詞語：turn down
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簡明英漢詞典
turn down
v.
(被)向下折轉, 拒絕
美國傳統詞典[雙解]
turn
turn
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v.（動詞）
turned， turn.ing， turns
v.tr.（及物動詞）
(1)To cause to move around an axis or a center; cause to rotate or revolve.
使旋轉，轉動：使繞著一個軸或中心移動；使轉動或旋轉
(2)To cause to move around in order to achieve a result, such as opening, closing, tightening, or loosening:
轉動：使轉動以達到某種結果，如打開、關閉、擰緊或擰松：
turn the key; turn a screw.
轉動鑰匙；擰動螺絲釘
(3)To alter or control the functioning of (a mechanical device, for example) by the use of a rotating or similar movement:
扭動，旋動：通過旋轉或類似動作改變或控制（如機械裝置）的功能：
Please turn the iron to a hotter setting.
請把熨斗旋動到更熱
(4)To perform or accomplish by rotating or revolving:
翻，翻轉：通過轉動或旋轉來執行或完成：
turn a somersault.
翻觔斗
(5)To change the position of so that the underside becomes the upper side:
翻轉：改變…的位置而使下面的成為上面的：
turn the steak; turn a page.
翻轉牛排；翻一頁書
(6)To spade or plow (soil) to bring the undersoil to the surface.
翻耕，翻土：翻（土）或犁（土），從而把下面的泥土翻到表面上來
(7)To reverse and resew the material of (a collar, for example).
翻修：用翻料或重縫的方法修整（如領子）
(8)To revolve in the mind; meditate on; ponder.
盤算；反覆思考；考慮
(9)To give a rounded form to (wood, for example) by rotating against a cutting tool.
車削：在切割工具上旋轉而使（如木頭）成為圓形
(10)To give a rounded shape to (clay, for example) by rotating and shaping with the hands or tools.
使成形，使成圓形：用手或工具旋轉和定型而使（例如粘土）成為圓形
(11)To give a rounded form to:
使成圓形：
turn a heel in knitting a sock.
編織短襪時把腳的後跟織成圓形
(12)To give distinctive, artistic, or graceful form to:
使變得形式優美，使變得形狀勻稱：給予獨特，藝術，優雅的形式：
「They know precisely how to turn a dramatic line or phrase that is guaranteed to make the evening news」(William Safire)
「他們當然知道如何寫出適合晚間新聞的文采優美的詞句」(威廉·薩菲爾)
(13)To change the position of by traversing an arc of a circle; pivot:
繞過，轉動：繞過一段圓弧改變位置；使繞樞軸轉動：
turned his chair toward the speaker.
轉動椅子面向說話人
(14)To cause (a scale) to move up or down so as to register weight:
稱重：使（秤台）上下移動以記錄重量：
Even a feather will turn a delicate scale.
一台精密的天平能稱出即使是一片羽毛的重量
(15)To fold, bend, or twist (something).
使折疊，使彎曲，使扭曲
(16)To change the position or disposition of by folding, bending, or twisting:
翻，翻轉：通過折疊、彎曲成扭曲而改變位置或姿式：
Turn the design right side up on all your jacket buttons. Turn the hat inside out.
把你外套上的紐扣的圖案翻轉正了。把帽子的裡面翻出來
(17)To make a bend or curve in:
弄彎：把…弄彎把…弄成曲線：
He could turn a bar of steel.
他能把一根鋼棒弄彎
(18)To blunt or dull (the edge of a cutting instrument).
弄鈍，弄卷刃（切割工具的刃）
(19)To injure by twisting:
扭傷：因扭曲而弄傷：
turn an ankle.
扭傷了腳踝
(20)To upset or make nauseated:
使作嘔，使噁心：
That story turns my stomach.
這個故事令我作嘔
(21)To change the direction or course of:
使…改變方向，使改變路程：
turn the car to the left.
把車朝左拐
(22)To divert or deflect:
使轉向，使改變方向：
turn a stampede.
使群眾分心
(23)To reverse the course of; cause to retreat:
使撤退；使掉頭：
「Then turn your forces from this paltry siege/And stir them up against a mightier task」(Shakespeare)
「那麼把你的軍隊調離這足取的圍攻/而鼓動他們去完成更艱巨的任務」(莎士比亞)
(24)To make a course around or about:
迂迴，繞過，拐過：
turn a corner.
繞過拐角
(25)To change the purpose, intention, or content of by persuasion or influence:
轉變，改變：通過勸說或施加影響而改變目的、意圖或傾向：
His speech turned my thinking.
他的演說改變了我的想法
(26)To change the order or disposition of; unsettle:
使混亂，使迷亂；使錯亂：
「Sudden prosperity had turned [his] head」 (Macaulay)
「飛來的橫財使〔他的〕 腦筋不太正常」 (麥考利)
(27)To set in a specified way or direction by or as if by rotating or pivoting; point:
轉動：通過或好像通過旋轉或繞樞軸旋轉而放在一定的方向或形態；指向：
turn the antenna east.
把觸角轉向東
(28)To present in a specified direction by or as if by rotating or pivoting:
朝向，轉彎：通過或好像旋轉或繞樞軸轉動而使出現在某一方向：
turn one's face to the wall.
將臉轉向牆
(29)To aim or focus; train:
瞄準或聚焦於；使對著：
turn one's gaze to the sky.
抬眼凝視天空
(30)To devote or apply (oneself, for example) to something:
致力於，投身於：使（如自己）投身或致力於某事：
She turned herself to music.
她致力於音樂
(31)To cause to act or go against; make antagonistic:
使反對，使敵對；使…成為敵人：
News of the scandal turned public opinion against the candidate.
關於醜聞的報道使公眾輿論都反對候選人
(32)To cause to go in a specific direction; direct:
引導，指導：使向某一特定方向運動；引導：
They turned their way back.
