| 单词 | turn |
| 释义 | turn (once / 9 pages) 1vn 2vn 3vn 4v WORD FAMILY turn: overturn, turned, turner, turnery, turning, turns+/overturn: overturned, overturning, overturns/turned: turnedest, unturned/turner: turners/turning: turnings USAGE EXAMPLESDomestically, Obama tried and failed to implement a cap-and-trade system to lower emissions and instead turned to direct regulation of coal-fired power plants. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) Today, too, a US turn to isolationism and the pursuit of strictly US national interests may eventually lead to a global conflict. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) As soon as he kicked it, Boermeester turned around, started running and, as promised, did the dance move. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v move around an axis or a center The wheels are turning Hypo|Hyper go around, revolve, rotate turn on or around an axis or a center drive in, screwcause to penetrate, as with a circular motion screwturn like a screw wheel, wheel aroundchange directions as if revolving on a pivot gyrate, reel, spin, spin around, whirlrevolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis swirl, twiddle, twirl, whirlturn in a twisting or spinning motion move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 2v cause to move around or rotate turn a key turn your palm this way Hypo|Hyper reorient cause to turn supinateturn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg) portput or turn on the left side, of a ship tipcause to tilt displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 3v cause to move along an axis or into a new direction turn your face to the wall turn the car around turn your dance partner around Hypo|Hyper bring about cause to move into the opposite direction displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 4v shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel turn the legs of the table turn the clay on the wheel Hyper form, shape give shape or form to 5v twist suddenly so as to sprain I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days Syn|Hyper rick, sprain, twist, wrench, wrick injure, wound cause injuries or bodily harm to 6v accomplish by rotating turn a somersault turn cartwheels Hyper do, perform get (something) done 7n a circular segment of a curve Syn|Hypo|Hyper bend, crook, twist bight a bend or curve (especially in a coastline) curve, curved shape the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes 8n turning or twisting around (in place) 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper twist twiddle a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns rotary motion, rotation the act of rotating as if on an axis 1v cause to move around a center so as to show another side of turn a page of a book Syn|Hypo|Hyper turn over evert turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward leafturn over pages displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 2v to break and turn over earth especially with a plow turn the earth in the Spring Syn|Hypo|Hyper plough, plow ridge plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip disk, harrowdraw a harrow over (land) till work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation 3v pass to the other side of turn the corner Syn|Hyper move around go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 4v cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form the strong man could turn an iron bar Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper bend, deform, flex, twist unbend free from flexure dent, indent make a depression into incurvatecause to curve inward gnarltwist into a state of deformity crankbend into the shape of a crank convolute, convolvecurl, wind, or twist together change form, change shape, deform assume a different shape or form 5v to send or let go They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion Hyper direct, send cause to go somewhere 6v direct at someone She turned a smile on me They turned their flashlights on the car Hyper aim, direct, take, take aim, train point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards 7v let (something) fall or spill from a container turn the flour onto a plate Syn|Hypo|Hyper release deflate release contained air or gas from throwthrow (a die) out onto a flat surface shootthrow dice, as in a crap game channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport send from one person or place to another 8n the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course he took a turn to the right Syn|Hypo|Hyper turning deflection, deflexion, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) righta turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east lefta turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east kick turna standing turn made in skiing; one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first stem, stem turna turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it telemarka turn made in skiing; the outside ski is placed ahead and turned gradually inwards swerve, swerving, veeringthe act of turning aside suddenly three-point turnthe act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs versionmanual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery) red herringany diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue change of course a change in the direction that you are moving 9n the act of turning away or in the opposite direction he made an abrupt turn away from her Hyper change of direction, reorientation the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented 10n taking a short walk out and back we took a turn in the park Hyper walk the act of walking somewhere 11n a movement in a new direction 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper turning reversal, turn around turning in