turns

英 [tɜːnz]

美 [tɜːrnz]

v.  (使)转动，旋转; 转身; 扭转(身体部位); 翻转; 翻动; 把…翻过来
turn的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

Turnis 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 atleaf.
turn 还有许多其他用法，在本词典其他词条下作了解释。例如，turn over a new leaf 这一表达在 leaf 词条下作了解释。

• VERB 转动;转身;扭转
  When youturnor when youturnpart of your body, you move your body or part of your body so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction.
  1. He turned abruptly and walked away...
     他突然转身走了。
  2. He turned to his publicist and jokingly asked, 'What's next?'…
     他转向他的宣传员开玩笑地问道：“下一个是什么？”
  3. He sighed, turning away and surveying the sea...
     他叹口气，转身远眺大海。
  4. He turned his head left and right...
     他左右转动脑袋。
  5. He waited for the woman to turn her face back to the road.
     他等待那个女人把脸转回路这边。
  6. Turn aroundorturn roundmeans the same asturn.
     turn around 或 turn round 同 turn
  7. I felt a tapping on my shoulder and I turned around...
     我感到有人拍了一下我的肩膀，于是转过身去。
  8. Turn your upper body round so that your shoulders are facing to the side.
     转动上身，让双肩朝向一侧。
• VERB 转动;使转向;使改变方向
  When youturnsomething, you move it so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction, or is in a very different position.
  1. They turned their telescopes towards other nearby galaxies...
     他们把望远镜转向附近其他星系。
  2. Turn the cake the right way up on to a wire rack…
     把蛋糕翻到合适的方向对准金属丝架上。
  3. I turned my jacket inside out…
     我把夹克衫翻了个面。
  4. She had turned the bedside chair to face the door...
     她把床头椅转向正对门的方向。
  5. The lid, turned upside down, served as a coffee table.
     那个盖子被翻过来当作咖啡桌。
• V-ERG (使)转动;(使)旋转
  When something such as a wheelturns, or when youturnit, it continually moves around in a particular direction.
  1. As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay...
     轮子一边转动，制陶工人一边拉坯。
  2. The engine turned a propeller.
     发动机使螺旋桨旋转起来。
• V-ERG 转动，旋动(钥匙、把手、开关等)
  When youturnsomething such as a key, knob, or switch, or when itturns, you hold it and twist your hand, in order to open something or make it start working.
  1. Turn a special key, press the brake pedal, and your car's brakes lock...
     转动一把特制的钥匙，踩下刹车踏板，这样你的汽车刹车就锁住了。
  2. Turn the heat to very low and cook for 20 minutes...
     把温度调到很低，煮 20 分钟。
  3. I tried the doorknob and it turned.
     我试了试门把手，结果它转动了。
• VERB 转向;拐（弯）
  When youturnin a particular direction orturna corner, you change the direction in which you are moving or travelling.
  1. He turned into the narrow terraced street where he lived…
     他转向自己居住的那条夹在排房间的狭窄街道。
  2. Now turn right to follow West Ferry Road...
     现在向右拐沿西渡路往前走。
  3. The man with the umbrella turned the corner again.
     拿伞的人又拐进了拐角处。
  4. Turnis also a noun.
     
  5. You can't do a right-hand turn here.
     此处禁止右拐。
• VERB (路、河)拐弯，转弯
  The point where a road, path, or riverturns, is the point where it has a bend or curve in it.
  1. ...the corner where Tenterfield Road turned into the main road.
     滕特菲尔德路拐向主道的岔路口
  2. Turnis also a noun.
     