他們掉頭向回走
(33)To send, drive, or let go:
驅趕，打發，放走：
turn the bully out of the bar; turned the dog loose.
把這個惡棍趕出酒吧；把狗放開
(34)To pour, let fall, or otherwise release (contents) from or into a receptacle:
倒，傾倒：傾倒或用其他方法把容器中的東西倒出或倒入容器：
Turn the dough onto a floured board.
把生麵團倒在撒了麵粉的板上
(35)To cause to take on a specified character, nature, identity, or appearance; change or transform. Used with to or into :
改變：使具有特定的性質、本質、身份或外形；改變或使變成。與to 或 into 連用：
water that had been turned to ice; turn a rundown house into a show place.
已變成冰的水；把一所破舊的房子改變成一個表演場所
(36)To make sour; ferment:
使變酸；使變質：
Lack of refrigeration turned the milk.
沒有電冰箱會使牛奶變質
(37)To affect or change the color of:
使變色，使顏色改變：
Autumn turns the green leaves golden.
秋天使綠葉變成了金黃色
(38)To exchange; convert. Used with to or into :
交換；轉換。與to 或 into 連用：
turns her singing talent into extra money.
把她的歌唱天賦轉換成外塊
(39)To keep in circulation; sell and restock:
周轉：使流通；出賣然後再進貨：
We turned a great deal of merchandise during the holidays.
在假期中我們周轉大量的商品
(40)To get by buying and selling:
賺取，掙得：通過買和賣而掙得：
turn a fair profit.
贏利情況不錯
(41)Slang To perform (an act of prostitution):
【俚語】 進行（賣淫活動）：
turning tricks.
賣淫
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
(1)To move around an axis or a center; rotate or revolve.
旋轉，周轉：繞軸心或中心移動；旋轉或周轉
(2)To have a sensation of revolving or whirling, especially as a result of dizziness or giddiness.
暈旋：有迴旋或旋轉的感覺，尤指是頭暈或旋轉的結果
(3)To change position from side to side or back and forth:
翻轉，轉動：從一面到另一面或從前到後地改變位置：
I tossed and turned all night.
我整夜輾轉反側
(4)To progress through pages so as to arrive at a given place:
翻書，翻頁：翻動書頁以到達特定地方：
Please turn to page 361.
請翻到361頁
(5)To operate a lathe.
開動車床
(6)To be formed on a lathe:
車削：在車床上加工：
a softwood that turns easily.
極易車削的軟木
(7)To direct one's way or course:
轉向：朝一個方向或路線走：
The truck turned into the service station. We turned off the highway at the first exit.
卡車朝加油站駛去。我們在第一個出口離開了高速公路
(8)To change or reverse one's way, course, or direction:
轉變，變化：改變或背離自己的道路，行程或方向：
Too tired to go farther, we turned toward home.
我們已筋疲力盡，再也走不動了，只有掉頭回家
(9)To have a specific reaction or effect, especially when adverse.
轉變，轉折：產生相反作用或特定的結果，尤指相反的情況
(10)To change one's actions or attitudes adversely; become hostile or antagonistic:
反對，敵對：相反地改變自己的行動或態度；變得敵對或反對：
The once servile peasants turned against the cruel king.
曾一度臣服的農民起來反對殘暴的國王
(11)To attack suddenly and violently with no apparent motive:
突然襲擊：沒有明顯動機地突然和猛烈地襲擊：
The tiger turned on the animal trainer.
老虎突然向訓獸員襲擊
(12)To channel one's attention, interest, or thought toward or away from something:
轉移，轉變：改變自己的注意力、興趣或想法而轉向或背離某物：
「In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love」(Tennyson)
「在春天，年輕人的想像力很容易轉移到關於愛情的遐想上去了」(坦尼森)
(13)To devote or apply oneself to something, as to a field of study:
致力於：從事或獻身於某事，如一門學問：
Unsuccessful in mathematics, the student turned to biology.
在數學上一無所成，這個學生轉而從事生物學的研究
(14)To convert to a religion.
改變信仰
(15)To switch one's loyalty from one side or party to another.
背離，脫離：將自己對一方或一黨的忠誠轉向中另一方或另一黨
(16)To have recourse to a person or thing for help, support, or information.
依賴，求助：向某人或其它求助、請求支持或打聽消息
(17)To depend on something for success or failure; hinge:
成敗的要素，關鍵：
「The election would turn not on ideology but on competence」(George F. Will)
「選舉將取決於競爭力而非空論」(喬治F.威爾)
(18)To change so as to be; become:
變為；成為：
His hair turned gray. I am a lawyer turned novelist.
他的頭髮變得花白了。我是個從律師改業的小說家
(19)To change; become transformed. Used with to or into :
改變；變成。與to 或 into 連用：
The sky turned to pink at dawn. The night turned into day.
天空在黎明時分變成了粉紅色。黑夜變成了白天
(20)To reach and pass (a certain age, for example):
到達或過了（例如，一定的年齡）：
My niece has turned three.
我的侄女三歲了
(21)To become sour:
變酸：
The milk turned because we did not refrigerate it.
牛奶變酸了，因為我們沒有它放到冰箱裡
(22)To change color:
變色：
The leaves have turned.
葉已經變色了
(23)To be stocked and sold:
進貨並銷售：
This merchandise will turn easily.
這種商品很容易脫手
(24)To become dull or blunt by bending back. Used of the edge of a cutting instrument.
使變鈍：因向後彎曲而變鈍。用於切割工具的刃
n.（名詞）
(1)The act of turning or the condition of being turned; rotation or revolution.
轉動，旋轉：轉動的動作或被轉動的狀況；轉動或旋轉
(2)A change of direction, motion, or position:
轉向，轉彎：改變方向、動作成立置：
Make a left turn at the corner.
