turn的意思是：v.翻转；旋转；转动；转向；轮流；（使）变得；n.轮流；转动。turn的词语用法是v.(动词)turn的基本意思是“旋转,转动”,指做圆周运动或弧形运动。引申可作“翻转”“开始涨或落”“瞄准,指向”“使…向某方向走”“达到,超过”“表演”“(使)变酸”“(使)不适,作呕,恶心”“翻译”“赶走”“考虑”“用车床加工,车削”等解。作“改变”解时,指彻底改变,以至面目全非,且常用于朝坏的方向改变。turn的读音是英[tɜːn]；美[tɜːrn]。
一、详尽释义点此查看turn的详细内容
二、英英释义
"a bend in the road"
"a crook in the path"
"he took a turn to the right"
"it is my turn"
"it is still my play"
"events suddenly took an awkward turn"
"the turning of the wind"
"he made an abrupt turn away from her"
"with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room"
"it's my go"
"a spell of work"
"he did his act three times every evening"
"she had a catchy little routine"
"it was one of the best numbers he ever did"
"he did me a good turn"
"we took a turn in the park"
"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"
"We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"
"The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
"The water turned into ice"
"Her former friend became her worst enemy"
"He turned traitor"
"turn a key"
"turn your palm this way"
"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"
"turn the corner"
"move around the obstacle"
"The weather turned nasty"
"She grew angry"
"turn the flour onto a plate"
"The wheels are turning"
"turn a page of a book"
"They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion"
"Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"
"turn the earth in the Spring"
"turn the legs of the table"
"turn the clay on the wheel"
"In Vermont, the leaves turn early"
"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"
"The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him"
"The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold"
"turn a somersault"
"turn cartwheels"
"the company turned a good profit after a year"
"turn your face to the wall"
"turn the car around"
"turn your dance partner around"
"The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"
"people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium"
"bend the rod"
"twist the dough into a braid"
"the strong man could turn an iron bar"
"turn the dial to 10"
"turn the heat down"
"She turned a smile on me"
"They turned their flashlights on the car"
"She called on her Representative to help her"
"She turned to her relatives for help"
"The milk has soured"
"The wine worked"
"The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"
"She is turning 50 this year"
三、词典解释
1.转动;转身;扭转
When youturn or when youturn part of your body, you move your body or part of your body so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction.
turn的翻译
e.g. He turned abruptly and walked away...
他突然转身走了。
e.g. Heturned 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？”
2.转动;使转向;使改变方向
When youturn something, you move it so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction, or is in a very different position.
turn
e.g. They turned their telescopes towards other nearby galaxies...
他们把望远镜转向附近其他星系。
e.g.Turn the cake the right way up on to a wire rack…
把蛋糕翻到合适的方向对准金属丝架上。
3.(使)转动;(使)旋转
When something such as a wheelturns, or when youturn it, it continually moves around in a particular direction.
e.g. As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay...
轮子一边转动，制陶工人一边拉坯。
e.g. The engine turned a propeller.
发动机使螺旋桨旋转起来。
4.转动，旋动(钥匙、把手、开关等)
When youturn something 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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. Turn the heat to very low and cook for 20 minutes...
把温度调到很低，煮 20 分钟。
5.转向;拐（弯）
When youturn in a particular direction orturn a corner, you change the direction in which you are moving or travelling.
e.g. Heturned 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。
e.g. Nowturn right to follow West Ferry Road...
现在向右拐沿西渡路往前走。
6.(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.
e.g. ...the corner where Tenterfield Road turned into the main road.
滕特菲尔德路拐向主道的岔路口
7.(潮)涨，落
When the tideturns, it starts coming in or going out.
e.g. There was not much time before the tide turned.
不久就要涨潮了。
8.翻(筋斗)
When someoneturns 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.
他们还在院子里一通杂耍，翻着跟头，玩着侧手翻。
9.翻动(书页)
When youturn 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.
他翻阅面前的文件。
10.指向;冲着;把…对准
If youturn a weapon or an aggressive feelingon someone, you point it at them or direct it at them.
e.g. He tried toturn the gun on me...
他企图把枪对准我。
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·米切尔总理。
11.翻到(某页码)
If youturn to a particular page in a book or magazine, you open it at that page.
e.g. To order,turn to page 236.
