turn
名词
定义 turn 名词
opportunity(机会)
- B1Countable(可数名词)
an opportunity or a duty to do something at a particular time or in a particular order, before or after other people
（依序轮到的）机会；轮值
Is it my turn yet?
轮到我了吗？
I waited so long for my turn to see the careers adviser that I missed my bus.
我等了太久才轮到我去见职业顾问，结果错过了我的公交车。
It's your turn to do the dishes!
轮到你洗碗了！
movement(运动)
- Countable(可数名词)
an action that causes something to move in a circle round a fixed point
转动；旋转
Give the screw a couple of turns to make sure it's tight.
将螺丝转几圈以确保它紧固。
direction(方向)
- B2Countable(可数名词)
a change in the direction in which you are moving or facing
转弯；转向
When you see the school on the left, make a right turn.
当你看到左边的学校时，向右转。
The path was full of twists and turns.
这条小路充满了曲折和转弯。
entertainment(娱乐)
- Countable(可数名词)
a stage act or performance
节目；表演
The first couple of turns were children singing and dancing.
前几个节目是孩子们的歌唱和舞蹈表演。
health(健康)
- Countable(可数名词)old-fashioned(过时)
a slight illness, a strange feeling, or a nervous shock
小病；不适
After the accident I started having funny turns.
那次事故后，我开始出现奇怪的感觉。
It gave me quite a turn to see him after all these years.
在这么多年后再见到他，真让我吃了一惊。
片语 turn 名词
- on the turn
Used to describe something that is about to change or shift direction.
即将转变
• With the change in policy, the economic situation is on the turn.
随着政策的改变，经济形势即将转变。
- take turns
When a group of people take turns, they perform the same action in sequence, one after another.
轮流
• We take turns using the computer.
我们轮流使用电脑。
- take a ... turn
To change or develop in a particular direction or manner.
向…方向发展
• The project took a dramatic turn in its final phase.
这个项目在最后阶段发生了戏剧性的转变。
- in turn
Following a pre-arranged sequence, one after another.
轮流
• The students presented their projects in turn.
学生们依次展示了他们的项目。
- the turn of something
The point at which a change in direction or condition occurs.
转换点；转折点
• At the turn of the economic recession, the government implemented new fiscal policies.
在经济衰退的转折点上，政府实施了新的财政政策。
- take a turn for the better/worse
To experience a sudden shift, either positively or negatively, in condition or circumstances.
突然变好／变差
• Since the company implemented the new management policies, morale has taken a turn for the better.
自从公司实施新的管理政策后，士气已经好转了。
动词
定义 turn 动词
movement(运动)
- B2Transitive(及物动词)Intransitive(不及物动词)
to (cause to) move in a circle around a fixed point or line
（使）转动；（使）旋转
The earth turns on its axis once every 24 hours.
地球每24小时绕其轴心转动一次。
She turned on her toes, holding out her skirt.
她用脚尖旋转，展开她的裙子。
The wheels started to turn (around).
轮子开始转动了。
direction(方向)
- A2Transitive(及物动词)Intransitive(不及物动词)
to (cause to) change the direction in which you are facing or moving
（使）转向；（使）转身
Turn right at the traffic lights.
在红绿灯处右转。
The path twists and turns for the next half mile.
这条小路在接下来的半英里内蜿蜒曲折。
We have to turn down/into/up the next road on the right.
我们必须在下一个路口右转/转入/上坡。
position(位置)
- B1Transitive(及物动词)Intransitive(不及物动词)
to move, or to move an object or page, so that a different side or surface is on the top
翻动（书页）；（使）翻转；（使）翻身
Now turn the page, please, and start work on Exercise 2.
现在请翻页，开始做练习2。
She turned the vase over to look for the price.
她把花瓶翻过来查看价格。
He turned over two or three pages.
他翻了两三页。
change(变化)
- B2Transitive(及物动词)Intransitive(不及物动词)Linking verb(连系动词)Verb + adv/prep(动词+副词/介词)
to (cause to) become, change into, or come to be something
（使）变得；（使）成为
The weather has suddenly turned cold.
天气突然变冷了。
When I refused to pay, he turned nasty.
当我拒绝付款时，他变得暴躁。
She turned pale and started to shiver.
她脸色苍白，开始发抖。
control(控制)
- A2Transitive(及物动词)Intransitive(不及物动词)Verb + adv/prep(动词+副词/介词)
to use a control to switch a piece of equipment or a power or water supply on or off, or to increase or reduce what it is producing
转动，拨动（操控装置）；（为升高或降低…而）转动，拨动
Turn off/out the light.
关掉灯。
Who turned the TV on?
谁打开了电视？
I asked him to turn down the heating.
