turn
turn的意思、解釋
過去式：turned; 過去分詞：turned; 現在分詞：turning;
turn 基本解釋及物/不及物動詞使轉動; 旋轉; 使改變方向; 使不適
及物動詞使變酸; 使變換; 使變為
名詞翻轉; （路線或方向的）改變; 機會
turn 相關詞組turn的翻譯
1. turn over : 打翻；
2. turn up : 開大, 出現；
3. turn out : 生產, 制造, 出動；
4. turn in : 上床睡覺；
5. at every turn : 事事；
6. turn to : 轉向, 求助于；
7. turn back : 往回走；
8. turn on : 開, 開始, 變得興奮, 突然顯出；
9. to the turn of a hair : 絲毫不差地；
10. turn off : 關掉；
11. in turn : 依次, 輪流, 反過來；
12. turn about : 轉身, 反復思考；
13. in the turn of a hand : 頃刻間；
14. call the turn : 言中；
15. on the turn : 在轉變中, 在變質；
16. turn away : 走開；
17. to a turn : 恰好；
18. out of turn : 不按順序地, 不合時宜地；
19. turn into : 進入, (使)變成；
turn 相關例句及物動詞
1. Cold turned their ears pink.
他們的耳朵凍得發紅了。
2. Can you turn this article into Chinese?
你能把這篇文章譯成漢語嗎？
不及物動詞
1. My head is turning.
我頭暈。
2. She turned and saw her daughter still waving to her.
她回過身來，看見女兒還在向她揮手。
名詞
1. turn
1. We saw a sharp turn in the road.
我們看到路上有一個急轉彎。
turn 情景對話輪班
A：It’s your turn to (drive/ pick me up/ take me to work) next week.
下個星期輪到你（駕車/接我/搭我去上班）。
B：I know.
我知道。
Poke one’s nose into someone’s business.-(多管閑事)
B：You can turn to the lawyer’s office for help.
你可以找律師事務所幫忙。
A：Don’t poke your nose into my business. I know how to handle it myself.
別管我的閑事，我知道該怎么辦。
B：Ok, You’ll get what you deserve.
好的。那樣的話你可別怪別人。
Working Supplies-(工作設施)
A：Do you have a free moment?
你有空嗎？
turn的翻譯
B：Sure. What do you need?
有空。怎么了？
A：I’m having some trouble. How do you use this printer?
我碰到一些麻煩。這個打印機怎么用？
B：Well, first you have to turn this switch on.
哦，首先你把這個開關打開。
A：Silly me.
我真蠢。
turn什么意思
B：Now press this button.
然后按這個按鈕。
turn在線翻譯
A：Oh, and it’s out of paper. Do you have any more?
哦，沒紙了。你還有嗎？
B：Just a second. I’ll go get some.
稍等一下。我去拿一些過來。
turn 網絡解釋1. 轉動：組成:中間拼圖區(顯示所填數字,可移動可轉動左右放大鏡(看拼圖區顯示出的數字及小標記,拖動左下移動(move)轉動(turn)選擇;右下填數字區.
2. turn在線翻譯
2. 轉：到東南方把萬能鑰匙插入門上的鎖中,推(Push)、搖(Jiggle)、轉(Turn)后,便可打開門. 先取爐上的詩集(Poetry Book)翻看一下,再將鐘(Clock)上的指針先后指向七點、三點和五點,即可開啟暗門. 從暗門中得到一本記事本(Journal).
turn 雙語例句1.
1. Although the term potluck suggests a random assortment of dishes, it s likely to turn out better when the host does some kind organization by discussing with and assigning your guests a specific course or beverage to bring along.
盡管 potluck 一詞含有隨意攜帶食物之意，倘若主人與客人商議并分配下各自應帶食品或飲料，效果可能會好得多，不然就有可能出現客人都只帶餐后甜點的情況
2. Elegant prosperous is passed such upgrade ceaselessly, turn similar Yamaxun into such number finally publication company.
