turn/tɜːn/

vi

1. 转身；回头

• He turned and waved. 他转过身来挥了挥手。

• He turned to look at the man who had come in. 他回过头看进来的那人。

2. 转向；改变方向

• The car turned abruptly. 那部车突然转弯。

• The wind turned to the north. 风向转向了北。

3. 旋转

• Everyone knows that the earth turns around the sun. 人人都知道地球绕着太阳旋转。

4. 转变成；转变

• Leaves have turned brown in the mountains. 山里的树叶已经变成棕色。

• He turned pale when he heard the bad news. 听了这个消息，他的脸变得惨白。

5. 变坏；变酸

• The milk has turned. 牛奶变质了。

6. 翻身

• I couldn't sleep and turned all night. 我无法入睡，整夜辗转反侧。

7. (注意力或视线)集中；(话题)改变

• All his attention turned to pretty young girls. 他把所有的注意力都集中到漂亮姑娘身上。

vt

1. 改变方向；使朝向

• He turned his car into a bypath. 他把车子转入小径。

• The robber turned his gun on her. 强盗把枪转向她。

2. 把…变成；使…变色

• The witch turned the prince into a frog. 女巫把王子变成了青蛙。

• The shock turned her hair white overnight. 那次打击使她的头发在一夜之间都变白了。

3. 使旋转；使转动

• He turned the wheel right. 他把方向盘转向右方。

• She turned the key in the lock. 她转动钥匙开锁。

4. 翻动；翻过来

• Mother turned an omelet in a frying pan. 妈妈把煎锅里的鸡蛋翻过来。

• He was idly turning the pages of a magazine on a hammock. 他躺在吊床上懒洋洋地翻着杂志。

5. 使变酸

• The heat has turned the milk. 暑热使牛奶变酸了。

6. 集中(注意力或视线)；改变(话题)

• Turn more of your attention to your appearance. 你要更加注意你的仪表。

• We turned the conversation away from the unpleasant subject. 我们改变谈话内容，不谈那不愉快的话题了。

7. 超过(时间或年龄)

• It has turned six o'clock. 刚刚过了6点。

• He has turned thirty. 他已经年过30。

8. 扭伤(脚踝)

• He just turned his ankle on the step. 他刚刚在上台阶时扭伤了脚踝。

词组turn about

1. 转身；回头

• I had to be turned about to face him. 我不得不转过头来面对他。

2. 转变

• He seems to have turned completely about. 他似乎已经完全改变了自己的主张。

3. 反复思考

turn and turn about 轮流地

• do the work turn and turn about 轮流做工作

turn aside

1. 闪开；让开

2. 挡开；使无效

3. 拒绝同情

4. 偏离；离开原定途径

• Never turn aside from the path of rectitude. 切不可背离正道。

turn away

1. 把…拒之门外

• I can't turn her away. She's my brother's child. 我不能把她拒之门外，她是我侄女。

2. 回绝；驱逐；解雇

• Our requests were turned away. 我们的要求被拒绝了。

3. 转变方向；转过脸去

• She turns away her face. 她把脸转过去。

4. 使偏离；避开

• We turned the talk away from football. 我们的话题离开了足球。

5. 拒绝援助

6. 挡开；使无效

7. 走开；离开

• I was turning away to another duty. 我正准备去干别的事情。

turn back

1. 使停止向前；折回

• He turned back and went home. 他折了回来，回家去了。

2. 翻回到

• Turn back to page five, please. 请翻回到第5页。

3. 翻起；折转

4. 改变做法

turn down

1. 向下折转

• turn down one's collar 翻下衣领

2. 使颠倒；使朝下

• He turned down the cards. 他把纸牌朝下放着。

3. 拒绝

• turn down a plan 拒绝一项计划

4. 调小

• turn down the radio 把收音机音量调小点

5. 低落，下降

• The economy was turning down. 经济日趋衰退。

turn in

1. 拐进去

• Turn in at the first street. 在第一条街拐弯进去。

2. 上床睡觉

• He usually turns in at 12 o'clock. 他通常12点上床。

3. 上交；交还

• My wallet was turned in to the police two days after it was stolen. 我的钱包丢失两天后被交到了警察那里。