我请他把暖气调低。
craft(工艺)
- Transitive(及物动词)engineering(工程)specialized(专业)
to shape a piece of wood while it is attached to a machine that spins it
在车床上车（木头）
a turned bowl
一个车制的碗
片语 turn 动词
- turn your ankle
To injure the muscles in the ankle by twisting it abruptly and forcefully.
扭到脚踝
• She turned her ankle while running and had to stop to rest.
她在跑步时扭伤了脚踝，不得不停下来休息。
- turn 16, nine o'clock, etc.
To reach a specific age or time.
到达某个年龄或时候
• He's turning fifty this year.
他今年要五十岁了。
成语
- turn a deaf ear
To deliberately ignore someone's complaints or requests; to refuse to pay attention.
对某人的抱怨或请求置之不理；充耳不闻。
• Despite my repeated expressions of concern, the manager turned a deaf ear to my feedback.
尽管我多次表达担忧，经理对我的反馈充耳不闻。
- turn a blind eye
To deliberately ignore something that one knows to be wrong or inappropriate.
对明知不对的事情装作没看见；睁一只眼闭一只眼。
• The company supervisor often turns a blind eye to minor disputes between employees.
公司主管经常对员工之间的小争执睁一只眼闭一只眼。
- One good turn deserves another
This idiom is used to express that a helpful or kind act should be repaid with another act of kindness or assistance.
善意的行为应得到回报；以德报德。
• I helped you move, so when you need something, I'll be happy to help.
我帮你搬家，所以当你需要什么的时候，我会很乐意帮忙。
- turn your nose up
To reject something because one believes it is not good enough or of insufficient quality.
瞧不起
• She turned her nose up at the used car, saying she would only drive a brand new one.
她对那辆二手车嗤之以鼻，说她只会开全新的车。
- turn the spotlight on something
To direct attention towards something, often to highlight or reveal negative information or issues.
引起对（常揭露负面事项）的关注
• The investigation turned the spotlight on the company's financial irregularities.
调查将焦点转向该公司的财务违规行为。
- turn the corner
To improve after a period of difficulty or decline.
呈好转
• After years of losses, the company has finally turned the corner.
在经历多年的亏损后，这家公司终于开始好转。
- turn over a new leaf
to make a fresh start by changing one's behavior for the better
改过自新
• After realizing his mistakes, he resolved to turn over a new leaf and become a better person.
在意识到自己的错误后，他决心改过自新，成为一个更好的人。
- turn your hand to something
To be able to do something well, despite having no prior experience.
即使没有经验也能做得很好
• He seems able to turn his hand to anything; he is such a versatile person.
他似乎什么都能做得好；他是一个非常多才多艺的人。
- turn the clock back
To attempt to return to a previous state or situation.
使时光倒流
• Despite their attempts to turn the clock back, the relationship could never be the same again.
尽管他们试图让时光倒流，这段关系再也无法回到从前。
- turn tail
to abruptly retreat or flee, often due to fear or a perceived threat.
（通常因恐惧）转身逃跑。
• They turned tail and ran the moment the enemy forces approached.
他们一看到敌军接近，就转身逃跑了。
- turn the other cheek
To choose not to retaliate or seek revenge when someone has wronged you; to forgive or endure an offense.
以德报怨
• She always chooses to turn the other cheek when faced with criticism, not engaging in arguments.
她面对批评时总是选择宽容，不参与争论。
- not turn a hair
To show no visible emotional reaction or distress when confronted with something unpleasant or disturbing.
面不改色
• She didn't turn a hair when she found out she had been fired, it was unbelievable.
当她发现自己被解雇时，她面不改色，这简直令人难以置信。
- turn something on its head
To completely reverse the direction or understanding of something, making it the opposite of what it was.
从反面来看待
• This innovative technology has turned traditional manufacturing models on their head.
这项创新技术彻底颠覆了传统的制造模式。
- at every turn
Used to describe an unpleasant situation that occurs repeatedly or consistently whenever one attempts to do something.
处处
• In his entrepreneurial journey, he faced obstacles at every turn, encountering numerous difficulties.
在他的创业旅程中，他处处遇到障碍，遇到了许多困难。
- turn your back on something
To stop being involved in or supporting something; to ignore or reject something.
不再参与
• The government cannot turn its back on the need for education.
政府不能对教育的需求置之不理。
- turn your back on someone
To refuse to help or support someone; to abandon or ignore someone in need.
不顾帮忙
• Despite their past friendship, he turned his back on her when she needed help.
尽管他们过去是朋友，但在她需要帮助时，他却对她置之不理。
- turn someone's head
To cause someone to become arrogant or conceited, thereby affecting their behavior.
使人骄傲，昏頭。
• Fame hasn't turned his head; he's still remarkably humble.
名声并没有让他变得骄傲；他仍然非常谦虚。
- turn someone's stomach
To cause a feeling of nausea or disgust, often due to anger or displeasure.