在拐角處向左轉彎
(3)A place, as in a road or path, where a change in direction occurs; a curve:
轉彎處，轉折點：方向出現變化的地點，如公路或小路上；彎曲：
a sharp turn in the road.
公路上的一個急轉彎
(4)A departure or deviation, as in a trend:
轉變：偏離或背離，如某一趨勢的：
a strange turn of events.
事件的奇怪轉變
(5)A point marking the end of one period of time and the beginning of the next:
轉變時期，交替時期：標誌著一個時期的結束和下一個時期的開始的時間：
the turn of the century.
世紀交替的時期
(6)A chance or an opportunity.
機會，機遇
(7)One of a series of such opportunities accorded people in succession or in scheduled order:
次序：依次輪流或按時間表的順序排列的一系列機會中的一次：
waiting for her next turn at bat.
在棒球比賽中等練她的下一次擊球機會
(8)A period of participation:
回合：
a turn at wrestling.
摔跤運動的一個回合
(9)An attack of illness or severe nervousness.
疾疾或緊張情緒的侵襲
(10)Informal A momentary shock or scare:
【非正式用語】 一驚，一嚇：瞬間的吃驚或恐懼：
I had quite a turn when I first heard the crash.
當我剛聽到撞車時著實嚇了一跳
(11)A characteristic mood, style, or habit; a natural inclination:
天性，稟性：典型的情緒、風格成習慣；自然的傾向：
a curious and speculative turn of mind.
生性好奇，愛冒險
(12)A propensity or an adeptness:
天賦，稟賦：
a turn for carpentry.
有做木工的天賦
(13)A distinctive, graceful, or artistic expression or arrangement of words:
措辭：與眾不同的、優雅的或藝術性的表達方式或詞語安排：
the poetic turn of a phrase.
詩意的詞句
(14)A movement or development in a particular direction:
變化，轉向：向特定方向的運動或發展：
a turn for the worse.
變得更糟
(15)A variation of a given kind or type:
變動：給定的種類或類型的變動：
「His muse occasionally takes a humorous and satirical turn」(Albert C. Baugh)
「他的詩句偶爾會變得幽默而有諷剌意味」(艾伯特C.鮑)
(16)A deed or an action having a good or bad effect on another:
舉動，行為：對另一人有幫助或損害的行為或舉動：
「He thought some friend had done him an ill turn」(Stephen Crane)
「他認為有個朋友對他有不利的舉動」(斯蒂芬·克蘭)
(17)Advantage or purpose:
利益，目的：
It served his turn.
這對他有利
(18)A short walk or excursion out and back:
走一圈，兜一圈：外出進行短距離散步或遊覽然後回來：
took a turn in the park.
在公園裡走一圈
(19)A distortion in shape.
變形：形狀扭曲
(20)The condition of being twisted or wound.
盤繞：被扭曲或盤繞的狀況
(21)A winding of one thing about another.
纏繞：用一物纏繞另一物
(22)A single wind or convolution, as of wire on a spool.
盤繞一圈：繞一圈或一卷 ，如纏在錠子上的線
(23)Something that winds or turns around a center axis.
一卷：圍繞著軸心繞成一圓圈的東西
(24)Music A figure or an ornament consisting of four or more notes in rapid succession and including in addition to the principal note the one that is a degree above and the one that is a degree below it.
【音樂】 加音：由一組四個或四個以上的音符，包括上方、下方輔助音繞著主音符或標出的音符構成的裝飾音
(25)A brief theatrical act or stage appearance.
短劇，舞台表演：短小的戲劇或舞台演出
(26)A transaction on the stock market involving both a sale and a purchase.
股票交易：股票交易市場上的一次交易，涉及買和賣
(27)South Atlantic U.S. The amount that can be carried in the arms in one load:
【美國南大西洋沿岸】 一捧，一抱：雙臂一次所能搬運的量：
a turn of firewood.
一抱柴禾
常用詞組
turn away
(1)To send away; dismiss:
把…打發走；解雇：
turned away the salesperson.
解雇了推銷員
(2)To repel:
驅逐：
The poor location of the condominium turned away many prospective buyers.
公寓房偏僻的位置趕跑了許多很有希望的買主
(3)To avert; deflect:
擋開；使轉向：
turned away all criticism.
擋開了所有的批評
turn back
(1)To reverse one's direction of motion:
折回，往回走：掉轉某人的運動方向：
stopped on the road and had to turn back.
在公路上停了下來，只好往回走
(2)To drive back and away:
使折回，趕回去：
turned back the uninvited comers.
把不速之客趕了回去
(3)To halt the advance of:
使停止前進，擋住：
managed to turn back the advancing army.
設法擋住了向前推進的軍隊
(4)To fold down:
翻起，折轉：
Turn back the corner of the page to save your place in the book.
在書角上折一下來作讀到哪裡的記號
turn down
(1)To diminish the speed, volume, intensity, or flow of:
降低，減弱：調低速度、音量、強度或流量：
Turn down the radio, please.
請把收音機的音量調低
(2)To reject or refuse, as a person, advice, or a suggestion:
拒絕：拒絕某人、建議或忠告：
We politely turned down the invitation.
我們有禮貌地拒絕了邀請
(3)To fold or be capable of folding down:
翻下：折轉或能夠被翻下：
turn a collar down; a collar that turns down.
翻下衣領；能翻下的衣領
turn in
(1)To hand in; give over:
交還；上交：
turned in the final exam.
上交期末考試試卷
(2)To inform on or deliver:
檢舉，陳述：
The criminal turned herself in.
罪犯自首了
(3)To produce:
完成：
turns in a consistent performance every day.
每天的表現都很一致
(4)Informal To go to bed:
【非正式用語】 上床睡覺：
I turned in early last night.