雅昌經過這樣的不斷升級，最后變成類似雅馬遜這樣的數字出版公司。
3. turn
3. Multi-layer soft cascade ring at a fixed valve plate, the butterfly valve butterfly valve as compared with traditional high temperature, operation light, no friction hoist, turn off when the torque transmission mechanism with the increase to compensate for sealing, improve a butterfly valve sealing performance and durability advantages.
多層軟疊式密封圈流動在閥板上，那種蝶閥與傳統蝶閥比擬存在耐低溫，操作沉即，開關有磨揩，封閉時跟著傳念頭構的力矩增大往彌補密封，進步了蝶閥的密封性能及延伸應用壽命的長處。
4. Multi-layer soft cascade ring at a fixed valve plate, 減壓閥, the butterfly valve butterfly valve as compared with traditional high temperature, operation light, no friction hoist, turn off when the torque transmission mechanism with the increase to compensate for sealing, improve a butterfly valve sealing performance and durability advantages.
多層軟疊式密封圈流動在閥板下，那類蝶閥與傳統蝶閥比擬存在耐低溫，操做沉即，開關有磨揩，封閉時跟著傳念頭構的力矩刪小往彌補密封，進步了蝶閥的密封性能及延伸應用壽命的長處。
5.
5. Ah, whom can we ever turn to in our need?
啊，我們究竟能夠求靠誰？
6.
6. Bymaking yourself a teachable person, you turn into a sponge, and absorbenormous amounts of knowledge faster! Your seniors are there for areason!
通過把自己變為一個虛心受教的人，像海綿一樣快速吸收大量知識，畢竟在編程的路上你還有很多前輩。
7. So, in the spring, we plunge shovels into the garden plot, turn under the dark compost, rake fine the crumbling clods, and press the inert seeds into orderly rows. These are the commonest routines.
所以，在春天里，我們用鐵鍬規劃花園，黑肥做底，用耙子耙碎土塊，然后到整齊的田壟里壓實惰性種子，這些是普遍的程序。
8. turn
8. Chooose wisely hero, for once you commit to your god you can never turn back.
明智地選擇英雄，因為一旦選擇了主神就不能重新選擇了。
9. No one bother, I only own soul in the night air where folding turn, formed the most authentic text.
沒有人打擾，我只屬于自己，靈魂在夜氣里折轉，形成最真實的文字。
10. Turn off the AirCon: it puts extra strain on the engine, which consequently guzzles more petrol.
關掉空調：它會給引擎造成二外的壓力，很費油。
11. Q. Did the seventh game of the third set turn it around?
第三盤的第七局是一個轉捩點嗎？
12. Totally then we can`t really turn our minds to the reality of the Dharma.
過去所有偉大的上師都曾同出一辭地告訴我們，除非我們能完全地放棄這個幻相，認識到此生的虛幻，我們才能真正認識到佛法的真相。
13. In the past all the great masters in one voice used to say that until we`ve given up the illusion of the reality of the futility of this life totally then we can`t really turn our minds to the reality of the Dharma.
過去所有偉大的上師都曾同出一辭地告訴我們，除非我們能完全地放棄這個幻相，認識到此生的虛幻，我們才能真正認識到佛法的真相。
14. For the good all these are good, but for the wicked they turn out evil.
這一切為善人都是好的，為惡人卻都變成不好的。
15. turn的解釋
15. By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.
由于我古怪的舉止，我得了個冷酷無情的名聲；多么冤枉啊，那只有我自己才能體會。
16. Native speakers mainly employ I think for turn-taking/holding or mitigating, while Chinese EFL learners may use I think for some other functions as well, such as upgrader, interrupting, self-repair and reformulation, listing, reasoning/illustrating, summarizing, etc.
