英语词汇“turn-penny”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Designed and ready for immediate use by the purchaser, as in turnkey system or package (computing) a computer system complete with hardware and software, usu designed, installed, tested and maintained by the supplier and ready for immediate use by the purchaser

turnˈ-penny noun (archaic)

Someone who is eager for profit

turnˈpike noun

A spiked barrier (historical)
A turnstile (obsolete)
A tollgate or road with a tollgate (historical)
A motorway on which tolls are paid (US)
A spiral stair (also turnpike stair; Scot)

turnpike man noun (historical)

A tollgate keeper

turnpike road noun

A road on which there are or were tollgates
A main road

turnˈround or turnˈaround noun

A turning round
The whole process of a ship, aircraft, etc docking or landing, unloading, taking on cargo, passengers or both, and setting off again
Generally, the whole process of dealing with something and passing it on to the next stage
A complete reversal of direction

turnˈ-screw noun (archaic)

A screwdriver

turnˈskin noun (archaic)

A werewolf

turnˈspit noun

A person who turns a spit
A long-bodied, short-legged dog employed to drive a wheel by which roasting-spits were turned
A spit, roasting jack

turnˈstile noun

A revolving frame that allows one person to pass at a time

turnˈstone noun

A bird (genus Arenaria), related to the plover and sandpiper, that turns over pebbles on the beach in search of food

turnˈtable noun

A rotating table, platform, disc or pair of rings, one rotating within another, used for turning a locomotive, carrying a record on a record player, cementing a microscope slide, turning a camera, etc

turntable ladder noun

A rotatable ladder mounted on a fire engine

turnˈtablist noun

A performer who uses the turntable of a record player to create innovative sounds

turnˈ-up (or /tûrn-upˈ/) noun

A disturbance
A thing or part that is turned up, esp the cuff at the bottom of a trouser-leg
An unexpected or fortuitous result or occurrence
A piece of good luck

adjective

Turned up

a good (or bad) turn

A helpful service (or a disservice)

at every turn

Everywhere
Incessantly

by turns

One after another
At intervals

in one's turn

When it is one's occasion, opportunity, duty, etc

in turn

One after another, in succession

not turn a hair

To be quite undisturbed or unaffected

on the turn

At the turning point, changing
On the point of turning sour

serve its or one's turn

To answer the purpose
To do well enough

speak or talk out of turn

To say something indiscreet or tactless

take a turn

To go for a stroll
To have a go (informal)

(take) a turn for the better (or worse)

(to make) an improvement (or a deterioration)

take one's turn or take turns

To participate in rotation

to a turn

Exactly, perfectly (as if of the spit)

turn about

To face round to the opposite direction
To spin, rotate

turn about or turn and turn about

Alternately
In rotation

turn adrift

To unmoor and let float away
To cast off

turn again

To turn back
To revert

turn against

To use to the injury of
To render hostile to
To rebel against

turn an enemy's flank, line or position

To manoeuvre so as to attack in the rear
To outwit

turn an honest penny see under penny

turn around see turn round below.

turn aside

To avert
To deviate
To avert the face

turn away

To dismiss from service, to discharge
To avert, to turn or look in another direction
To deviate, to depart
To refuse admittance to
To reject, send away

turn back

To cause to retreat
To return
To fold back

turn colour

To change colour

turn down

To bend, double, or fold down
To invert
To lower (a light, volume on a radio, etc)
To reject

turn forth

To expel

turn in

To bend inward
To enter
To register (a score)
To surrender, hand over voluntarily (turnˈ-in noun)
To go to bed (informal)

turn in on oneself

To become introverted

turn into

To become by a process of change

turn it up or in

Stop (saying) it (imperative; informal)

turn King's or Queen's evidence see under evident

turn loose

To set at liberty

turn of events

Course or direction of events

turn off

To deviate
To dismiss
To divert
To complete, achieve by labour
To shut or switch off
To make (someone) lose interest or enthusiasm, to bore, be disliked by or distasteful to (turnˈ-off noun; slang)
To give in marriage (archaic)
To hang (obs sl)

turn of speed

A burst of speed

turn of the century or year

The period of the end of one century or year and the beginning of the next

turn on

To set running (eg the flow of water)
To set in operation by switching on (also figurative)
To depend on
To turn towards and attack (physically or verbally)
To give (a person) a sense of heightened awareness and vitality, as do hallucinogenic drugs (slang)
To rouse the interest of, excite, esp sexually (turnˈ-on noun; slang)

turn one's back on

To abandon or reject

turn one's hand to

To apply oneself to

turn out

To bend outwards
To drive out, to expel
To remove the contents of
To dress, groom, take care of the appearance of
To put (cattle, etc) to pasture
To produce and put forth
To prove in the result
To muster
To go on strike
To switch off (a light)
To get out of bed (informal)
To go out of doors (informal)

turn over

To roll over
To set the other way up
To change sides
To hand over, pass on
To change the function of
To handle or do business to the amount of
To examine by turning the pages
To ponder
To rob (slang)
To start up (an engine)

turn round or around

Of a ship, aircraft, etc, to arrive, unload, reload and leave again
To reverse the course or direction of
To reverse the fortunes of (figurative)

turn tail see under tail¹

turn someone round one's little finger same as twist someone round one's little finger (see under finger).

turn someone's head or brain

To make someone giddy
To infatuate with success

turn the other cheek

To accept harm, violence, etc without defending oneself

turn the scale

To decide, determine

turn the stomach

To nauseate

turn the tables see under table

turn to

To have recourse to
To point to
To result in
To change or be changed into
To set to work

turn turtle see under turtle¹

turn up

To point upwards
To fold upwards
To come or bring to light
To arrive or appear (by chance)
To set face up
To invert
To grub up
To disturb
To strengthen or increase (eg the level of light, radio volume, etc)
To refer to, look up
To disgust (informal)

turn-up for the book or books

A totally unexpected (usu pleasant) occurrence

turn upon

To cast back upon, retort
To hinge on

turn /tûrn/