我昨晚很早就上床睡覺了
turn off
(1)To stop the operation, activity, or flow of; shut off:
關閉，停止：終止運轉、行為或流動；關掉：
turned off the television.
關掉電視
(2)Slang
【俚語】
(3)To affect with dislike, displeasure, or revulsion:
討厭，厭惡：使不喜歡，討厭或厭惡：
That song really turns me off.
我一點也不喜歡那首歌
(4)To affect with boredom:
使厭煩：
The play turned the audience off.
這齣戲讓觀眾很倒味
(5)To lose or cause to lose interest; withdraw:
失去或使失去興趣；撤回：
turning off to materialism.
淪為實利主義
(6)To cease paying attention to:
不注意：
Unable to leave my seat, I turned off the boring speaker and thought about vacation.
不能離開我的座位，我對那個令人厭煩的講演者置之不理，開始考慮假期
(7)To divert; deflect.
分散；轉移
(8)Chiefly British To dismiss (an employee).
【多用於英國】 解雇（員工）
turn on
(1)To cause to begin the operation, activity, or flow of:
打開，開啟：使開始運作、活動或流動：
Turn on the light bulb.
打開電燈
(2)To begin to display, employ, or exude:
開始展示，顯露出，流露出：
turn on the charm.
顯露出魅力
(3)Slang
【俚語】
(4)To take or cause to take a mind-altering drug, especially for the first time.
開始或使開始吸毒，尤指第一次
(5)To be or cause to become interested, pleasurably excited, or stimulated. Often used with to :
使興奮，使刺激：產生或使產生興趣、興奮或刺激。通常與to 連用：
My uncle turned me on to jazz. She turned on to surfing this summer.
我叔叔使我對爵士樂發生了興趣。這個夏季她對滑水發生了興趣
(6)To excite or become excited sexually.
（使）激發性慾
turn out
(1)To shut off:
關上，關掉：
turned out the lights.
關掉了燈
(2)To arrive or assemble, as for a public event or entertainment:
聚集，召集：聚集或召集，如參加公眾活動或娛樂：
A large group of protesters have turned out.
一大群抗議者聚集到了一起
(3)To produce, as by a manufacturing process; make:
生產：產出，如通過製作過程；製造：
an assembly line turning out cars.
生產小汽車的流水線
(4)To be found to be, as after experience or trial:
證實：發覺是，如經歷或試驗之後：
The rookie turned out to be the best hitter on the team.
新手證明是隊裡最出色的擊球員
(5)To end up; result:
結果；結果：
The cake turned out beautifully.
蛋糕最後做出來很漂亮
(6)To equip; outfit:
裝備；配置：
troops that were turned out beautifully.
裝備精良的隊伍
(7)Informal To get out of bed.
【非正式用語】 起床
(8)To evict; expel:
趕出；使搬走：
The tenants were turned out.
房客都被趕走了
turn over
(1)To bring the bottom to the top or vice versa; invert.
翻轉，翻過來：把底翻到上面或相反面；翻轉
(2)To shift the position of, as by rolling from one side to the other.
翻滾：改變位置，似乎通過從一邊到另一邊滾動
(3)To shift one's position by rolling from one side to the other.
翻身：從一邊滾向另一邊改變位置
(4)To rotate; cycle:
旋轉；轉動：
The engine turned over but wouldn't start.
發動機轉了一圈，但是沒有起動
(5)To think about; consider:
考慮；思考：
She turned over the problem in her mind.
她仔細考慮了這個問題
(6)To transfer to another; surrender:
移交；交出：
turned over the illegal funds.
交出了非法資金
(7)To do business to the extent or amount of:
營業額達：
turn over a million dollars a year.
一年的營業額是一百萬美元
(8)To seem to lurch or heave convulsively:
翻動：似乎在痙攣性地抽動：
My stomach turned over.
我的胃在翻動
turn to
To begin work:
開始工作：
If you quit dawdling and just turn to, the cleaning will be done in a day.
如果你停止閒逛，馬上開始工作，清潔工作一天就能做完
turn up
(1)To increase the speed, volume, intensity, or flow of:
開大，調高：增加速度、音量，強度或流量：
turn up the public-address system.
調高播音系統的音量
(2)To find:
發現，找到：
She turned up the missing papers under her blotter.
她在記事本下找到了丟失的文件
(3)To be found:
找到：
The papers will turn up sooner or later.
文件遲早會找到的
(4)To make an appearance; arrive:
出現；到達：
Several old friends turned up at the reunion.
好幾個老朋友出現在聚會上
(5)To fold or be capable of folding up:
折疊：折疊或能夠被折疊：
turning up his cuffs; cuffs that will turn up.
捲起自己的袖口；捲起來的袖口
(6)To happen unexpectedly:
意外地發生：
Something turned up and I was unable to go.
發生了一點意外，我不能離開
(7)To be evident:
變得明顯：
Her name constantly turns up in art circles.
她的名字經常出現在藝術圈裡
習慣用語
at every turn
In every place; at every moment.
處處；時時
by turns
One after another; alternately:
輪流地，交替地：
「From the . . . testimony emerges a man by turns devious and honest, vulgar and gallant, scatterbrained and shrewd」(Life)
「從指證來看，一個人交替地表現為狡猾和誠實，粗鄙和豪俠，浮躁和精明」(生活)
in turn
In the proper order or sequence.
依次地，輪流地
out of turn
(1)Not in the proper order or sequence.
未按照正當的次序或順序地
(2)At an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner:
不合時宜地，輕率地：
I may be speaking out of turn, but you might like to know that your attire does not conform to the dress code here.
或許我說話有些不合時宜，但是你可能願意知道你的衣著與這裡的服裝規則不相符
to a turn
To a precise degree; perfectly:
正好；恰好：
The roast was done to a turn.