本族語者主要將I think用于承接話輪，保持話輪，減弱語氣，而中國英語學習者除以上功能外，更多地用I think實現加強語氣，插話，自我糾誤，列舉，推理/說明，總結等語用功能。
17. If you are the creative type, we also have instructions to help you design your own style sheet for the Administration Panels, and even how to turn your
如果你屬于創新性類型的人，我們也有一些指示說明，幫助你設計自己的管理面板的樣式，甚至幫助你怎樣將
18. At this time, loosen the connection screw of standard section with spanner, hang the shaft of hand crane on the upper angle bar, sway the shaft of hand crane upward, separate this standard section from the next section, and lay it in the suspension coop, dismantle the other standard section for the same method, and turn the shaft to another direction, draw the lifting wire rope tightly, the operation staff leave the suspension coop, open the lock stopping instrument, fall the suspension coop to next position and lock the brake instrument, the operation staff return to the top of suspension coop, continually dismantle note: forbid the staff leave on the top of suspension coop or in the coop when the suspension coop is running
8.1折除時，首先將吊籠用停層裝置停靠在待拆除的標準節的下兩節上，操作人員上到吊籠頂，卷揚機松繩，用小吊桿將頂梁略向上提起，拔出頂梁橫銷，使頂梁值得徐徐降下，降到拆除節下一節中間框架角處，并重新穿上橫銷，這時用板手將標準節連接螺栓松開，將手搖起重機小吊桿鉤掛在待拆節上框架用鋼土，到吊籠內，用同樣的方法拆下另一節標準節，然后將吊桿轉向不影響升降機運行的方向，收緊起升鋼絲繩，操作人員離開吊籠，打開鎖止機構，使吊籠下降到下一個拆除位置，并將鎖止機構鎖死，人員重返籠頂，進行下一拆除循環注意：在吊籠運行時絕不允許有人員留在吊籠頂部或吊籠內
19. turn的翻譯
19. When dismantle the machine, firstly, stop the suspension coop on the lower 2 sections of the standard sections, the operation staff go on the suspension coop top, the hoisting machine loosen rope, lift the pillar with small shaft, pull out the horizontal pin of pillar, let the pillar fall slowly to thedismantled section's middle angle bar, insert the horizontal pin again. At this time, loosen the connection screw of standard section with spanner, hang the shaft of hand crane on the upper angle bar, sway the shaft of hand crane upward, separate this standard section from the next section, and lay itin the suspension coop, dismantle the other standard section for the same method, and turn the shaft to another direction, draw the lifting wire rope tightly, the operation staff leave the suspension coop, open the lock stopping instrument, fall the suspension coop to next position and lock the brakeinstrument, the operation staff return to the top of suspension coop, continually dismantle note: forbid the staff leave on the top of suspension coop or in the coop when the suspension coop is running
8.1折除時，首先將吊籠用停層裝置停靠在待拆除的標準節的下兩節上，操作人員上到吊籠頂，卷揚機松繩，用小吊桿將頂梁略向上提起，拔出頂梁橫銷，使頂梁值得徐徐降下，降到拆除節下一節中間框架角處，并重新穿上橫銷，這時用板手將標準節連接螺栓松開，將手搖起重機小吊桿鉤掛在待拆節上框架用鋼土，到吊籠內，用同樣的方法拆下另一節標準節，然后將吊桿轉向不影響升降機運行的方向，收緊起升鋼絲繩，操作人員離開吊籠，打開鎖止機構，使吊籠下降到下一個拆除位置，并將鎖止機構鎖死，人員重返籠頂，進行下一拆除循環（注意：在吊籠運行時絕不允許有人員留在吊籠頂部或吊籠內
20. As a human sprinter takes a banked turn, the body experiences gravity and centripetal forces that increase effective body weight and add to the load the legs must carry.
當短跑選手急轉彎時，身體一定會受到重力和向心力的作用，向心力增加身體有效重量和使得腿部承受更多的負載。
turn 詞典解釋Turn is used in a large number of other expressions which are explained under other words in the dictionary. For example, the expression ‘turn over a new leaf’ is explained at leaf.turn 還有許多其他用法，在本詞典其他詞條下作了解釋。例如，turn over a new leaf 這一表達在 leaf 詞條下作了解釋。
1. 轉動;轉身;扭轉
When you turn or when you turn part of your body, you move your body or part of your body so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction.
e.g. He turned abruptly and walked away...
