churn

verb

/tʃɜːn/

/tʃɜːrn/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they churn	/tʃɜːn/ /tʃɜːrn/
he / she / it churns	/tʃɜːnz/ /tʃɜːrnz/
past simple churned	/tʃɜːnd/ /tʃɜːrnd/
past participle churned	/tʃɜːnd/ /tʃɜːrnd/
-ing form churning	/ˈtʃɜːnɪŋ/ /ˈtʃɜːrnɪŋ/

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[intransitive, transitive] if water, mud, etc. churns, or if something churns it (up), it moves or is moved around violently剧烈搅动；（使）猛烈翻腾
- churn (up) The water churned beneath the huge ship.水在巨轮下面剧烈翻滚。
- churn something (up) Vast crowds had churned the field into a sea of mud.大批大批的人把场地踩得一片泥泞。
[intransitive, transitive] churn (something) if your stomach churns or if something churns your stomach, you feel a strong, unpleasant feeling of worry or fear反胃，恶心（忧虑、厌恶或恐惧的强烈感觉）
- My stomach churned as the names were read out.名单一宣布，我就觉得胃里翻腾得难受。
Topics Feelingsc2
[transitive, intransitive] churn (somebody) (up) to make somebody feel upset or emotionally confused（使）感到不安，心烦意乱
- It churns me up inside to think what might have happened.想到可能发生的事情，我心里一阵翻腾。
- Conflicting emotions churned inside him.相互矛盾的情绪使他感到心烦意乱。
[transitive] churn something to turn and mix milk in a special container in order to make butter用搅乳器搅（乳，以制作黄油）

Word OriginOld English cyrin, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German kerne and Old Norse kirna.

noun

/tʃɜːn/

/tʃɜːrn/

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a machine in which milk or cream is shaken to make butter（制作黄油的）搅乳器
(British English) a large metal container in which milk was carried from a farm in the past（旧时）盛奶大罐，奶桶
(also churn rate)
(business商业) the number of people who stop using a product and change to another or who leave the company they work for and go to another客户流失率；员工流失率

Word OriginOld English cyrin, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German kerne and Old Norse kirna.