4. 调换；折价贴换

5. 检举；出卖

• turn oneself in 自首

6. 非正式 放弃；结束

• I decided to turn in my job and go abroad. 我决定辞去工作出国。

turn in on (或upon) oneself 与世隔绝 turn inside out

1. 翻过来

• He turned his pockets inside out in search of his keys. 为了找钥匙，他把口袋都翻遍了。

2. 彻底检查

turn loose

1. 释放

• We turned the rabbit loose in the meadow. 我们把小白兔松开放进草地。

2. 听凭；放纵

• You can turn the child loose in the room. 你可以让孩子在房间里随便玩。

3. 美 开火；发射

• turn loose all the big guns 大炮齐发

4. 无拘无束地讲话

turn off

1. 关上

• turn off the water 把水关掉

• Don't forget to turn off the gas. 别忘了关煤气。

2. 解雇

• He was turned off without a penny. 他分文未给地被辞退了。

3. 卖掉

4. 生产；完成

• I have turned off a great deal of work. 我已经干了很多活。

5. 绞死

• The man was turned off at last. 那个人最后被绞死了。

6. 转弯；分岔

• The road to the zoo turns off here. 去动物园的路由此拐弯。

7. 使离开；使退出

• Turn that dog off my bed. 把那只狗从我的床上赶下去。

8. 突然收敛

• turn off a smile 收敛笑容

9. 回避

• I turned off his question with a laugh. 我一笑回避了他的问题。

10. 使失去兴趣

• This play turns me off. 这出戏叫我腻烦。

11. 变成

• The evening turned off cold. 傍晚转冷了。

turn on

1. 开

• turn on the radio 把收音机打开

2. 开始

• They have turned on the supply of food. 他们已经开始提供食物。

3. 开始吸毒

• The young man turned on with cocain. 那年轻男子经常吸可卡因提神。

4. 使兴奋

• Jazz has never really turned me on. 我听爵士乐从来都兴奋不起来。

5. 突然显出

• I turned on the tears. 我一下子流出眼泪来。

turn out

1. 关掉

2. 赶出；解雇；罢免

• He was turned out of the classroom yesterday. 昨天他被从课堂里赶了出来。

• She was turned out of her job. 她被解雇了。

3. 翻出

• She turned out her pockets looking for the key. 她把口袋都翻出来找钥匙。

4. 打扫

• We were turning out our house. 我们正在打扫房间。

5. 出动；召集

• A vast crowd turned out to watch the procession. 一大群人出来观看列队行进的队伍。

6. 生产；培养出

• turn out planes 制造飞机

• turn out some first-rate students 培养了一些一流的学生

• The university has turned out many diplomats. 这所大学培养出了许多外交家。

7. 打扮；装饰

• She turned herself out well. 她把自己打扮得漂漂亮亮的。

8. 结果；结束

• The story turns out sadly. 这故事的结局不圆满。

9. 原来是

• It turned out that she was a friend of my sister's. 原来，她是我姐姐的朋友。

10. 起床

• He turns out at 9a every morning. 他每天早上9点起床。

turn over

1. 滚动；倾覆

• The waves turned the boat over. 海浪把船打翻了。

2. 翻过来；翻身

• turn over a card 翻牌

• turn over in bed 在床上翻身

3. 移交；交托

• He turned the business over to his daughter. 他把生意托付给了女儿。

4. 仔细考虑

• She kept turning over the events of the day in her mind. 她在心里仔细盘算一天的事情。

5. 转卖；卖出

• This style of coats turned over quickly. 这种款式的上衣销得很快。

6. 周转

• The supermarket turns over its stock very quickly. 这家超级市场货品周转很快。

7. 营业额达

• The company turns over $150 million a year. 公司的年营业额达到1.5亿美元。

8. 改变；改为

• The house will be turned over for a garage. 这房子将被改建成车库。

9. 使转动；使发动

• turn an engine over 发动引擎

10. 把…逐件翻查

11. 翻阅；翻过去

12. 使感到恶心

13. 翻动；心悸

• He was so helpless that my heart turned over with compassion. 他无依无靠，我从心底里产生了同情。

turn round

1. 转身；转方向

• Turn round and let me look at your back. 转过身去，让我看看你的背。

2. 好转；倒转

• The economy has turned round. 经济好转了。

3. 曲解

• They always turned my words round. 他们总是曲解我的话。

4. 改变主意

• He seems to have turned round. 他好像已经改变主意了。

5. 非正式 做出努力

turn to

1. 起劲地工作

• We turned to and cleaned the house. 我们起劲地干起来，把屋子收拾好。

2. 求助于；查阅

• She has nobody to turn to. 她没人帮忙。

turn up

1. 开(或调)大

• Turn up the radio. 把收音机开响些。

2. 翻起；挽起

• These trousers are too long - they need to be turned up. 裤子太长了，得挽起来一些。

3. 把…翻转过来