他突然轉身走了。
e.g. He turned to his publicist and jokingly asked, 'What's next?'…
他轉向他的宣傳員開玩笑地問道：“下一個是什么？”
2. 轉動;使轉向;使改變方向
When you turn something, you move it so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction, or is in a very different position.
e.g. They turned their telescopes towards other nearby galaxies...
他們把望遠鏡轉向附近其他星系。
e.g. Turn the cake the right way up on to a wire rack…
把蛋糕翻到合適的方向對準金屬絲架上。
3. (使)轉動;(使)旋轉
When something such as a wheel turns, or when you turn it, it continually moves around in a particular direction.
turn在線翻譯
e.g. As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay...
輪子一邊轉動，制陶工人一邊拉坯。
e.g. The engine turned a propeller.
發動機使螺旋槳旋轉起來。
4. 轉動，旋動(鑰匙、把手、開關等)
When you turn something such as a key, knob, or switch, or when it turns, you hold it and twist your hand, in order to open something or make it start working.
e.g. Turn a special key, press the brake pedal, and your car's brakes lock...
轉動一把特制的鑰匙，踩下剎車踏板，這樣你的汽車剎車就鎖住了。
e.g. Turn the heat to very low and cook for 20 minutes...
把溫度調到很低，煮 20 分鐘。
5. 轉向;拐（彎）
When you turn in a particular direction or turn a corner, you change the direction in which you are moving or travelling.
e.g. He turned into the narrow terraced street where he lived…
他轉向自己居住的那條夾在排房間的狹窄街道。
e.g. Now turn right to follow West Ferry Road...
現在向右拐沿西渡路往前走。
6. (路、河)拐彎，轉彎
The point where a road, path, or river turns, is the point where it has a bend or curve in it.
turn的近義詞
e.g. ...the corner where Tenterfield Road turned into the main road.
滕特菲爾德路拐向主道的岔路口
7. (潮)漲，落
When the tide turns, it starts coming in or going out.
e.g. There was not much time before the tide turned.
不久就要漲潮了。
8. 翻(筋斗)
When someone turns a cartwheel or a somersault, they do a cartwheel or somersault.
e.g. They were still doing wild acrobatics in the yard, turning somersaults and cartwheels.
他們還在院子里一通雜耍，翻著跟頭，玩著側手翻。
9. 翻動(書頁)
When you turn a page of a book or magazine, you move it so that is flat against the previous page, and you can read the next page.
e.g. He turned the pages of a file in front of him.
他翻閱面前的文件。
10. 指向;沖著;把…對準
If you turn a weapon or an aggressive feeling on someone, you point it at them or direct it at them.
e.g. He tried to turn the gun on me...
他企圖把槍對準我。
e.g. The crowd then turned their anger on Prime Minister James Mitchell.
然后人群把怒火都撒向詹姆斯·米切爾總理。
11. 翻到(某頁碼)
If you turn to a particular page in a book or magazine, you open it at that page.
turn的翻譯
e.g. To order, turn to page 236.
如需訂購，參見 236 頁。
12. 開始思考;開始討論;把(注意力等)轉向
If you turn your attention or thoughts to a particular subject or if you turn to it, you start thinking about it or discussing it.
e.g. We turned our attention to the practical matters relating to forming a company...
我們開始考慮有關成立公司的具體事宜。
e.g. We turn now to the British news.
我們現在來關注英國新聞。
13. 求助于;求教于
If you turn to someone, you ask for their help or advice.
turn什么意思
e.g. For assistance, they turned to one of the city's most innovative museums...
他們求助于該市最具創新風格的一家博物館。
e.g. There was no one to turn to, no one to tell.
沒人可以求助，沒人可以訴說。
14. 致力于;開始從事;啟用
If you turn to a particular activity, job, or way of doing something, you start doing or using it.
turn
e.g. These communities are now turning to recycling in large numbers...