麵包烤得恰到好處
turn a blind eye
To refuse to see or recognize something:
熟視無睹：拒絕正視，裝作沒看見：
turned a blind eye to government corruption.
對於政府的腐敗熟視無睹
turn a deaf ear
To refuse to listen to or hear something:
置若罔聞，裝作沒聽見：
turned a deaf ear to the protests.
對抗議置若罔聞
turn a hair
To become afraid or upset:
慌張，不安：變得慌張或不安：
didn't turn a hair during the bank robbery.
在搶劫銀行發生的過程中，沒有露出絲毫慌張的神色
turn (one's) back on
(1)To deny; reject.
拒絕；放棄
(2)To abandon; forsake.
拋棄；丟棄
turn (one's) hand
To apply oneself, as to a task:
著手：從事，如一項工作：
turned her hand to writing the dissertation; was lazy and wouldn't turn his hand.
開始著手寫學術論文；很懶，不肯開始工作
turn (one's) head
(1)To cause to become infatuated.
使變得糊塗
(2)To cause to become egotistical and conceited:
使變得自負，自高大自：
Success has turned his head.
成功使他變得自高自大
turn over a new leaf
To change, as one's attitude or conduct, for the better.
改過一新：向好的方面轉變，如自己的態度成舉止
turn tail
To run away.
逃跑，逃走
turn the corner或
turn a corner
To reach and surpass a midpoint or milestone.
到達並超越了終點或里程碑
turn the other cheek
To respond to insult or injury by patiently eschewing retaliation.
逆來順受：以忍耐對待侮辱和傷害
turn the scales
To offset the balance of a situation.
打破僵局：打破某一形式的平衡狀態
turn the tables
To reverse a situation and gain the upper hand.
轉敗為勝：扭轉了局勢而處於上風
turn turtle
To capsize or turn upside-down:
傾覆，底朝天翻轉：
Our sailboat turned turtle during the squall.
在風暴中我們的帆船翻了個底朝天
turn up (one's) nose
To regard (something) with disdain or scorn:
輕視，看不起：不把…放在眼裡，蔑視：
turned up her nose at the food.
她對食物嗤之以鼻
語源
(1)Middle English turnen
中古英語 turnen
(2)from Old English turnian, tyrnan
源自 古英語 turnian, tyrnan
(3)Old French torner
古法語 torner
(4)both from Latin torn3e [to turn in a lathe]
都源自 拉丁語 torn3e [在車床上旋轉]
(5)from tornus [lathe]
源自 tornus [車床 ]
(6)from Greek tornos * see ter…- 1
源自 希臘語 tornos *參見 ter…- 1
參考詞彙
(1)turn， rotate， revolve， gyrate， spin， whirl， circle， eddy， swirl
(2)These verbs all mean to move or cause to move in a circle.
這些動詞的意思都是在圓圈內轉動或使轉動。
(3)Turn, the most general, means to move in a circular course:
Turn 最具概括性，意思是沿環形路線移動：
a planet turning on its axis;
行星以自己的軸為中心旋轉；
turned and stared at me.
轉過身盯著我。
(4)Rotate usually involves movement around an object's own axis or center:
Rotate 通常涉及物體繞自己的軸或中心旋轉的動作：
The top rotated with decreasing speed as the spring wound down.
當發條越來越松時，陀螺也越轉越慢。
(5)Revolve can have the same meaning as rotate, while in certain contexts it is distinguished from rotate as involving orbital movement:
Revolve 的意思與rotate 大致一樣，但在特定的語境中，它涉及到在軌道上的運動，因此與 rotate 有所區別：
The earth revolves around the sun.
地球繞太陽公轉。
(6)Gyrate usually refers to revolving in or as if in a spiral course:
Gyrate 一般指螺旋形的或好像是螺旋形的轉動：
waltzers gyrating giddily. To spin is to rotate rapidly, often within a narrow compass:
跳華爾茲舞的人快速旋轉，令人眼花繚亂。 Spin 的意思是快速旋轉，通常在狹窄的範圍內：
「He . . . spun round, flung up his arms, and fell on his back, shot through」 (John Galsworthy).
「他猛地轉過來，張開雙臂，仰面倒在地上，被子彈射穿」 （約翰·高爾斯華綏）。
(7)Whirl applies to rapid or forceful revolution or rotation:
Whirl 指迅速或有力的轉動或旋轉：
whirling snowflakes.
飛旋的雪片。
(8)Circle refers to circular or approximately circular motion:
Circle 指圓形的或大致成圓形的運動：
sea gulls circling above the ocean.
海鷗在大海上盤旋。
(9)Eddy usually denotes rapid circular movement like that of a whirlpool:
Eddy 通常暗含象漩渦一樣的圓形運動：
Storm clouds eddied overhead.
烏雲在頭頂翻滾。
(10)Swirl, often interchangeable with eddy, sometimes connotes a graceful undulation, spiral, or whorl:
Swirl 通常與eddy 可以互換， 有時表示優美的起伏、旋轉或螺旋：
The flood waters swirled wildly under the bridge.
滾滾急流在橋下翻滾而過。
The milliner swirled tulle lavishly above the brim of the hat. See also Synonyms at resort
賣帽子的商人將面紗過多地捲在帽沿上 參見同義詞 resort
現代英漢詞典
turn
[t\:n]
vt., vi.
(1)旋轉，轉動
Turn the desk end for end.
把辦公桌轉個向。
Turn the lid clockwise if you want to fasten it tightly.
如果你想把蓋子旋緊,就按順時針方向擰。
The wheels were turning.
輪子在轉動。
(2)使改變方向
She turned left at the end of the road.
她在路的盡頭向左拐。
Oil the trolley, and then it will turn more freely.
給手推車加點油,這樣它就能自由運轉了。
Nobody can turn back the wheel of history.
任何人都無法使歷史車輪倒轉。
He was turning the pages of the book.
