turn1/tɝn; tɜːn/v 1 [I,T] to move your body so that you are looking in a different direction 转身﹔转过〔身体〕: Ricky turned and walked away. 里基转身走了。Ida turned her head slowly. 艾达慢慢地转过头来。+around/round/away He turned around to look at Kim. 他转过身看着金。+to/towards Alison turned towards us. 艾莉森转过身面对着我们。2 [T] to move something so that it is facing in a new direction 转动〔某物〕﹔对准: Turn the plant so it's facing the sun. 把植物转个方向﹐让它朝着太阳。turn sth around/over/upside down etc You may turn over your exam papers. 你们可以翻开考卷了。3 [I,T] to start going in a new direction, or to make the vehicle you are using do this 转弯﹔使改变方向: The car turned a corner . 汽车拐过一个街角。turn left/right Turn right at the next stop light. 在下一个红绿灯向右拐。+into/onto/down etc We turned onto a bumpy road. 我们拐弯开上了一条高低不平的路。4 [I,T] to move around in a circle, or to make something move in this way(使)转动: The wheels turned slowly. 轮子缓缓转动。turn a handle/knob/key/tap etc She gently turned the handle of the door. 她轻轻转动门把手。5 [linking verb 联系动词, T] to become different, or to make something become different(使)变成﹐(使)变为: Helen turned bright red. 海伦脸涨得通红。The weather will turn colder tonight. 今晚天气要转冷。Police are worried that the situation could turn violent. 警方担心局势可能会演变成暴力性质。turn (sth) into/to sth His disappointment turned to joy. 他由失望转为喜悦。Hollywood discovered her and turned her into a star. 好莱坞发现了她﹐把她变成了明星。6 [T] a) to become a particular age 到〔某个年龄〕: She's just turned 40. 她刚满 40 岁。 b) BrE to reach and pass a particular time【英】到〔某个时间〕: ‘What time is it?’ ‘It's just turned 3.00.’ “几点了?”“刚到 3 点。”7 [T] to move a page in a book or magazine so that you can see the next one 翻阅〔书﹑杂志〕8 turn your back on sb/sth to refuse to help or be involved with someone or something 对某人/某事撒手不管﹔拒绝与某人/某事有关联: She turned her back on all her old friends. 她和所有老朋友都不来往。9 [I,T] if your thoughts, attention etc turn to something, you direct your attention to that thing instead of what you were thinking about or doing before〔思绪﹑注意力等〕转移: turn your attention/thoughts/efforts etc to sth Brian looked up, then turned his attention back to the book he was reading. 布赖恩抬头看了看﹐然后继续埋头看他的书。+to/towards As usual, the conversation turned to her children. 同往常一样﹐谈话内容又转到了她的孩子身上。turn (sb) against sb/sthphr v to stop liking or agreeing with someone or something, or to make someone do this(使)反对: Many people had turned against the war. 许多人都反对这场战争。turn sth around also 又作 turn sth roundBrE phr v to make a company, business etc become successful again【英】使〔公司﹑生意等〕好转: Gibson believes he can turn the struggling company around quickly. 吉布森相信他能迅速扭转这家公司挣扎求存的局面。turn sb away phr v 1 to not allow someone to enter a place 不让〔某人〕进入: Hundreds of fans were turned away at the door. 数百名仰慕者被拒之门外。2 to refuse to help someone 拒绝(帮助): Anyone who comes to us will not be turned away. 不管谁来找我们﹐都不会遭到拒绝。turn back phr v to go back in the direction you came from, or to make someone do this(使)掉转头﹐(使)折回: It's getting late – maybe we should turn back. 不早了﹐也许我们该往回走了。turn sb back Journalists are being turned back at the border. 记者们在边境被挡了回来。turn sb/sth down phr v 1 to make a machine produce less sound, heat etc, using its controls [ turn up ] 把〔机器的音量﹑温度等〕关小﹔调低: Can you turn the radio down? I’m trying to work. 你能把收音机的音量关小些吗? 我想工作呢。 2 to say no when someone offers you something 拒绝〔提议〕: She was offered a job there, but she turned it down. 她有一个去那里工作的机会﹐但她拒绝了。turn in phr v 1 turn sb in to tell the police where a person who is believed to be a criminal is〔向警方〕告发〔某人〕: Morris finally agreed to turn himself in. 莫里斯最终同意自首。2 informal to go to bed【非正式】上床睡觉3 turn sth inAmE to give a piece of work you have done to a teacher, your employer etc【美】交〔作业〕﹔呈交〔做好的工作〕: Has everyone turned in last night's homework? 昨晚的家庭作业大家都交了吗?turn off phr v 1 turn sth off to use the controls on something to make it stop working, or to make a supply of water, gas etc stop flowing [ turn on ] 关闭〔某物〕﹔关掉〔自来水﹑煤气等〕: She turned off the computer and went to bed. 她关掉电脑﹐上床睡觉去了。2 turn off (sth) to leave the road you are travelling on and start travelling on a different road 驶离﹐拐出〔某条路〕: Turn off at the next light. 在下一个红绿灯拐出去。