令人反胃
• His selfish and self-serving behavior really turns my stomach.
他自私且只顾自己的行为真的让我很反感。
- turn (something) upside down
To search thoroughly for something, often resulting in a state of disarray.
翻个底朝天（形容彻底搜寻）
• They turned the entire house upside down, but still couldn't find the keys.
他们把整个房子翻了个底朝天，但还是找不到钥匙。
- turn the tables on someone
To reverse a situation, gaining an advantage over someone who previously had an advantage over you.
扭转局势，转而占（某人的）上风
• The team, initially considered to be at a disadvantage, turned the tables in the final match and won.
这支队伍最初被认为处于劣势，但在最后一场比赛中扭转局势并取得了胜利。
- a good/bad turn
An action that either helps or harms someone.
帮助／伤害他人的行为
• He fixed my bike, which was a good turn for me.
他修理了我的自行车，这对我来说是一个善意的行为。
- a turn of the screw
an action that worsens an already difficult situation, especially by forcing someone to do something.
恶化局势
• The company's decision to cut benefits for all employees was another turn of the screw.
公司决定削减所有员工福利，这无疑是雪上加霜。
- cooked/done to a turn
Cooked for the precise amount of time needed; perfectly cooked.
烹调得恰到好处
• This steak was cooked to a turn, it's delicious.
这块牛排烹调得恰到好处，非常美味。
- one good turn deserves another
This idiom is used to express that a kind or helpful act should be reciprocated, especially towards someone who has previously done something beneficial.
以德报德
• Since John lent me his car when I needed it, I should definitely help him move when he needs it; one good turn deserves another.
既然约翰在我需要的时候借车给我，我当然应该在他需要搬家时帮助他；好心有好报。
- speak/talk out of turn
To say something that one should not have said; to make an inappropriate or tactless remark.
指说了不该说的话。
• She shouldn't have said those things at the meeting; she really spoke out of turn.
她不应该在会议上说那些话；她真的说了不该说的话。
片语动词 turn
- turn away
to avert your face from something so you are no longer observing it
将脸转向别处
• He turned away immediately when he saw the unsettling painting.
他一看到那幅令人不安的画作，就立刻转过头去。
- turn something over
to repurpose or permit an item to be utilized for a different objective
转为其他用途
• He decided to turn his old books over for donation to underprivileged schools.
他决定将他的旧书转为捐赠给弱势学校。
- turn out
to occur or develop in a specific manner, resulting in something, often unexpectedly.
结果是；证明是
• The outcome of the experiment turned out to be surprising, revealing new insights.
实验的结果出人意料，揭示了新的见解。
- turn off (something)
to diverge from the current road to travel on a different one
转入另外一条路；拐弯
• At the next intersection, turn off to the right and take another street.
在下一个十字路口向右转，然后走另一条街。
- turn in
to retire for the night
去睡觉
• It was getting late, so John decided to turn in early.
天色已晚，所以约翰决定早点去睡觉。
- turn to something
to begin engaging in or utilizing something negative, particularly due to unhappiness
（特别是因为不快乐）开始依靠不当的事物或行为
• Under pressure, she began to turn to cigarettes in hopes of easing her anxiety.
在压力下，她开始转向香烟，希望能缓解她的焦虑。
- turn something in
to submit something to an organization or someone in a position of authority
上交；交还；提交
• Students are required to turn in their assignments before the deadline.
学生必须在截止日期前提交作业。
- turn something around
to transform an underperforming business, plan, or system into a successful one
扭转乾坤，反败为胜
• After months of hard work, they finally managed to turn the company’s performance around.
经过数月的努力，他们终于成功地扭转了公司的业绩。
- turn something out
to manufacture or produce something, typically rapidly or in substantial quantities
（迅速或大量地）生成；制造
• The factory can turn out thousands of products each day.
工厂每天可以制造出数千件产品。
- turn over
When an engine turns over, it signifies that its components are moving to initiate the operation of the engine.
（引擎）运转，翻动
• When I turn the key, the engine starts to turn over.
当我转动钥匙时，引擎开始转动。
- turn something round
to transform a failing business, plan, or system into one that achieves success
让（企业、计划或系统）好转；使情况改善；促使进展
• The manager took several months to turn the failing company around.
经理花了几个月的时间让这家经营不善的公司好转。
- turn on something
When something is contingent upon another factor, it is dependent on or determined by it.
依赖于；基于
• His success is, to some extent, contingent upon his social network.
他的成功在某种程度上依赖于他的社交网络。
- turn over something
When a business achieves a certain monetary figure, it signifies that the company has conducted that level of business over a specific time period.
（公司）营业额达到
• The company achieved a turnover of ten million dollars last year.
该公司去年的营业额达到了一千万美元。
- turn something up
to shorten a garment or part of it by folding and sewing the fabric in place.
缩短（衣服）
• She decided to turn the old dress up, making it more fashionable.
她决定把那件旧裙子剪短，让它更时尚。
- turn something on
to begin demonstrating a specific characteristic
展现某种特质
• In the meeting, she turned her leadership skills on.
在会议中，她展现了她的领导能力。
- turn up
When a situation improves or an opportunity emerges unexpectedly and without prior planning.
情况突然改善；机会意外地出现
• During the economic crisis, the company unexpectedly turned up, surprising many as the situation was truly unforeseen.
在经济危机期间，这家公司意外地出现了，让许多人感到惊讶，因为情况确实是出乎意料的。
- turn something/someone down
to decline a proposal or request
拒绝提议或要求
• She turned down the promotion offer because she wanted to maintain her current work-life balance.
她拒绝了升职的提议，因为她想要维持目前的工作与生活平衡。
- turn to someone/something
to seek assistance or support from a person or organization
寻求…的帮助
• Whenever I feel down, I often turn to my friends for support.
每当我感到低落时，我经常向朋友寻求支持。
- turn (someone) back
to reverse direction back to where you came from, or to cause someone to do so
让某人折返或让某人按原路返回
• Due to the bad weather, the rescue team had to turn the climbers back.
由于天气恶劣，救援队不得不让登山者折返。
- turn (someone) against someone/something
to begin to dislike or oppose someone or something, or to cause someone to do so
（使某人）不再喜欢；（使某人）反对；（使某人）成为敌人
• His rumors ultimately turned her against him.
他的谣言最终让她对他产生了敌意。
- turn someone away
to refuse someone entry to a location
拒绝某人入内
• When I arrived at the party, they turned me away because I didn't have an invitation.
当我抵达派对时，他们因为我没有邀请函而拒绝让我入内。
- turn someone in
to hand a criminal over to law enforcement, or to report yourself to them for committing a crime
向警方自首；告发
• She decided to turn in the criminal she witnessed.
她决定将她目睹的罪犯交给警方。
- turn (someone/something) into someone/something
to transform into a different person or thing, or to cause someone or something to do so
使变为；使成为
• The movie turned an ordinary person into a hero.
这部电影将一个普通人变成了英雄。
- turn someone off
to cause someone to lose interest or enthusiasm, particularly in a sexual context
让（某人）失去兴趣（尤其是性方面的）
• His rude behavior truly turned me off.
他粗鲁的行为真的让我失去兴趣。
- turn on someone
to unexpectedly attack or harshly criticize an individual out of the blue
突然袭击（或批评）某人
• During the meeting, John turned on Mary with a sudden outburst, shocking everyone.
在会议中，John突然对Mary大发雷霆，震惊了所有人。
- turn someone on
to evoke a sense of interest or excitement in someone, particularly in a sexual manner
使某人（尤其在性方面）兴奋或感兴趣
• Her dance performance turned everyone on.
她的舞蹈表演让每个人都兴奋不已。
- turn someone on to something
to spark someone's interest in a particular subject or activity
引起某人对某事物的兴趣
• It was when she introduced me to that book that I got turned on to psychology.
当她介绍那本书给我时，我对心理学产生了兴趣。
- turn someone out
to compel someone to depart or leave
驱赶某人；迫使某人离开
• The engineer was turned out of his office because the company went bankrupt.
工程师被赶出办公室，因为公司破产了。
- turn (something) over
to switch to another TV channel
转换频道；调整电视频道
• During the commercials, we always turn over to other channels to watch different shows.
在广告期间，我们总是转到其他频道看不同的节目。
- turn somewhere/something over
to pilfer or rummage through a location, typically resulting in disarray or destruction
掠夺；洗劫
• The police turned the vacant house over looking for any possible evidence.
警方把空屋翻了个底朝天，寻找任何可能的证据。
- turn something over to someone
to transfer something to a person in authority or someone entitled to it by law, or to bestow upon someone legal accountability for an item
上缴；移交；转交
• After the investigation is completed, we will turn all relevant documents over to the police.
调查完成后，我们会把所有相关文件交给警方。
- turn someone over to someone
to hand over a criminal to law enforcement or another authority
将罪犯移交给警方等机构
• The officer turned the suspect over to the authorities during the operation.
警官在行动中将嫌疑人移交给当局。
- turn (something) to something
To direct your focus, thoughts, or discussion to a particular topic or subject.
专注；集中注意于……
• We need to turn the focus of this meeting to the budget.
我们需要将这次会议的重点转向预算。
- turn up (somewhere)
to show up or arrive in a place, often unexpectedly or without prior arrangement
抵达；来到；突然现身；不期而至
• We thought he would be late, but he actually turned up on time.
我们以为他会迟到，但他竟然准时出现了。