他在翻這本書。
(3)對準；指向
(4)使變成
to turn red
變紅
She turned her house into a shop.
她把房子改成了商店。
We must turn this precious plot to good account.
我們必須充分利用這塊寶地。
(5)使變酸
The heat's turned the milk.
天氣熱，牛奶都變酸了。
(6)把（木頭、金屬）製成各種式樣
(7)使感到不舒服；噁心
Fatly food turns my stomach.
油膩的菜吃起來很倒胃。
(8)（與against連用）對…轉取敵對態度；與…為敵，使（某人）與（某人）為敵
(9)使變質；使變形
to turn love to hate
轉愛為恨
(10)趕走，驅趕
to turn sb. out of the house
把某人趕出門
(11)弄得亂七八糟
(12)使翻轉
詞性變化
turn
n.
(1)旋轉；轉一圈
the turn of a wheel
輪子的轉動
(2)轉彎；轉變方向
a turn in the road
馬路的轉彎處
(3)時間的轉換點
at the turn of the century
世紀之交
(4)轉變；轉機
The sick person has taken a turn for the better.
病人的情形好轉。
(5)時機；機會
You have missed your turn.
你錯過了機會。
(6)行為；事跡
a good turn
善良的行為
(7)震驚；嚇呆
You gave me quite a turn.
你把我嚇了一大跳。
(8)發病
She's had one of her turns again.
她又發病了。
習慣用語
at every turn
處處；經常；總是
常用詞組
turn down
(1)減弱，降低，壓低（力量、聲音等）
Please turn the television down a bit.
請把電視機音量關小點。
to turn down the gas
關小煤氣
(2)拒絕，不接受
turn in
(1)睡覺
(2)把…交給警方
(3)歸還
turn on
(1)打開（煤氣、自來水、電燈等）
(2)襲擊；攻擊 (= turn upon)
(3)（吸用麻醉品後）產生幻覺
turn out
(1)關閉（煤氣、自來水、電燈等）
(2)出席；到場
(3)生產；出產
We are to turn out 100,000 586 computers next year to meet the market requirements.
我們計劃明年生產十萬台586計算機以滿足市場需要。
(4)（將櫃櫥、抽屜裡的東西）清出來
(5)（常與to, that連用）結果
Things turned out to be exactly as the professor had foreseen.
事情正如教授所預見的那樣。
The plan turned out a failure.
這項計劃結果歸於失敗。
turn over
(1)考慮；思索
(2)使（發動機）怠速運轉
(3)把…交給警方
(4)營業額達到；做（某一數額的）生意
turn to
向…求助；求得安慰
turn up
(1)找到；發現
(2)被找到
(3)（將底邊折起）把（衣服）改短
(4)出現；來臨；露面
(5)把聲音開大；把力量加大
(6)發生（意想不到的事）
美國傳統詞典
turn
turn
AHD:[t?rn]
D.J.[t*8n]
K.K.[t)n]
v.
turned, turn.ing, turns
v.tr.
(1)To cause to move around an axis or a center; cause to rotate or revolve.
(2)To cause to move around in order to achieve a result, such as opening, closing, tightening, or loosening:
turn the key; turn a screw.
(3)To alter or control the functioning of (a mechanical device, for example) by the use of a rotating or similar movement:
Please turn the iron to a hotter setting.
(4)To perform or accomplish by rotating or revolving:
turn a somersault.
(5)To change the position of so that the underside becomes the upper side:
turn the steak; turn a page.
(6)To spade or plow (soil) to bring the undersoil to the surface.
(7)To reverse and resew the material of (a collar, for example).
(8)To revolve in the mind; meditate on; ponder.
(9)To give a rounded form to (wood, for example) by rotating against a cutting tool.
(10)To give a rounded shape to (clay, for example) by rotating and shaping with the hands or tools.
(11)To give a rounded form to:
turn a heel in knitting a sock.
(12)To give distinctive, artistic, or graceful form to:
「They know precisely how to turn a dramatic line or phrase that is guaranteed to make the evening news」(William Safire)
(13)To change the position of by traversing an arc of a circle; pivot:
turned his chair toward the speaker.
(14)To cause (a scale) to move up or down so as to register weight:
Even a feather will turn a delicate scale.
(15)To fold, bend, or twist (something).
(16)To change the position or disposition of by folding, bending, or twisting:
Turn the design right side up on all your jacket buttons. Turn the hat inside out.
(17)To make a bend or curve in:
He could turn a bar of steel.
(18)To blunt or dull (the edge of a cutting instrument).
(19)To injure by twisting:
turn an ankle.
(20)To upset or make nauseated:
That story turns my stomach.
(21)To change the direction or course of:
turn the car to the left.
(22)To divert or deflect:
turn a stampede.
(23)To reverse the course of; cause to retreat:
「Then turn your forces from this paltry siege/And stir them up against a mightier task」(Shakespeare)
(24)To make a course around or about:
turn a corner.
(25)To change the purpose, intention, or content of by persuasion or influence:
His speech turned my thinking.
(26)To change the order or disposition of; unsettle:
「Sudden prosperity had turned [his] head」 (Macaulay)
(27)To set in a specified way or direction by or as if by rotating or pivoting; point:
turn the antenna east.
(28)To present in a specified direction by or as if by rotating or pivoting:
turn one's face to the wall.
(29)To aim or focus; train:
turn one's gaze to the sky.
(30)To devote or apply (oneself, for example) to something:
She turned herself to music.
(31)To cause to act or go against; make antagonistic:
News of the scandal turned public opinion against the candidate.
(32)To cause to go in a specific direction; direct:
They turned their way back.
(33)To send, drive, or let go:
turn the bully out of the bar; turned the dog loose.
(34)To pour, let fall, or otherwise release (contents) from or into a receptacle:
Turn the dough onto a floured board.
