| 释义 |
turnover
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: turn over
1. : an act or result of turning over
< turnover on a horizontal bar >
: upset
< collision and turnover of a bus >
2. : a turning from one side, place, or direction to its opposite : shift, reversal; especially : a marked shift of votes from one party to another
3. : a reorganization with a view to a shift in personnel : shake-up
4. : something that is turned over : a part (as the leaf of a book, the flap of an envelope, or a welt in a shoe) turned or folded over
5. : a triangular or semicircular pocket of filled pastry made by turning half of a square or circle of pastry over the other and enclosing a filling
< apple turnover >
< chicken turnover >
6. or turnover apprentice archaic : one whose indentures are transferred from one master (as a master printer) to another to enable him to complete his apprenticeship
7.
a. : the amount of business done : degree of business activity
< gilt-edged securities were firm but the turnover small >
b. : the amount of material on which some process has been performed
< the turnover of a mine >
or the rate at which material is processed
< turnover of a machine >
8.
a. : movement (as of goods, animals, or people) into, through, and out of a place considered all as a single process
< a rapid turnover of patients in a well-organized hospital >
< daily turnover of hogs in the stockyards >
b. : the receipt, placing on sale, and disposal of a stock of merchandise; also : the rate at which goods are sold
c. : a cycle of purchase, sale, and replacement of a stock of goods,
< a turnover four times a year >
also : the ratio of sales for a stated period to average inventory
d. : the number of persons hired within a period to replace those leaving or dropped from a working force; also : the ratio of this number to the number in the average force maintained
9. Britain : a light essay on a matter of current interest beginning in the last column of page one of a newspaper and continuing onto page two
10. : turnover frequency
II. adjective
Etymology: turn over
: capable of being turned over : made with a part folded over
< turnover collar >
III. noun
1. : the continuous process of loss and replacement of a constituent (as a neurotransmitter, cell, or tissue) of a living system
< protein turnover in various pathological states — J.C.Waterlow >
< turnover of neurons in the hippocampus — B.L.Jacobs et al >
2. : the act or an instance of a team's losing possession of a ball through error or a minor violation of the rules (as in basketball or football) |