Turn

(noun.) taking a short walk out and back; 'we took a turn in the park'.

(noun.) the act of turning away or in the opposite direction; 'he made an abrupt turn away from her'.

(noun.) the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; 'he took a turn to the right'.

(noun.) (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; 'it is my turn'; 'it is still my play'.

(noun.) a favor for someone; 'he did me a good turn'.

(noun.) an unforeseen development; 'events suddenly took an awkward turn'.

(noun.) (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive.

(verb.) pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; 'The weather turned nasty'; 'She grew angry'.

(verb.) change color; 'In Vermont, the leaves turn early'.

(verb.) let (something) fall or spill from a container; 'turn the flour onto a plate'.

(verb.) shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel; 'turn the legs of the table'; 'turn the clay on the wheel'.

(verb.) change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; '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'.

(verb.) pass to the other side of; 'turn the corner'; 'move around the obstacle'.

(verb.) to send or let go; 'They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion'.

(verb.) cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; 'turn a page of a book'.

(verb.) cause to move around or rotate; 'turn a key'; 'turn your palm this way'.

(verb.) move around an axis or a center; 'The wheels are turning'.

(verb.) alter the functioning or setting of; 'turn the dial to 10'; 'turn the heat down'.

(verb.) accomplish by rotating; 'turn a somersault'; 'turn cartwheels'.

(verb.) direct at someone; 'She turned a smile on me'; 'They turned their flashlights on the car'.

(verb.) cause to move along an axis or into a new direction; 'turn your face to the wall'; 'turn the car around'; 'turn your dance partner around'.

(verb.) get by buying and selling; 'the company turned a good profit after a year'.

(verb.) cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics; 'The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him'; 'The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold'.

(verb.) become officially one year older; 'She is turning 50 this year'.

(verb.) channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something; 'The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction'; 'people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium'.

录入:索菲娅

• Let them turn into mechanisms, let them. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• From these ends is extended the spindle of Necessity, on which all the revolutions turn. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Mr. Rochester, let me look at your face: turn to the moonlight. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I think I can do you a good turn. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• If for a generation or so machinery has had to wait its turn in the mine, it is simply because for a time men were cheaper than machinery. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• What if my complaint be about to take a turn, and I am yet destined to enjoy health? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• What business had she, a renegade clergyman's daughter, to turn up her nose at you! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• You ought not to have come today, she said in an altered voice; and suddenly she turned, flung her arms about him and pressed her lips to his. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Here is a card turned up. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He took my chin in his large hand and turned up my face to have a look at me by the light of the candle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• As events turned out, no such emergency as this occurred. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• She turned out the wall-lights, and peered at herself between the candle-flames. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Dorothea by this time had turned cold again, and now threw herself back helplessly in her chair. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• She turned to him with a triumphant smile and their hands clasped under her veil. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Especially on that turning business. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• No, I have nothing to give you instead, he said, sitting up and turning so that he faced her. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He made that brief reply warmly, dropping his hand on the table while he spoke, and turning towards us again. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The lad only answered by turning his cynical young face, half-arch, half-truculent, towards the paternal chair. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Why, my dear lad, I am even now courting the Nine, and turning Aristophanes into good English verse. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The red ball is dyed after seasoning, and at the time of final turning called finishing. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Ingenious forms of hand-operated ironing machines for turning over and ironing the edges of collars, and other articles, are in successful use. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• My heart turns faint, my mind sinks in darkness and confusion when I think of it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Gale suggested that his simple electro-magnet, with its few turns of thick wire, should be replaced by one with a coil of long thin wire. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• My Lady turns her head inward for the moment, then looks out again as before. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She's that earnest, says Mr. Bagnet, and true to her colours--that, touch us with a finger--and she turns out--and stands to her arms. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• And when Our Johnny gets his breathing again, I turns again, and we all goes on together. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I tingle again from head to foot as my recollection turns that corner, and my pen shakes in my hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Well, it would have been difficult; we should have had to walk by turns. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

录入:帕特里斯