(35)To cause to take on a specified character, nature, identity, or appearance; change or transform. Used with to or into :
water that had been turned to ice; turn a rundown house into a show place.
(36)To make sour; ferment:
Lack of refrigeration turned the milk.
(37)To affect or change the color of:
Autumn turns the green leaves golden.
(38)To exchange; convert. Used with to or into :
turns her singing talent into extra money.
(39)To keep in circulation; sell and restock:
We turned a great deal of merchandise during the holidays.
(40)To get by buying and selling:
turn a fair profit.
(41)Slang To perform (an act of prostitution):
turning tricks.
v.intr.
(1)To move around an axis or a center; rotate or revolve.
(2)To have a sensation of revolving or whirling, especially as a result of dizziness or giddiness.
(3)To change position from side to side or back and forth:
I tossed and turned all night.
(4)To progress through pages so as to arrive at a given place:
Please turn to page 361.
(5)To operate a lathe.
(6)To be formed on a lathe:
a softwood that turns easily.
(7)To direct one's way or course:
The truck turned into the service station. We turned off the highway at the first exit.
(8)To change or reverse one's way, course, or direction:
Too tired to go farther, we turned toward home.
(9)To have a specific reaction or effect, especially when adverse.
(10)To change one's actions or attitudes adversely; become hostile or antagonistic:
The once servile peasants turned against the cruel king.
(11)To attack suddenly and violently with no apparent motive:
The tiger turned on the animal trainer.
(12)To channel one's attention, interest, or thought toward or away from something:
「In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love」(Tennyson)
(13)To devote or apply oneself to something, as to a field of study:
Unsuccessful in mathematics, the student turned to biology.
(14)To convert to a religion.
(15)To switch one's loyalty from one side or party to another.
(16)To have recourse to a person or thing for help, support, or information.
(17)To depend on something for success or failure; hinge:
「The election would turn not on ideology but on competence」(George F. Will)
(18)To change so as to be; become:
His hair turned gray. I am a lawyer turned novelist.
(19)To change; become transformed. Used with to or into :
The sky turned to pink at dawn. The night turned into day.
(20)To reach and pass (a certain age, for example):
My niece has turned three.
(21)To become sour:
The milk turned because we did not refrigerate it.
(22)To change color:
The leaves have turned.
(23)To be stocked and sold:
This merchandise will turn easily.
(24)To become dull or blunt by bending back. Used of the edge of a cutting instrument.
n.
(1)The act of turning or the condition of being turned; rotation or revolution.
(2)A change of direction, motion, or position:
Make a left turn at the corner.
(3)A place, as in a road or path, where a change in direction occurs; a curve:
a sharp turn in the road.
(4)A departure or deviation, as in a trend:
a strange turn of events.
(5)A point marking the end of one period of time and the beginning of the next:
the turn of the century.
(6)A chance or an opportunity.
(7)One of a series of such opportunities accorded people in succession or in scheduled order:
waiting for her next turn at bat.
(8)A period of participation:
a turn at wrestling.
(9)An attack of illness or severe nervousness.
(10)Informal A momentary shock or scare:
I had quite a turn when I first heard the crash.
(11)A characteristic mood, style, or habit; a natural inclination:
a curious and speculative turn of mind.
(12)A propensity or an adeptness:
a turn for carpentry.
(13)A distinctive, graceful, or artistic expression or arrangement of words:
the poetic turn of a phrase.
(14)A movement or development in a particular direction:
a turn for the worse.
(15)A variation of a given kind or type:
「His muse occasionally takes a humorous and satirical turn」(Albert C. Baugh)
(16)A deed or an action having a good or bad effect on another:
「He thought some friend had done him an ill turn」(Stephen Crane)
(17)Advantage or purpose:
It served his turn.
(18)A short walk or excursion out and back:
took a turn in the park.
(19)A distortion in shape.
(20)The condition of being twisted or wound.
(21)A winding of one thing about another.
(22)A single wind or convolution, as of wire on a spool.
(23)Something that winds or turns around a center axis.
(24)Music A figure or an ornament consisting of four or more notes in rapid succession and including in addition to the principal note the one that is a degree above and the one that is a degree below it.
(25)A brief theatrical act or stage appearance.
(26)A transaction on the stock market involving both a sale and a purchase.
(27)South Atlantic U.S. The amount that can be carried in the arms in one load:
a turn of firewood.
常用詞組
turn away
(1)To send away; dismiss:
turned away the salesperson.
(2)To repel:
The poor location of the condominium turned away many prospective buyers.
(3)To avert; deflect:
turned away all criticism.
turn back
(1)To reverse one's direction of motion:
stopped on the road and had to turn back.
(2)To drive back and away:
turned back the uninvited comers.
(3)To halt the advance of:
managed to turn back the advancing army.
(4)To fold down:
Turn back the corner of the page to save your place in the book.
turn down
(1)To diminish the speed, volume, intensity, or flow of:
Turn down the radio, please.
(2)To reject or refuse, as a person, advice, or a suggestion:
We politely turned down the invitation.
(3)To fold or be capable of folding down:
turn a collar down; a collar that turns down.
turn in
(1)To hand in; give over:
turned in the final exam.
(2)To inform on or deliver:
The criminal turned herself in.
(3)To produce:
turns in a consistent performance every day.
(4)Informal To go to bed:
I turned in early last night.
turn off
(1)To stop the operation, activity, or flow of; shut off:
turned off the television.
(2)Slang
(3)To affect with dislike, displeasure, or revulsion:
That song really turns me off.
(4)To affect with boredom:
The play turned the audience off.
(5)To lose or cause to lose interest; withdraw:
turning off to materialism.
(6)To cease paying attention to:
Unable to leave my seat, I turned off the boring speaker and thought about vacation.
(7)To divert; deflect.
(8)Chiefly British To dismiss (an employee).
turn on
(1)To cause to begin the operation, activity, or flow of:
Turn on the light bulb.
(2)To begin to display, employ, or exude:
turn on the charm.
(3)Slang
(4)To take or cause to take a mind-altering drug, especially for the first time.
(5)To be or cause to become interested, pleasurably excited, or stimulated. Often used with to :
My uncle turned me on to jazz. She turned on to surfing this summer.
(6)To excite or become excited sexually.
turn out
(1)To shut off:
turned out the lights.
(2)To arrive or assemble, as for a public event or entertainment:
A large group of protesters have turned out.
(3)To produce, as by a manufacturing process; make:
an assembly line turning out cars.
(4)To be found to be, as after experience or trial:
The rookie turned out to be the best hitter on the team.
(5)To end up; result:
The cake turned out beautifully.
(6)To equip; outfit:
troops that were turned out beautifully.
(7)Informal To get out of bed.
(8)To evict; expel:
The tenants were turned out.
turn over
(1)To bring the bottom to the top or vice versa; invert.
(2)To shift the position of, as by rolling from one side to the other.
(3)To shift one's position by rolling from one side to the other.
(4)To rotate; cycle:
The engine turned over but wouldn't start.
(5)To think about; consider:
She turned over the problem in her mind.
(6)To transfer to another; surrender:
turned over the illegal funds.
(7)To do business to the extent or amount of:
turn over a million dollars a year.
(8)To seem to lurch or heave convulsively:
My stomach turned over.
turn to
To begin work:
If you quit dawdling and just turn to, the cleaning will be done in a day.
turn up
(1)To increase the speed, volume, intensity, or flow of:
turn up the public-address system.
(2)To find:
She turned up the missing papers under her blotter.
(3)To be found:
The papers will turn up sooner or later.
(4)To make an appearance; arrive:
Several old friends turned up at the reunion.
(5)To fold or be capable of folding up:
turning up his cuffs; cuffs that will turn up.
(6)To happen unexpectedly:
Something turned up and I was unable to go.
(7)To be evident:
Her name constantly turns up in art circles.
習慣用語
at every turn
In every place; at every moment.
by turns
One after another; alternately:
「From the . . . testimony emerges a man by turns devious and honest, vulgar and gallant, scatterbrained and shrewd」(Life)
in turn
In the proper order or sequence.
out of turn
(1)Not in the proper order or sequence.
(2)At an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner:
I may be speaking out of turn, but you might like to know that your attire does not conform to the dress code here.
to a turn
To a precise degree; perfectly:
The roast was done to a turn.
turn a blind eye
To refuse to see or recognize something:
turned a blind eye to government corruption.
turn a deaf ear
To refuse to listen to or hear something:
turned a deaf ear to the protests.
turn a hair
To become afraid or upset:
didn't turn a hair during the bank robbery.
turn (one's) back on
(1)To deny; reject.
(2)To abandon; forsake.
turn (one's) hand
To apply oneself, as to a task:
turned her hand to writing the dissertation; was lazy and wouldn't turn his hand.
turn (one's) head
(1)To cause to become infatuated.
(2)To cause to become egotistical and conceited:
Success has turned his head.
turn over a new leaf
To change, as one's attitude or conduct, for the better.
turn tail
To run away.
turn the corneror
turn a corner
To reach and surpass a midpoint or milestone.
turn the other cheek
To respond to insult or injury by patiently eschewing retaliation.
turn the scales
To offset the balance of a situation.
turn the tables
To reverse a situation and gain the upper hand.
turn turtle
To capsize or turn upside-down:
Our sailboat turned turtle during the squall.
turn up (one's) nose
To regard (something) with disdain or scorn:
turned up her nose at the food.
語源
(1)Middle English turnen
(2)from Old English turnian, tyrnan
(3)Old French torner
(4)both from Latin torn3e [to turn in a lathe]
(5)from tornus [lathe]
(6)from Greek tornos * see ter…- 1
參考詞彙
(1)turn, rotate, revolve, gyrate, spin, whirl, circle, eddy, swirl
(2)These verbs all mean to move or cause to move in a circle.
(3)Turn, the most general, means to move in a circular course:
a planet turning on its axis;
turned and stared at me.
(4)Rotate usually involves movement around an object's own axis or center:
The top rotated with decreasing speed as the spring wound down.
(5)Revolve can have the same meaning as rotate, while in certain contexts it is distinguished from rotate as involving orbital movement:
The earth revolves around the sun.
(6)Gyrate usually refers to revolving in or as if in a spiral course:
waltzers gyrating giddily. To spin is to rotate rapidly, often within a narrow compass:
「He . . . spun round, flung up his arms, and fell on his back, shot through」 (John Galsworthy).
(7)Whirl applies to rapid or forceful revolution or rotation:
whirling snowflakes.
(8)Circle refers to circular or approximately circular motion:
sea gulls circling above the ocean.
(9)Eddy usually denotes rapid circular movement like that of a whirlpool:
Storm clouds eddied overhead.
(10)Swirl, often interchangeable with eddy, sometimes connotes a graceful undulation, spiral, or whorl:
The flood waters swirled wildly under the bridge.
The milliner swirled tulle lavishly above the brim of the hat. See also Synonyms at resort
英漢船舶大詞典
turn down
vt.翻,折,駁回;n.拒絕
英漢法學大詞典
turn down
v.駁回 ,拒絕
英漢航海大詞典
turn down
vt.翻,折
英漢化學大詞典
turn down
vi.駁回,拒絕,折
英漢海運大詞典
turn down
摺折旋小
基本詞義
turn down
摺折旋小
英漢經貿大詞典
turn down
n.拒絕
英漢計算機大詞典
turn down
vi.翻(折,拒絕