turn on sb/sthphr v 1 turn sth on to use the controls on something to make it start working, or to make a supply of water, gas etc start flowing [ turn off ] 启动〔某物〕﹔打开〔自来水﹑煤气等〕: Could you turn on the TV? 你把电视机打开好吗?He turned on the tap and washed the mugs. 他打开水龙头洗大杯子。see box at见 OPEN2 方框2 to criticize or physically attack someone suddenly 突然指责﹔突然袭击: All of a sudden, the dog turned on him and bit him. 突然﹐那狗扑上去咬了他。turn out phr v 1 to happen in a particular way or to be found to be something 有某种结果﹔结果(是): Joanna wished things had turned out differently. 乔安娜真希望情况最终不是那样。turn out well/badly/fine etc I’m confident things will turn out all right in the end. 我肯定情况最终会好起来的。turn out to be sth The car turned out to be more expensive than we thought. 原来这车比我们想的要贵。2 turn sth out to make a light stop working by pressing a button, pulling a string etc [ turn on ] 关掉〔灯〕: Don’t forget to turn out the lights when you leave. 离开时别忘了把灯关掉。3 if people turn out for something, they go to watch it or be involved in it [→ turnout] 观看﹔出席﹐参加: +for Only about 30 people turned out for the show. 只有 30 人左右去看了表演。turn over phr v 1 turn sb over to sb to take someone who is believed to be a criminal to the police or another official organization 把〔罪犯〕交给〔警方或其他官方机构〕: Benson was turned over to the FBI yesterday. 本森昨天被送交联邦调查局。2 turn sth over to sb to give someone the right to own or be responsible for something 把〔所有权或责任〕交给〔某人〕: He’ll turn the shop over to his son when he retires. 他退休后要把店交给儿子经营。3 BrE to change to a different CHANNEL on your television【英】转换(电视频道)turn to sb/sthphr v 1 to ask someone for help or sympathy 求助于﹔求教于: +for He still turns to us for advice. 他仍然找我们求教。2 to look at a particular page in a book, magazine etc 翻到〔书﹑杂志等中的某一页〕: Turn to page 45 in your history book. 把历史书翻到第 45 页。 3 to start to do or use something new, especially as a way of solving a problem 开始做﹔开始使用〔新的东西﹐尤作为一种解决问题的方式〕: Many consumers are turning to the Internet for their shopping needs. 许多消费者开始通过互联网来满足购物需求。turn to drugs/crime/drink etc Bored teenagers are more likely to turn to crime. 青少年感到无聊会更容易走上犯罪道路。turn up phr v 1 turn sth up to make a machine produce more sound, heat etc, using its controls [ turn down ] 把〔机器的音量﹑温度等〕开大﹔调高: If you’re cold, I can turn the heat up. 你要是冷﹐我可以把温度调高些。 2 if something turns up after you have been looking for it, you suddenly find it〔寻找的东西〕突然出现: Eventually my watch turned up in a coat pocket. 最终我的手表在一件外套的口袋里找到了。3 to arrive 到达﹐来到: turn up late/early/on time etc Danny turned up late as usual. 丹尼照例又来晚了。
turn2n [C]1 if it is your turn to do something, it is the time when you can or should do it, not anyone else [ go BrE 【英】] 轮到的机会: It's your turn . Roll the dice. 轮到你了。掷骰子吧。Whose turn is it to walk the dog? 轮到谁遛狗了?You’ll just have to wait your turn (=wait until it is your turn). 你只得等着轮到你。2 take turns, take it in turnsBrE if a group of people take turns doing something, first one person does it, then another【英】轮流﹐依次: take turns doing sth They took turns caring for their mother. 他们轮流照料母亲。take turns to do sth We took it in turns to do the driving. 我们轮流开车。3 in turn one after another 依次﹐逐一: He spoke to each of the students in turn. 他逐一和每个学生讲话。4 a change in the direction you are moving in 转向﹐转弯: left/right turn The car made a left turn at the lights. 汽车在交通信号灯处左转。5 a) a road that joins the road you are on [ turning ] 〔道路的〕交叉处: Take the first turn on your left. 在第一个交叉处左拐。b) a curve in a road, river etc〔道路﹑河流等的〕弯道: There's a sharp turn coming up ahead. 前方有一个急转弯。6 when you turn something completely around a fixed point 转动﹐旋转: Give the wheel another turn . 再转一下轮子。7 the turn of the century the beginning of a new century 世纪之交: My ancestors moved to America at the turn of the century. 我的祖先于世纪之交移居美国。8 a sudden or unexpected change that makes a situation develop in a different way〔突然或意外的〕变化﹐转变: this new turn of events 事态的这一新变化take a turn for the better/worse Two days after the operation, Dad took a turn for the worse. 手术两天后﹐爸爸的病情恶化了。9 good turn something that someone does that is helpful to someone else 有利于别人的事: He certainly did Patrick a good turn . 他无疑帮了帕特里克一个大忙。