  3. ...a sharp turn in the road.
     路上的急转弯
• VERB (潮)涨，落
  When the tideturns, it starts coming in or going out.
  1. There was not much time before the tide turned.
     不久就要涨潮了。
• VERB 翻(筋斗)
  When someoneturnsa cartwheel or a somersault, they do a cartwheel or somersault.
  1. They were still doing wild acrobatics in the yard, turning somersaults and cartwheels.
     他们还在院子里一通杂耍，翻着跟头，玩着侧手翻。
• VERB 翻动(书页)
  When youturna page of a book or magazine, you move it so that is flat against the previous page, and you can read the next page.
  1. He turned the pages of a file in front of him.
     他翻阅面前的文件。
• VERB 指向;冲着;把…对准
  If youturna weapon or an aggressive feelingonsomeone, you point it at them or direct it at them.
  1. He tried to turn the gun on me...
     他企图把枪对准我。
  2. The crowd then turned their anger on Prime Minister James Mitchell.
     然后人群把怒火都撒向詹姆斯·米切尔总理。
• VERB 翻到(某页码)
  If youturn toa particular page in a book or magazine, you open it at that page.
  1. To order, turn to page 236.
     如需订购，参见 236 页。
• VERB 开始思考;开始讨论;把(注意力等)转向
  If youturnyour attention or thoughtstoa particular subject or if youturn toit, you start thinking about it or discussing it.
  1. We turned our attention to the practical matters relating to forming a company...
     我们开始考虑有关成立公司的具体事宜。
  2. We turn now to the British news.
     我们现在来关注英国新闻。
• VERB 求助于;求教于
  If youturn tosomeone, you ask for their help or advice.
  1. For assistance, they turned to one of the city's most innovative museums...
     他们求助于该市最具创新风格的一家博物馆。
  2. There was no one to turn to, no one to tell.
     没人可以求助，没人可以诉说。
• VERB 致力于;开始从事;启用
  If youturn toa particular activity, job, or way of doing something, you start doing or using it.
  1. These communities are now turning to recycling in large numbers...
     这些团体现在正转而致力于大规模的回收利用工作。
  2. The Superpowers turned to the harder task of cutting their nuclear arsenals…
     超级大国开始着手削减核武器库这项更为艰难的工作。
  3. Universities are turning from academic to commercial sponsorship.
     各大学正从学术赞助转而寻求商业赞助。
• V-ERG (使)变成;(使)成为
  Toturnorbe turned intosomething means to become that thing.
  1. A prince turns into a frog in this cartoon fairytale...
     在这个卡通童话里王子变成了一只青蛙。
  2. Their grief turned to hysteria when the funeral procession arrived at the cemetery…
     当送葬队走到墓地时，他们更加悲恸欲绝。
  3. The hated dictator had turned his country into one of the poorest police states in Europe...
     这个为人深恶痛绝的独裁者把他的国家变成了欧洲最贫穷的极权国家之一。
  4. He soon turned his dreams to reality.
     他不久便梦想成真了。
  5. …an MP turned diplomat.
     成为外交官的下院议员
• V-LINK (用于形容词前)变为，变得
  You can useturnbefore an adjective to indicate that something or someone changes by acquiring the quality described by the adjective.
  1. If the bailiff thinks that things could turn nasty he will enlist the help of the police...
     如果法警认为事情变得不可收拾，他就会寻求警方的帮助。
  2. She announced that she was going to turn professional.
     她宣布自己即将成为职业选手。
• V-LINK-ERG (使)变成(某种颜色)
  If somethingturnsa particular colour or if somethingturnsit a particular colour, it becomes that colour.
  1. The sea would turn pale pink and the sky blood red...
     大海会变成浅粉色，天空则变成血红色。
  2. Her contact lenses turned her eyes green.
     隐形眼镜把她的眼睛变成了绿色。
• V-LINK (天气)变得
  You can useturnto indicate that there is a change to a particular kind of weather. For example, if itturnscold, the weather starts being cold.
  1. If it turns cold, cover plants...
     如果天气变冷，就把植物盖起来。
  2. The weather had turned warm and thundery overnight.
     天气一夜之间就转暖，而且雷声阵阵。
• N-COUNT (时局或趋势的)逆转，转变，变化
  If a situation or trend takes a particular kind ofturn, it changes so that it starts developing in a different or opposite way.
  1. The scandal took a new turn over the weekend.
     周末时丑闻有了新的发展。
  2. …the latest turn in the fighting…
     战斗的最新进展
  3. Retailers have given up waiting for a turn in the housing market.
     零售商们已放弃等待房产市场上的转机。
• V-ERG （使）(比赛)出现逆转
  In sports, if a gameturns, oris turned, something significant happens which changes the way the game is developing.
  1. The game turned in the 56th minute.
     比赛在第 56 分钟时发生了扭转。
  2. …the Gareth Edwards try which turned the game between France and Wales in Paris in 1971.
     加雷思·爱德华兹于 1971 年法国队与威尔士队在巴黎的比赛中贡献的一记扭转赛事的触地得分
• VERB 赚得，获得(利润)
  If a businessturnsa profit, it earns more money than it spends.
  1. The firm will be able to service debt and still turn a modest profit...
     那家公司将有能力支付债务，而且还会赚得一笔可观的利润。
  2. He says the fares are just too low to turn profits.
     他说票价太低，根本无利可图。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 make, return