這些團體現在正轉而致力于大規模的回收利用工作。
e.g. The Superpowers turned to the harder task of cutting their nuclear arsenals…
超級大國開始著手削減核武器庫這項更為艱難的工作。
15. (使)變成;(使)成為
To turn or be turned into something means to become that thing.
turn什么意思
e.g. A prince turns into a frog in this cartoon fairytale...
在這個卡通童話里王子變成了一只青蛙。
e.g. Their grief turned to hysteria when the funeral procession arrived at the cemetery…
當送葬隊走到墓地時，他們更加悲慟欲絕。
16. (用于形容詞前)變為，變得
You can use turn before an adjective to indicate that something or someone changes by acquiring the quality described by the adjective.
turn的反義詞
e.g. If the bailiff thinks that things could turn nasty he will enlist the help of the police...
如果法警認為事情變得不可收拾，他就會尋求警方的幫助。
e.g. She announced that she was going to turn professional.
她宣布自己即將成為職業選手。
17. (使)變成(某種顏色)
If something turns a particular colour or if something turns it a particular colour, it becomes that colour.
e.g. The sea would turn pale pink and the sky blood red...
大海會變成淺粉色，天空則變成血紅色。
e.g. Her contact lenses turned her eyes green.
隱形眼鏡把她的眼睛變成了綠色。
18. (天氣)變得
You can use turn to indicate that there is a change to a particular kind of weather. For example, if it turns cold, the weather starts being cold.
e.g. If it turns cold, cover plants...
如果天氣變冷，就把植物蓋起來。
e.g. The weather had turned warm and thundery overnight.
天氣一夜之間就轉暖，而且雷聲陣陣。
19. (時局或趨勢的)逆轉，轉變，變化
If a situation or trend takes a particular kind of turn, it changes so that it starts developing in a different or opposite way.
e.g. The scandal took a new turn over the weekend.
周末時丑聞有了新的發展。
e.g. …the latest turn in the fighting…
戰斗的最新進展
20. （使）(比賽)出現逆轉
In sports, if a game turns, or is turned, something significant happens which changes the way the game is developing.
e.g. The game turned in the 56th minute.
比賽在第 56 分鐘時發生了扭轉。
e.g. …the Gareth Edwards try which turned the game between France and Wales in Paris in 1971.
加雷思·愛德華茲于 1971 年法國隊與威爾士隊在巴黎的比賽中貢獻的一記扭轉賽事的觸地得分
21. 賺得，獲得(利潤)
If a business turns a profit, it earns more money than it spends.
e.g. The firm will be able to service debt and still turn a modest profit...
那家公司將有能力支付債務，而且還會賺得一筆可觀的利潤。
e.g. He says the fares are just too low to turn profits.
他說票價太低，根本無利可圖。
in BRIT, use 英國英語用 make, return22. 達到(…年齡);到(…點鐘)
When someone turns a particular age, they pass that age. When it turns a particular time, it passes that time.
turn在線翻譯
e.g. It was his ambition to accumulate a million dollars before he turned thirty...
他立志要在而立之年以前攢夠 100 萬美元。
e.g. It had just turned twelve o'clock.
剛過 12 點。
23. 世紀之交/新年伊始
Turn is used in expressions such as the turn of the century and the turn of the year to refer to a period of time when one century or year is ending and the next one is beginning.
turn
e.g. They fled to South America around the turn of the century.
他們在世紀之交逃到了南美洲。
24. 使成形;車削
When someone turns a wooden or metal object that they are making, they shape it using a special tool.
e.g. ...the joys of making a living from turning wood.
靠車削木材謀生的樂趣
e.g. …finely-turned metal.
精心車削的金屬
25. (依次輪流時的)輪班，次序，輪番
If it is your turn to do something, you now have the duty, chance, or right to do it, when other people have done it before you or will do it after you.
e.g. Tonight it's my turn to cook...
今晚該我做飯了。
e.g. Let each child have a turn at fishing...
