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BNC: 183 COCA: 170
turnverbuk/tɜːn/ us/tɝːn/

turn verb GO ROUND

B2 [ I or T ] to (cause to) move in a circle around a fixed point or line（使）转动；（使）旋转

The earth turns on its axis once every 24 hours.地球每24小时绕地轴自转一周。
She turned on her toes, holding out her skirt.她拎起裙摆踮着脚尖旋转。
The wheels started to turn (around).轮子开始转动了。
Turn the steering wheel as quickly as you can.以最快速度打轮。
She turned the doorknob and quietly opened the door.她转动门把手，悄悄地开了门。
Slowly, I turned the door handle.我慢慢地拧动门把手。

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There was no air conditioning, just a ceiling fan turning slowly.

I heard someone turn a key in the lock.

She turned the handle and slowly opened the door.

We watched as the sails of the windmill slowly started to turn.

When this wheel turns, it makes those big stones turn which grind the grain into flour.

turn verb CHANGE DIRECTION

A2 [ I or T ] to (cause to) change the direction in which you are facing or moving（使）转向；（使）转身

Turn right at the traffic lights.在红绿灯处向右拐。
The path twists and turns for the next half mile.接下来这条小路有半英里是弯弯曲曲的。
We have to turn down/into/up the next road on the right.我们必须在下一个路口往右拐。
Plants tend to turn towards the source of light.植物往往朝向光源生长。
She turned to face him.她转过身面对他。
He turned round and waved to us.他转身向我们招手。
He turned on his heel (= turned quickly to face the opposite direction) and left the room.他迅速转身离开了房间。
The person on my left turned to me and whispered "Not another speech!"我左边的人转向我，耳语道：“可别再来一场演讲！”
His wife tried to speak to him, but he turned his back (on her)/turned away (from her) (= moved so that his back, not his face, was towards her to show his anger).他的妻子想跟他说话，可他却转过身去不予理睬。
At about three o'clock, the tide started to turn (= the sea started to come closer to or move away from the beach).大约3点钟，潮水开始涌动。
He turned his head to me to listen.他转过头来听我讲话。
I'll just turn the car round and go back the way we came.我这就调转车头，原路返回。
We watched until the car had turned (= gone around) the corner.我们一直看着那辆车子拐弯后才作罢。
The army turned their guns on (= pointed them at and started to shoot at) the protesters.军队朝抗议者开枪。
She can turn (= perform) a somersault.她会空翻。

More examples

Follow the road for two kilometres, then turn left.

The sight was so horrible that I had to turn away.

He would always turn and wave at the end of the street.

The intruders turned and ran as the police shone their torches full on them.

The plane turned northwards.

turn verb CHANGE POSITION

B1 [ I or T ] to move, or to move an object or page, so that a different side or surface is on the top翻动（书页）；（使）翻转；（使）翻身

Now turn the page, please, and start work on Exercise 2.现在请翻到下一页，开始做练习2。
She turned the vase over to look for the price.她把花瓶翻过来看价格。
He turned over two or three pages.他翻了两三页。
She put out the light, turned over (= rolled in order to face in another direction) and went to sleep.她熄了灯，翻了个身，就睡着了。
Now turn to (= open the book at) page 23 and look at the first paragraph.现在请翻到第23页，看第一段。

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The car spun off the road, turned over twice and came to rest in a field.

That painting is upside-down - turn it the other way, quick!

It's time to turn the cassette over - that side's finished.

Turn the cushion the other way up, so that the stain doesn't show.

He keeps turning the pages, but I don't think he can actually be reading it that quickly.

turn verb BECOME

B2 [ L, I or T usually + adv/prep ] to (cause to) become, change into, or come to be something（使）变得；（使）成为

The weather has suddenly turned cold.天气突然变凉了。
When I refused to pay, he turned nasty.当我拒绝付钱时，他的态度变得很恶劣。
She turned pale and started to shiver.她的脸色变得苍白，身子开始颤抖。
The mood of the meeting turned solemn when the extent of the problem became known.当问题的严重程度披露后，会议的气氛开始变得严肃起来。
The companies worked well together for a while, but eventually the relationship turned sour (= became bad).这些公司一度合作得很好，但最后关系闹僵了。
Keele, pop star turned business tycoon, has launched a new range of cosmetics.基尔，从流行音乐歌星摇身成为商业巨子，已经推出了一个新系列的化妆品。
The dry weather turned the soil into/to concrete.干旱天气使土壤板结。
By the end of September, the leaves have started to turn (= become brown).到9月底，叶子就开始变黄。
Her attitude turned from politely interested to enthusiastic during the course of our conversation.在我们谈话期间她的态度发生了转变，先是出于礼貌表示感兴趣，后来就变得很热情。
turn 16, nine o'clock, etc.

C1 to become a particular age or time达到16岁／9点钟（等等）

She turned 18 last year.她去年满18岁。
It's just turned ten o'clock.刚到10点。

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He started to turn grey in his mid-forties.

We're planning to turn the smallest bedroom into an office.

The situation could turn nasty at any moment.

He was an amateur singer until the age of 40, when he turned professional.

You make wine by leaving grape juice to ferment until all the sugar has turned to alcohol.

turn verb SWITCH

A2 [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] to use a control to switch a piece of equipment or a power or water supply on or off, or to increase or reduce what it is producing旋动，拧动（操纵装置）；（为升高或降低…而）旋动，拧动

Turn off/out the light.关灯。
Who turned the TV on?谁开的电视？
I asked him to turn down the heating.我叫他把暖气关小一点。
Turn the sound up - I can't hear what they're saying.把声音开大一些——我听不清他们在说什么。
The heater turns off (= can be switched off) using this switch.用这个开关可以关闭暖气。

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Could you turn the light off, please?

To turn the television on, you just push this button.

The bath is running over - quick, turn the taps off.

Are you comfortable or shall I turn the heat down?

The electricity has been turned off.

turn verb TWIST

turn your ankle old-fashioned

to damage the muscles in the foot by suddenly twisting it too strongly扭伤脚踝，崴了脚

She turned her ankle on the rocks and had to hobble back to camp.她在石头上崴了脚，不得不蹒跚着走回营地。

turn verb WOOD

[ T ] specialized engineering to shape a piece of wood while it is attached to a machine that spins it在车床上车（木头）

a turned bowl车成的碗

Idiom(s)

not turn a hair
turn a blind eye
turn a deaf ear
turn your back on sth
turn your back on sb
turn your hand to sth
turn sb's head
turn your nose up
turn sth on its head
turn over a new leaf
turn sb's stomach
turn sth upside down
turn tail
turn the clock back
turn the corner
turn the other cheek
turn the spotlight on sth
turn the tables on sb

Phrasal verb(s)

turn (sb) against sb/sth
turn sth around
turn away
turn sb away
turn (sb) back
turn sth/sb down
turn in
turn sb in
turn sth in
turn (sb/sth) into sb/sth
turn off (sth)
turn sb off
turn sth on
turn on sb
turn on sth
turn sb on
turn sb on to sth
turn out
turn sth out
turn sb out
turn over
turn (sth) over
turn over sth
turn sth over
turn somewhere/sth over
turn sth over to sb
turn sb over to sb
turn sth round
turn to sb/sth
turn to sth
turn (sth) to sth
turn up (somewhere)
turn up
turn sth up
turnnounuk/tɜːn/ us/tɝːn/

turn noun TIME TO DO STH

B1 [ C ] an opportunity or a duty to do something at a particular time or in a particular order, before or after other people（依次轮到的）机会，一个班次

Is it my turn yet?轮到我了吗？
[ + to infinitive ] I waited so long for my turn to see the careers adviser that I missed my bus.我等了很长时间才轮到见就业顾问，结果错过了公共汽车。
It's your turn to do the dishes!轮到你洗碗了！
In this game if you give the wrong answer you have to miss a turn.在这个游戏中，如果你回答错了，就会失去一次机会。
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go noun (OPPORTUNITY)
take turns UK also take it in turn(s)

B2 When a number of people take turns, they do the same thing one after the other.轮流，依次

We take turns answering the phone.我们轮流接电话。
in turn also by turns

C1 one after the other in an agreed order依次，轮流

Each of us takes a break in turn.我们轮流休息。

More examples

Whose turn is it to buy the drinks?

I'm sorry, but you'll just have to wait your turn like everybody else.

Get to the end of the queue and wait your turn like everyone else.

Come on, it's my turn. Fair's fair!

Fair go mate, let the others have a turn!

turn noun GO ROUND

[ C ] an action that causes something to move in a circle round a fixed point转动，旋转；拧动

Give the screw a couple of turns to make sure it's tight.将螺丝拧几下，确保它上紧了。

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I gave the knob a couple of turns.

One turn is enough to get the heating going.

It took several violent turns of the handle to set the tractor in motion.

turn noun CHANGE IN DIRECTION

B2 [ C ] a change in the direction in which you are moving or facing转向，转弯

When you see the school on the left, make a right turn.当你在左手边看见学校时就立刻右转。
The path was full of twists and turns.这条小路弯弯曲曲。
on the turn

Something that is on the turn is about to change direction.即将转变的，正要转变的

The tide is on the turn.要涨潮了。
the turn of sth

C2 the point at which something changes or moves in a different direction转变时期；转折点

the turn of the tide潮流的转变
She was born around the turn of the century (= around 1900, 2000, etc.).她出生于世纪之交。

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Take a right turn by the station.

Just take three left turns and you will reach the school.

I remembered to get to your house it was a left turn after the traffic lights.

He tried to take the turn too quickly and veered off the road.

turn noun DEVELOPMENT

take a ... turn

to develop in a particular way朝…发生变化

The battle for control of the company took an interesting turn today.控制公司的争夺战今天发生了有趣的变化。
Events took an unexpected turn when her mother suddenly arrived.她母亲突然到来，情况发生了意想不到的变化。
take a turn for the better/worse

C2 to suddenly become better or worse突然好转／恶化

Their relationship took a turn for the worse when he lost his job.他失业后他们的关系变得更糟了。

turn noun PERFORMANCE

[ C ] UK a stage act or performance节目；演出

The first couple of turns were children singing and dancing.头几个节目是儿童歌舞。

turn noun ILLNESS

[ C ] old-fashioned informal a slight illness, a strange feeling, or a nervous shock不适感；奇怪的感觉；一惊，一吓

After the accident I started having funny turns.事故后我开始时不时地感到不适。
It gave me quite a turn to see him after all these years.这么多年以后再看到他真令我感到意外。

Idiom(s)

a good/bad turn
at every turn
a turn of the screw
cooked/done to a turn
one good turn deserves another
speak/talk out of turn

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