turn - Meaning, pronunciation, collocation and usage 英漢雙解 | Mr. Ng 線上詞典

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).他的妻子想跟他說話，可他卻轉過身去不予理睬。

At about three o'clock, the tide started to turn (= the sea started to come closer to or move away from the beach).大約3點鐘，潮水開始湧動。

He turned his head to me to listen.他轉過頭來聽我講話。

I'll just turn the car round and go back the way we came.我這就調轉車頭，原路返回。

We watched until the car had turned (= gone around) the corner.我們一直看着那輛車子拐彎後才作罷。

The army turned their guns on (= pointed them at and started to shoot at) the protesters.軍隊朝抗議者開槍。

She can turn (= perform) a somersault.她會空翻。

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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翻動（書頁）；（使）翻轉；（使）翻身

Now turn the page, please, and start work on Exercise 2.現在請翻到下一頁，開始做練習2。

She turned the vase over to look for the price.她把花瓶翻過來看價格。

He turned over two or three pages.他翻了兩三頁。

She put out the light, turned over (= rolled in order to face in another direction) and went to sleep.她熄了燈，翻了個身，就睡着了。

Now turn to (= open the book at) page 23 and look at the first paragraph.現在請翻到第23頁，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）變得；（使）成爲

The weather has suddenly turned cold.天氣突然變涼了。

When I refused to pay, he turned nasty.當我拒絕付錢時，他的態度變得很惡劣。

She turned pale and started to shiver.她的臉色變得蒼白，身子開始顫抖。

The mood of the meeting turned solemn when the extent of the problem became known.當問題的嚴重程度披露後，會議的氣氛開始變得嚴肅起來。

The companies worked well together for a while, but eventually the relationship turned sour (= became bad).這些公司一度合作得很好，但最後關系鬧僵了。

Keele, pop star turned business tycoon, has launched a new range of cosmetics.基爾，從流行音樂歌星搖身成爲商業巨子，已經推出了一個新系列的化妝品。

The dry weather turned the soil into/to concrete.幹旱天氣使土壤板結。

By the end of September, the leaves have started to turn (= become brown).到9月底，葉子就開始變黃。

Her attitude turned from politely interested to enthusiastic during the course of our conversation.在我們談話期間她的態度發生了轉變，先是出於禮貌表示感興趣，後來就變得很熱情。

turn 16, nine o'clock, etc.

C1 to become a particular age or time達到16歲／9點鐘（等等）

She turned 18 last year.她去年滿18歲。

It's just turned ten o'clock.剛到10點。

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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旋動，擰動（操縱裝置）；（爲升高或降低…而）旋動，擰動

Turn off/out the light.關燈。

Who turned the TV on?誰開的電視？

I asked him to turn down the heating.我叫他把暖氣關小一點。

Turn the sound up - I can't hear what they're saying.把聲音開大一些——我聽不清他們在說什麽。

The heater turns off (= can be switched off) using this switch.用這個開關可以關閉暖氣。

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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扭傷腳踝，崴了腳

She turned her ankle on the rocks and had to hobble back to camp.她在石頭上崴了腳，不得不蹒跚着走回營地。

turn verb WOOD

[ T ] specialized engineering to shape a piece of wood while it is attached to a machine that spins it在車床上車（木頭）

a turned bowl車成的碗

turn noun uk/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（依次輪到的）機會，一個班次

Is it my turn yet?輪到我了嗎？

[ + to infinitive ] I waited so long for my turn to see the careers adviser that I missed my bus.我等了很長時間才輪到見就業顧問，結果錯過了公共汽車。

It's your turn to do the dishes!輪到你洗碗了！

In this game if you give the wrong answer you have to miss a turn.在這個遊戲中，如果你回答錯了，就會失去一次機會。

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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.輪流，依次

We take turns answering the phone.我們輪流接電話。

in turn also by turns

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

Each of us takes a break in turn.我們輪流休息。

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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轉動，旋轉；擰動

Give the screw a couple of turns to make sure it's tight.將螺絲擰幾下，確保它上緊了。

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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轉向，轉彎

When you see the school on the left, make a right turn.當你在左手邊看見學校時就立刻右轉。

The path was full of twists and turns.這條小路彎彎曲曲。

on the turn

Something that is on the turn is about to change direction.即將轉變的，正要轉變的

The tide is on the turn.要漲潮了。

the turn of sth

C2 the point at which something changes or moves in a different direction轉變時期；轉折點

the turn of the tide潮流的轉變

She was born around the turn of the century (= around 1900, 2000, etc.).她出生於世紀之交。

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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…發生變化

The battle for control of the company took an interesting turn today.控制公司的爭奪戰今天發生了有趣的變化。

Events took an unexpected turn when her mother suddenly arrived.她母親突然到來，情況發生了意想不到的變化。

take a turn for the better/worse

C2 to suddenly become better or worse突然好轉／惡化

Their relationship took a turn for the worse when he lost his job.他失業後他們的關系變得更糟了。

turn noun PERFORMANCE

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

The first couple of turns were children singing and dancing.頭幾個節目是兒童歌舞。

turn noun ILLNESS

[ C ] old-fashioned informal a slight illness, a strange feeling, or a nervous shock不適感；奇怪的感覺；一驚，一嚇

After the accident I started having funny turns.事故後我開始時不時地感到不適。

It gave me quite a turn to see him after all these years.這麽多年以後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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turn noun TIME TO DO STH

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