讓每個孩子輪流釣魚。
26. (疾病的)瞬間發作
If you say that someone is having a turn, you mean they feel suddenly very unwell for a short period of time.
turn什么意思
e.g. He is having one of his turns…
他又犯病了。
e.g. He gets funny turns, you know. It's his age.
他總是感覺不舒服。也是，他都這個歲數了。
27. see also: turning
28. （表示兩種感情或品質的交替）時而，間或
You can use by turns to indicate that someone has two particular emotions or qualities, one after the other.
turn的翻譯
e.g. His tone was by turns angry and aggrieved.
他的語氣時而透著憤怒，時而流露出哀怨。
29. 形勢的變化
If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen.
turn的意思
e.g. They were horrified at this unexpected turn of events.
這種出乎意料的形勢變化讓他們無比震驚。
30. 每每;總是;處處
If you say that something happens at every turn, you are emphasizing that it happens frequently or all the time, usually so that it prevents you from achieving what you want.
e.g. Its operations were hampered at every turn by inadequate numbers of trained staff...
因為缺乏訓練有素的員工，其生產經營總是遇到各種障礙。
e.g. At every turn smoke and flame stopped efforts to get into the living quarters.
到處是煙霧和火焰，根本無法進入住處。
31. (對…)有利的事,有幫助的事
If you do someone a good turn, you do something that helps or benefits them.
turn在線翻譯
e.g. He did you a good turn by resigning...
他辭職對你有利。
e.g. One good turn deserves another.
善有善報。
32. 徹底搜查;把…翻個底朝天
If someone turns a place inside out or upside down, they search it very thoroughly and usually make it very untidy.
e.g. They hadn't found a scrap of evidence though they had turned his flat inside out.
他們雖然把他的公寓翻了個底朝天，卻沒有找到一絲證據。
33. 徹底改變，完全攪亂（體制或生活方式）
If something such as a system or way of life is turned inside out or upside down, it is changed completely, making people confused or upset.
e.g. He felt too shocked to move. His world had been turned upside down.
他驚呆了。他的世界已經完全被打亂了。
34. 繼而;轉而;反過來
You use in turn to refer to actions or events that are in a sequence one after the other, for example because one causes the other.
e.g. One of the members of the surgical team leaked the story to a fellow physician who, in turn, confided in a reporter.
手術小組的一名成員把這個消息泄露給了在一起工作的一個內科醫生，后者又透露給了一位記者。
35. 逐一;依次;輪流地
If each person in a group does something in turn, they do it one after the other in a fixed or agreed order.
e.g. There were cheers for each of the women as they spoke in turn.
當這些女人們逐一發言時，她們每個人都贏得了喝彩聲。
36. 思維;性情;秉性
If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.
e.g. She was of a rational turn of mind.
她是個理性的人。
37. 冒失地說;說話出格
If you speak out of turn or talk out of turn, you say something that you do not have the right or authority to say.
turn的翻譯
e.g. I hope I haven't spoken out of turn.
希望我沒有多嘴。
38. 速度;腳力;馬力
If a person, animal, or vehicle has a good turn of speed, they have the ability to move fast.
39. 輪流;依次
If two or more people take turns to do something, or in British English take it in turns to do something, they do it one after the other several times, rather than doing it together.
turn
e.g. We took turns to drive the car...
我們輪流開車。
e.g. Ted and I took it in turns to go into hospital and sit with Emma.
我和特德輪流去醫院陪護埃瑪。
40. (情況)突然惡化/突然好轉
If a situation takes a turn for the worse, it suddenly becomes worse. If a situation takes a turn for the better, it suddenly becomes better.
e.g. Her condition took a sharp turn for the worse.
她的病情突然急劇惡化。
相關詞組：turn againstturn aroundturn awayturn backturn downturn inturn offturn onturn outturn overturn over toturn roundturn up
turn 單語例句turn的意思1. Lenovo is trying to turn around its overseas business by improving efficiency and cutting costs by laying off some workers.
2. Time and again you will find books that turn widely accepted business principles upside down.
3. Palestinians in turn agreed to act against militants attempting attacks against Israelis.
4. Palestinians in turn agreed to act against what Israel calls " ticking bombs " - assailants on their way to attack Israelis.
