turn
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they turn | |
he / she / it turns | |
past simple turned | |
past participle turned | |
-ing form turning |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to move or make something move around a central point (使)转动,旋转 The wheels of the car began to turn. 汽车的轮子开始转动起来。 I can't get the screw to turn. 我拧不动这个螺丝钉。 - + adv./prep.
The blades of the helicopter were turning slowly. 直升机的旋翼在慢速旋转。 - turn something
I turned the knob and pushed the door open. 我转动把手,把门推开。 - turn something + adv./prep.
He turned the key in the lock. 他转动钥匙开锁。 She turned the wheel sharply to the left. 她猛地向左打方向盘。
- [intransitive, transitive]
to move your body or part of your body so as to face or start moving in a different direction 转身;扭转(身体部位) We turned and headed for home. 我们转身朝家走去。 - turn to do something
She turned to look at me. 她转过头来看着我。 - + adv./prep.
He turned back to his work. 他回去继续工作。 I turned away and looked out of the window. 我扭过脸去望着窗外。 - turn something + adv./prep.
He turned his back to the wall. 他转身背对着墙。 I turned my face to the sky. 我把脸转向天空。 She turned her head away. 她把头扭向别处。 - turn something
I only turned my back for a second. 我只转过身去一秒钟。
Extra ExamplesLee turned to face her. 李转身面对她。 While his back was turned (= towards me) I sneaked a look at his notes. 他背过身时我偷看了一下他的笔记。
- [transitive] turn something + adv./prep.
to move something so that it is in a different position or facing a different direction 翻转;翻动;把…翻过来 She turned the chair on its side to repair it. 她把椅子翻转过来修理。 Turn the sweater inside out before you wash it. 你把针织套衫里面翻过来再洗。
- [intransitive, transitive]
to change the direction you are moving or travelling in; to make something change the direction it is moving in (使)改变方向;转弯 - turn into something
He turned into a narrow street. 他拐进了一条狭窄的街道。 - + adv./prep.
We turned down a dark alleyway. 我们拒绝了一条黑暗的小巷。 - turn left/right
Turn left at the traffic lights. 在交通信号灯处向左拐。 - turn something
The man turned the corner and disappeared. 那男人转过街角就没影了。 - turn something into something
I turned the car into the car park. 我转弯把汽车开进了停车场。 - turn something + adv./prep.
The pilot attempted to turn the aircraft towards a wooded area. 飞行员试图将飞机转向一片树林。
- turn into something
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.)
(of a road or river )道路或河流 to bend or curve in a particular direction 转向;转弯 - [transitive, intransitive]
if you turn a page of a book or magazine, you move it so that you can read the next page 翻,翻动(书页) - linking verb
to change into a particular state or condition; to make something do this (使)变成,成为 - + adj.
The leaves were turning brown. 叶子变黄。 They say her hair turned white overnight. 他们说她的头发一夜之间变白了。 I could feel my face turn red with embarrassment. 我能感觉到我的脸因尴尬而变红。 The weather has turned cold. 天气变得寒冷了。 He turned nasty when we refused to give him the money. 我们不给他钱,他变得穷凶极恶。 He decided to turn professional. 他决定转为职业人员。 - turn something + adj.
The heat turned the milk sour. 炎热的天气使得牛奶变酸了。 - + noun
She turned a deathly shade of white when she heard the news. 她听到这个消息时面如死灰。 He's a lawyer turned politician (= he used to be a lawyer but is now a politician). 他以前是个律师,现在成为政治家了。
- + adj.
- [transitive, intransitive]
to aim or point something in a particular direction 朝着;向…方向;对准 - turn something on somebody/something/yourself
Police turned water cannon on the rioters. 警察把高压水枪对准了闹事者。 He turned the gun on himself. 他把枪口对准了自己。 - turn something to somebody/something/yourself
She looked at him then turned her attention back to me. 她看了看他,然后又把注意力转回到我的身上。 - turn to somebody/something/yourself
His thoughts turned to his dead wife. 他想起了自己已故的妻子。
Extra ExamplesDon't turn your anger on the children. 别朝孩子撒气。 Many supporters are now turning their criticism on the manager. 许多支持者现在把他们的批评转向经理。 He tried to forget the events of past few days and turned his thoughts to practical tasks. 他试图忘记过去几天发生的事情,把注意力转向实际任务。
- turn something on somebody/something/yourself
- [intransitive]
to start to come in or go out 开始涨(或落) - [transitive]
to make or let somebody/something go into a particular place or state (使)松开,释放 - [transitive] turn something + adv./prep.
to fold something in a particular way 折起;翻转 - [transitive, no passive] turn something
to perform a movement by moving your body in a circle 表演(身体旋转动作) to turn cartwheels/somersaults 做侧手翻;翻筋斗
- [intransitive, transitive] turn (something) (around)
if a game turns or somebody turns it, it changes the way it is developing so that a different person or team starts to win (使)逆转 - linking verb
(not used in the progressive tenses ) + noun不用于进行时 to reach or pass a particular age or time 到达,超过(某一年龄或时间) - [intransitive, transitive] turn (your stomach)
when your stomach turns or something turns your stomach, you feel as though you will vomit 作呕;恶心;使(胃)不适 - [transitive] turn something (specialist)
to shape something on a lathe (在车床上)车削 to turn a chair leg 在车床上车椅子腿 turned boxes and bowls 车削成的盒和碗
move round转动
change position/direction改变位置/方向
page书页
become变成
aim/point瞄准;指向
of tide in sea海潮
let somebody/something go松开
fold折叠
cartwheel/somersault侧手翻;筋斗
game比赛
age/time年龄;时间
stomach胃
wood木材
Word OriginOld English tyrnan, turnian (verb), from Latin tornare, from tornus ‘lathe’, from Greek tornos ‘lathe, circular movement’; probably reinforced in Middle English by Old French turner. The noun (Middle English) is partly from Anglo-Norman French tourn, partly from the verb.
Idioms Most idioms containing turn are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example not turn a hair is at hair.
as it/things turned out
be well, badly, etc. turned out
to be well, badly, etc. dressed 穿着打扮得好(或不好等)
turn in his/her grave (British English)
(North American English also roll (over) in his/her grave)
turn round/around and do something