an opposite direction or position swerve, yawan erratic deflection from an intended course gyration, revolution, rotationa single complete turn (axial or orbital) coming back, returnthe occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction volutiona rolling or revolving motion clockwise rotation, dextrorotationrotation to the right counterclockwise rotation, levorotationrotation to the left axial motion, axial rotation, rollrotary motion of an object around its own axis orbital motion, orbital rotationmotion of an object in an orbit around a fixed point spina swift whirling motion (usually of a missile) motion, movement a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something 1v change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense Turn towards me The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs Hypo|Hyper twist turn in the opposite direction flip, flip over, turn overturn upside down, or throw so as to reverse turn on a dimehave a small turning radius roll, turn overmove by turning over or rotating roll overmake a rolling motion or turn swing about, swing around, turn aroundturn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically flip, tosslightly throw to see which side comes up portturn or go to the port or left side, of a ship faceturn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction turn offmake a turn turn awaymove so as not face somebody or something geeturn to the right side about-faceturn, usually 180 degrees caracolemake a half turn on a horse, in dressage cornerturn a corner overturn, tip over, tump over, turn overturn from an upright or normal position bendchange direction curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veerturn sharply; change direction abruptly deflectturn aside and away from an initial or intended course bend, deflect, turn awayturn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest avert, turn awayturn away or aside rotate, splay, spread out, turn outturn outward circumvolve, rotatecause to turn on an axis or center pivot, swivelturn on a pivot coil, gyrate, spiralto wind or move in a spiral course corkscrew, spiralmove in a spiral or zigzag course deviate, divertturn aside; turn away from pronateturn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards cricktwist (a body part) into a strained position quirktwist or curve abruptly curl, wavetwist or roll into coils or ringlets crank, crank uprotate with a crank rimroll around the rim of somersaultdo a somersault tumbleroll over and over, back and forth capsize, turn turtle, turtleoverturn accidentally upendbecome turned or set on end peel offleave a formation yawswerve off course momentarily birl, spin, twirl, whirlcause to spin birl, birlecause a floating log to rotate by treading pirouettedo a pirouette, usually as part of a dance yawdeviate erratically from a set course detourtravel via a detour depart, digress, sidetrack, stragglewander from a direct or straight course weltertoss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 2v undergo a transformation or a change of position or action We turned from Socialism to Capitalism The people turned against the President when he stole the election Syn|Hypo|Hyper change state grow pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become becomeundergo a change or development arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken stop sleeping black out, pass out, zonk outlose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example come to, resuscitate, revivereturn to consciousness tense, tense upbecome tense, nervous, or uneasy decompress, loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwindbecome less tense, rest, or take one's ease lose weight, melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, slim down, thintake off weight gain, put onincrease (one's body weight) apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, togprovide with clothes or put clothes on cross-fertilise, cross-fertilizeundergo cross-fertilization; become fertile conceivebecome pregnant; undergo conception secularise, secularizemake secular and draw away from a religious orientation citratecause to form a salt or ester of citric acid equilibratebring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium fallpass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind become, get, goenter or assume a certain state or condition decline, worsengrow worse ameliorate, better, improve, meliorateget better disengagebecome free overgrowbecome overgrown concentratemake denser, stronger, or purer breakcrack; of the male voice in puberty acetify, acidifyturn acidic alkalify, alkalise, alkalize, basifyturn basic and less acidic ionise, ionizeconvert into ions ossifybecome bony catalyse, catalyzechange by catalysis or cause to catalyze get worse, relapsedeteriorate in health fluctuatebe unstable break loose, burst forth, explodebe unleashed; emerge with violence or noise buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff itpass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life be borncome into existence through birth cloud overbecome overcast carbonise, carbonizeturn into carbon, as by burning chill, cool, cool downloose heat heat, heat up, hot upgain heat or get hot carbonise, carbonize, carburise, carburizeunite with carbon freezechange to ice boilcome to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor burn, combustundergo combustion emaciategrow weak and thin or waste away physically Frenchifybecome French in appearance or character thinlose thickness; become thin or thinner inspissate, thickenbecome thick or thicker solvateundergo solvation or convert into a solvate reactundergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions dissolve, fade away, fade outbecome weaker discharge, emptybecome empty or void of its content fill, fill upbecome full homogenise, homogenizebecome homogeneous or similar, as by mixing homogenise, homogenizebreak up the fat globules of clabber, clot, curdleturn into curds clot, coagulatechange from a liquid to a thickened or solid state ferment, sour, workgo sour or spoil integratebecome one; become integrated precipitateseparate as a fine suspension of solid particles calcifyturn into lime; become calcified cokebecome coke carnifybecome muscular or fleshy chondrifyturn into cartilage emulsifyform into or become an emulsion denitrifyremove nitrogen from esterifychange (a compound) into an ester etherifychange into an ether thrombosebecome blocked by a thrombus open, open upbecome open close, shutbecome closed sorb, take uptake up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption calm, calm down, chill out, cool it, cool off, settle down, simmer downbecome quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation flourish, fly high, prosper, thrivemake steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance emancipate, liberategive equal rights to; of women and minorities get into, tangle withget involved in or with liquefybecome liquid catch fire, combust, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take firestart to burn or burst into flames conk, faint, pass out, swoonpass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain vege out, vegetateengage in passive relaxation sit back, take it easysettle into a comfortable sitting position prim, prim out, prim updress primly sweat offlose weight by sweating fill out, flesh out, roundbecome round, plump, or shapely cover, wrap upclothe, as if for protection from the elements jacketput a jacket on frockput a frock on shirtput a shirt on habitput a habit on vestureprovide or cover with a cloak overclothe, overdressdress too warmly underdressdress without sufficient warmth corsetdress with a corset shoefurnish with shoes coatcover or provide with a coat costume, dress updress in a costume robe, vestclothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes abortcease development, die, and be aborted hatchemerge from the eggs inflamebecome inflamed; get sore superfetateconceive when a fetus is already present in the uterus come down, sickenget sick degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, dropgrow worse convalesce, recover, recuperateget over an illness or shock healget healthy again gowndress in a gown pack ongain (weight) dropfall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death fall in lovebegin to experience feelings of love towards sober, sober upbecome sober after excessive alcohol consumption sober, sober upbecome more realistic workarrive at a certain condition through repeated motion reform, see the light, straighten outchange for the better surgesee one's performance improve deprive, impoverishtake away failget worse tumblesuffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat drop away, drop off, fall away, slipget worse sufferget worse lose, sufferbe set at a disadvantage pick up, turn aroundimprove significantly; go from bad to good unlockbecome unlocked regress, retrograde, retrogressget worse or fall back to a previous condition bounce back, get over, get wellimprove in health heal, mendheal or recover asphyxiate, stifle, suffocatebe asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen buy it, pip outbe killed or die; drowndie from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating fallbe born, used chiefly of lambs predeceasedie before; die earlier than come into being, come to lifebe born or come into existence merge, unify, unitebecome one overheatget excessively and undesirably hot glaciatebecome frozen and covered with glaciers boil over, overboiloverflow or cause to overflow while boiling burn down, burn up, go upburn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire smolder, smoulderburn slowly and without a flame curdleturn from a liquid to a solid mass flow away, flow offflow off or away gradually waterfill with tears floodbecome filled to overflowing rack upsupply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals) lysogenizebecome integrated into the genome of (a bacterium) fructifybecome productive or fruitful take effectgo into effect or become effective or operative bromate, brominatereact with bromine declutchdisengage the clutch of a car runchange from one state to another takebe seized or affected in a specified way breakcome into being settlebecome resolved, fixed, established, or quiet turn downtake a downward direction scorch, sear, singebecome superficially burned upgradeget better travel conditions deflagrateburn with great heat and intense light famish, starvedie of food deprivation unfastenbecome undone or untied fly opencome open suddenly absorbbecome imbued adsorbaccumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface chemisorbtake up a substance by chemisorption falldie, as in battle or in a hunt succumb, yieldbe fatally overwhelmed reincarnate, transmigratebe born anew in another body after death frybe excessively hot flamebe in flames or aflame blow outerupt in an uncontrolled manner catchstart burning light upstart to burn with a bright flame blaze up, burn up, flame up, flareburn brightly blazeburn brightly and intensely change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 3v cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold Syn|Hyper become undergo a change or development alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 4v channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium Hypo|Hyper take up turn one's interest to direct, send cause to go somewhere 5v have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to She turned to her relatives for help Syn|Hyper call on appeal, invoke request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection 6v pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become The weather turned nasty Syn|Hypo|Hyper grow change state undergo a transformation or a change of position or action bald grow bald; lose hair on one's head change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 7v undergo a change or development The water turned into ice He turned traitor Syn|Hypo|Hyper become change state undergo a transformation or a change of position or action boil down, come down, reduce be the essential element choke, suffocatebecome stultified, suppressed, or stifled nucleateform into a nucleus add up, amount, comedevelop into aggregateamount in the aggregate to metamorphose, transform, transmute change in outward structure or looks 8v change to the contrary the tides turned against him public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern Syn|Hypo|Hyper change by reversal, reverse alternate, flip, flip-flop, interchange, switch, tack reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) turn the tables, turn the tidecause a complete reversal of the circumstances commutatereverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current exchange, switch, switch overchange over, change around, as to a new order or sequence correct, rectify, rightmake right or correct falsifyfalsify knowingly commute, permute, transposechange the order or arrangement of metamorphose, transfigure, transmogrifychange completely the nature or appearance of regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn backgo back to a previous state desynchronise, desynchronizecause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallowremove the consecration from a person or an object undocancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogressgo back to bad behavior amend, rectify, remediate, remedy, repairset straight or right debuglocate and correct errors in a computer program code map, representto establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets) resilereturn to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed go back, recover, recuperateregain a former condition after a financial loss unbrace, unlace, untieundo the ties of unstrapremove the strap or straps from unhitchunfasten or release from or as if from a hitch unpickundo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing) unfastencause to become undone unbeltundo the belt of unstapletake the staples off unclipremove the clip from unbuttonundo the buttons of unpinremove the pins from; unfasten the pins of disconnect, unplugpull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable unbraidundo the braids of unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, untanglebecome or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of disentangle, unwindseparate the tangles of unbuckleundo the buckle of open, spread, spread out, unfoldspread out or open from a closed or folded state unwireundo the wiring of change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 9v alter the functioning or setting of turn the dial to 10 turn the heat down Hyper control, operate handle and cause to function 10v change color In Vermont, the leaves turn early Hyper grow pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become color, colour, discolor, discolourchange color, often in an undesired manner 11v go sour or spoil The cream has turned--we have to throw it out Syn|Hyper ferment, sour, work ferment, work cause to undergo fermentation change state undergo a transformation or a change of position or action 12v become officially one year older She is turning 50 this year Hyper age, get on, maturate, mature, senesce grow old or older 13n an unforeseen development events suddenly took an awkward turn Syn|Hyper turn of events, twist development a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation 14n (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession it is my turn Syn|Hypo|Hyper play move (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game start, startinga turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) inningsthe batting turn of a cricket player or team attackan offensive move in a sport or game down(American football) a complete play to advance the football at-bat, bat(baseball) a turn trying to get a hit leadthe playing of a card to start a trick in bridge ruff, trumping(card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit trick(card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner chess movethe act of moving a chess piece follow-onan immediate second innings forced on a cricket team scoring a prescribed number of runs fewer than its opponents in the first innings counterattack, counterplay(chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board activity any specific behavior 15n a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else) Syn|Hyper go, spell, tour duty period, shift, work shift the time period during which you are at work 16n (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive Syn|Hypo|Hyper bout, round top, top of the inning the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat bottom, bottom of the inningthe second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat division, part, section one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole 17n a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program Syn|Hypo|Hyper act, bit, number, routine show-stopper, showstopper, stopper an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down performance, public presentation a dramatic or musical entertainment 18n a favor for someone 4Syn|Hyper good turn favor, favour an act of gracious kindness v get by buying and selling the company turned a good profit after a year Hyper acquire, get come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
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