5. All eight chairs were occupied and all the three stylists were busy snipping away, with hordes of others waiting their turn patiently.
6. There is something about the combination of good butter and the scent of roses that will turn teatime into an occasion.
7. Vettel's best time was just two tenths of a second faster than McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who in turn was a tenth faster than teammate Jenson Button.
8. CISA insists it wants to turn the iron ore industry from a seller's market to a buyer's market.
9. And could they have mysteriously disappeared for 20 years, only to turn up by chance in a Tel Aviv laboratory?
10. Confucius would turn in his grave if he knew how many students in China are learning by rote these days.
turn 英英釋義noun
1. taking a short walk out and back
e.g. we took a turn in the park
2. turning or twisting around (in place)
e.g. with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room
Synonym: twist
3. the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
e.g. he made an abrupt turn away from her
4. the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
e.g. he took a turn to the right
Synonym: turning
5. (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
e.g. it is my turn
it is still my play
Synonym: play
6. a favor for someone
e.g. he did me a good turn
Synonym: good turn
7. a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program
e.g. he did his act three times every evening
she had a catchy little routine
it was one of the best numbers he ever did
Synonym: actroutinenumberbit
8. a movement in a new direction
e.g. the turning of the wind
Synonym: turning
9. an unforeseen development
e.g. events suddenly took an awkward turn
Synonym: turn of eventstwist
10. a circular segment of a curve
e.g. a bend in the road
a crook in the path
Synonym: bendcrooktwist
11. (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
Synonym: boutround
12. a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
e.g. it's my go
a spell of work
Synonym: gospelltour
verb
1. twist suddenly so as to sprain
e.g. wrench one's ankle
The wrestler twisted his shoulder
the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell
I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days
Synonym: twistsprainwrenchwrickrick
2. pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute
become
e.g. The weather turned nasty
She grew angry
Synonym: grow
3. change to the contrary
e.g. The trend was reversed
the tides turned against him
public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern
Synonym: change by reversalreverse
4. undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
e.g. We turned from Socialism to Capitalism
The people turned against the President when he stole the election
Synonym: change state
5. become officially one year older
e.g. She is turning 50 this year
6. change color
e.g. In Vermont, the leaves turn early
7. go sour or spoil
e.g. The milk has soured
The wine worked
The cream has turned--we have to throw it out
Synonym: sourfermentwork
8. have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
e.g. She called on her Representative to help her
She turned to her relatives for help
Synonym: call on
9. direct at someone
e.g. She turned a smile on me
They turned their flashlights on the car
10. alter the functioning or setting of
e.g. turn the dial to 10
turn the heat down
11. cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
e.g. bend the rod
twist the dough into a braid
the strong man could turn an iron bar
Synonym: flexbenddeformtwist
12. let (something) fall or spill from a container
e.g. turn the flour onto a plate
Synonym: release
13. shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
e.g. turn the legs of the table
turn the clay on the wheel
14. to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
e.g. Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week
turn the earth in the Spring
Synonym: plowplough
15. change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
e.g. Turn towards me
The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face
She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs
16. pass to the other side of
e.g. turn the corner
move around the obstacle
Synonym: move around
17. channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
e.g. The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction
people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium
18. to send or let go
e.g. They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion
19. cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
e.g. turn a page of a book
Synonym: turn over
20. cause to move around or rotate
e.g. turn a key
turn your palm this way
21. cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
e.g. turn your face to the wall
turn the car around
turn your dance partner around
22. move around an axis or a center
e.g. The wheels are turning
23. get by buying and selling
e.g. the company turned a good profit after a year
24. accomplish by rotating
e.g. turn a somersault
turn cartwheels
25. undergo a change or development
e.g. The water turned into ice
Her former friend became her worst enemy
He turned traitor
Synonym: become
26. cause to change or turn into something different
ssume new characteristics
e.g. The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him
The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold