, with great force:

The sea was churned up by heavy winds.

[ T ] to mix milk until it becomes butter

[ I ] If your stomach is churning, you feel ill, usually because you are nervous:

I had my driving test that morning and my stomach was churning.

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Shaking, swinging and vibrating

  • agitate
  • brandish
  • flourish
  • fluff sth up
  • flutter
  • jitter
  • joggle
  • resonate
  • reverberate
  • rocky
  • shake
  • stir sth up
  • swing
  • teeter
  • throb
  • totter
  • tremble
  • tremulous
  • wag
  • worry

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Mixing and mixtures
Vomiting & feelings of sickness

churn verb (CUSTOMERS)

[ I or T ] specialized business If customers churn between different companies that provide a particular service, they change repeatedly from one to another.

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Changing

  • a new broom sweeps clean idiom
  • about-turn
  • alter
  • alternate
  • alternation
  • bastardize
  • convert
  • move on
  • move the goalposts idiom
  • move with the times idiom
  • new
  • new broom
  • onto
  • reverse
  • swing
  • transfigure
  • transform
  • transitional
  • transmogrify
  • transmute

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Business - general words

Phrasal verb(s)

churn sth out

churnnoun

uk/tʃɜːn/us/tʃɝːn/

churn noun (CONTAINER)

[ C ] a large container for transporting milk or for making milk into butter:

a milk churn
a butter churn

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Containers for liquids and gases

  • aerosol
  • amphora
  • barrel
  • bottle
  • bucket
  • canister
  • flask
  • inkwell
  • jar
  • jeroboam
  • jerrycan
  • jug
  • keg
  • pitcher
  • vacuum flask
  • vase
  • vat
  • vial
  • water bottle
  • water tank

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churn noun (CUSTOMERS)

[ S or U ] specialized also churn rate business the number of customers who decide to stop using a service offered by one company and to use another company, usually because it offers a better service or price:

Internet and cable television companies suffer from a high churn rate.

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Business - general words

  • Age of Exploration
  • B2B
  • B2C
  • back office
  • big business
  • corporate memory
  • deal
  • devolution
  • devolve
  • devolve sth to sb
  • globalization
  • mass market
  • mass market
  • nerve centre
  • niche market
  • offshore
  • open market
  • private
  • private enterprise
  • tender

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