• VERB 达到(…年龄);到(…点钟)
  When someoneturnsa particular age, they pass that age. When itturnsa particular time, it passes that time.
  1. It was his ambition to accumulate a million dollars before he turned thirty...
     他立志要在而立之年以前攒够 100 万美元。
  2. It had just turned twelve o'clock.
     刚过 12 点。
• N-SING 世纪之交/新年伊始
  Turnis used in expressions such asthe turn of the centuryandthe turn of the yearto refer to a period of time when one century or year is ending and the next one is beginning.
  1. They fled to South America around the turn of the century.
     他们在世纪之交逃到了南美洲。
• VERB 使成形;车削
  When someoneturnsa wooden or metal object that they are making, they shape it using a special tool.
  1. ...the joys of making a living from turning wood.
     靠车削木材谋生的乐趣
  2. …finely-turned metal.
     精心车削的金属
• N-COUNT (依次轮流时的)轮班，次序，轮番
  If it is yourturn todo 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.
  1. Tonight it's my turn to cook...
     今晚该我做饭了。
  2. Let each child have a turn at fishing...
     让每个孩子轮流钓鱼。
  3. Students are expected to take their turn leading the study group.
     学生们要依次轮流当学习小组的组长。
• N-COUNT (疾病的)瞬间发作
  If you say that someone is having aturn, you mean they feel suddenly very unwell for a short period of time.
  1. He is having one of his turns…
     他又犯病了。
  2. He gets funny turns, you know. It's his age.
     他总是感觉不舒服。也是，他都这个岁数了。
• See also:turning
• PHRASE （表示两种感情或品质的交替）时而，间或
  You can useby turnsto indicate that someone has two particular emotions or qualities, one after the other.
  1. His tone was by turns angry and aggrieved.
     他的语气时而透着愤怒，时而流露出哀怨。
• PHRASE 形势的变化
  If there is a particularturn of events, a particular series of things happen.
  1. They were horrified at this unexpected turn of events.
     这种出乎意料的形势变化让他们无比震惊。
• PHRASE 每每;总是;处处
  If you say that something happensat every turn, you are emphasizing that it happens frequently or all the time, usually so that it prevents you from achieving what you want.
  1. Its operations were hampered at every turn by inadequate numbers of trained staff...
     因为缺乏训练有素的员工，其生产经营总是遇到各种障碍。
  2. At every turn smoke and flame stopped efforts to get into the living quarters.
     到处是烟雾和火焰，根本无法进入住处。
• PHRASE (对…)有利的事,有帮助的事
  If you do someonea good turn, you do something that helps or benefits them.
  1. He did you a good turn by resigning...
     他辞职对你有利。
  2. One good turn deserves another.
     善有善报。
• PHRASE 彻底搜查;把…翻个底朝天
  If someoneturnsa placeinside outorupside down, they search it very thoroughly and usually make it very untidy.
  1. They hadn't found a scrap of evidence though they had turned his flat inside out.
     他们虽然把他的公寓翻了个底朝天，却没有找到一丝证据。
• PHRASE 彻底改变，完全搅乱（体制或生活方式）
  If something such as a system or way of lifeis turned inside outorupside down, it is changed completely, making people confused or upset.
  1. He felt too shocked to move. His world had been turned upside down.
     他惊呆了。他的世界已经完全被打乱了。
• PHRASE 继而;转而;反过来
  You usein turnto refer to actions or events that are in a sequence one after the other, for example because one causes the other.
  1. One of the members of the surgical team leaked the story to a fellow physician who, in turn, confided in a reporter.
     手术小组的一名成员把这个消息泄露给了在一起工作的一个内科医生，后者又透露给了一位记者。
• PHRASE 逐一;依次;轮流地
  If each person in a group does somethingin turn, they do it one after the other in a fixed or agreed order.
  1. There were cheers for each of the women as they spoke in turn.
     当这些女人们逐一发言时，她们每个人都赢得了喝彩声。
• PHRASE 思维;性情;秉性
  If someone is of a particularturn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.
  1. She was of a rational turn of mind.
     她是个理性的人。
• PHRASE 冒失地说;说话出格
  If youspeak out of turnortalk out of turn, you say something that you do not have the right or authority to say.
  1. I hope I haven't spoken out of turn.
     希望我没有多嘴。
• 速度;脚力;马力
  If a person, animal, or vehicle has a goodturn of speed, they have the ability to move fast.
• PHRASE 轮流;依次
  If two or more peopletake turns todo something, or in British Englishtake it in turns todo something, they do it one after the other several times, rather than doing it together.
  1. We took turns to drive the car...
     我们轮流开车。
  2. Ted and I took it in turns to go into hospital and sit with Emma.
     我和特德轮流去医院陪护埃玛。
• PHRASE (情况)突然恶化/突然好转
  If a situationtakes a turn for the worse, it suddenly becomes worse. If a situationtakes a turn for the better, it suddenly becomes better.
  1. Her condition took a sharp turn for the worse.
     她的病情突然急剧恶化。

双语例句

• Whether it turns out to be a good idea or a bad idea, we'll find out
  它到底是个好主意还是坏主意我们很快会见分晓。
• A prince turns into a frog in this cartoon fairytale
  在这个卡通童话里王子变成了一只青蛙。
• My friend turns up his nose at anyone who hasn't had a college education.
  我的朋友对没有受过大学教育的人一律瞧不起。
• Males and females take turns brooding the eggs.
  雄鸟和雌鸟轮流孵蛋。
• The sunflower turns towards the sun.
  向日葵向着太阳。
• He always turns a deaf ear to other people's criticism.
  他对别人对他的批评总是听而不闻。
• Society largely turns a blind eye to recreational drug use.
  社会基本上对消遣性毒品的吸食现象视而不见。
• The affected skin turns red and may blister
  受感染的皮肤会变红，还有可能起水疱。
• What turns teenagers off science and technology?
  是什么使青少年对科学技术丧失了兴趣？
• War turns morality inside out: killing and cruelty are virtues.
  战争颠倒是非：杀戮与残忍成了美德。