如需订购，参见 236 页。
12.开始思考;开始讨论;把(注意力等)转向
If youturn your attention or thoughtsto a particular subject or if youturn 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...
我们开始考虑有关成立公司的具体事宜。
e.g. Weturn now to the British news.
我们现在来关注英国新闻。
13.求助于;求教于
If youturn to someone, you ask for their help or advice.
turn的反义词
e.g. 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。
e.g. There was no one toturn to, no one to tell.
没人可以求助，没人可以诉说。
14.致力于;开始从事;启用
If youturn to a particular activity, job, or way of doing something, you start doing or using it.
e.g. 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。
e.g. The Superpowersturned 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。
15.(使)变成;(使)成为
Toturn orbe turned into something means to become that thing.
e.g. 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。
e.g. Their griefturned 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。
16.(用于形容词前)变为，变得
You can useturn before an adjective to indicate that something or someone changes by acquiring the quality described by the adjective.
turn是什么意思
e.g. If the bailiff thinks that things couldturn 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。
e.g. She announced that she was going toturn professional.
她宣布自己即将成为职业选手。
17.(使)变成(某种颜色)
If somethingturns a particular colour or if somethingturns it a particular colour, it becomes that colour.
e.g. The sea wouldturn pale pink and the sky blood red...
大海会变成浅粉色，天空则变成血红色。
e.g. Her contact lenses turned her eyes green.
隐形眼镜把她的眼睛变成了绿色。
18.(天气)变得
You can useturn to indicate that there is a change to a particular kind of weather. For example, if itturns cold, the weather starts being cold.
e.g. If it turns cold, cover plants...
如果天气变冷，就把植物盖起来。
e.g. The weather had turned warm and thundery overnight.
天气一夜之间就转暖，而且雷声阵阵。
19.(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.
e.g. The scandal took a newturn over the weekend.
周末时丑闻有了新的发展。
e.g. …the latestturn in the fighting…
战斗的最新进展
20.（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.
e.g. The game turned in the 56th minute.
比赛在第 56 分钟时发生了扭转。
e.g. …the Gareth Edwards try whichturned 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
21.赚得，获得(利润)
If a businessturns a profit, it earns more money than it spends.
e.g. The firm will be able to service debt and stillturn 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。
e.g. He says the fares are just too low toturn profits.
他说票价太低，根本无利可图。
22.达到(…年龄);到(…点钟)
When someoneturns a particular age, they pass that age. When itturns a particular time, it passes that time.
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攒够 100 万美元。
e.g. It had just turned twelve o'clock.
刚过 12 点。
23.世纪之交/新年伊始
Turn is used in expressions such asthe turn of the century andthe turn of the year to refer to a period of time when one century or year is ending and the next one is beginning.
e.g. They fled to South America around theturn of the century.
他们在世纪之交逃到了南美洲。
24.使成形;车削
When someoneturns 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.
靠车削木材谋生的乐趣
e.g. …finely-turned metal.
精心车削的金属
25.(依次轮流时的)轮班，次序，轮番
If it is yourturn 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 myturn to cook...
今晚该我做饭了。
e.g. Let each child have aturn at fishing...
让每个孩子轮流钓鱼。
26.(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.
e.g. He is having one of histurns…
他又犯病了。
e.g. 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。
27. see also: turning
28.（表示两种感情或品质的交替）时而，间或
You can useby turns to indicate that someone has two particular emotions or qualities, one after the other.
e.g. 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。
29.形势的变化
If there is a particularturn of events, a particular series of things happen.
e.g. They were horrified at this unexpectedturn of events.
这种出乎意料的形势变化让他们无比震惊。
30.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.
e.g. Its operations were hampered at everyturn 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。
e.g. At everyturn 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。
31.(对…)有利的事,有帮助的事
If you do someonea good turn, you do something that helps or benefits them.
e.g. He did you a goodturn by resigning...
他辞职对你有利。
e.g. One goodturn deserves another.
善有善报。
32.彻底搜查;把…翻个底朝天
If someoneturns a placeinside out orupside down, they search it very thoroughly and usually make it very untidy.
turn的翻译
e.g. 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。
33.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 out orupside 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.
他惊呆了。他的世界已经完全被打乱了。
34.继而;转而;反过来
You usein 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, inturn, 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。
35.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.
e.g. There were cheers for each of the women as they spoke inturn.
当这些女人们逐一发言时，她们每个人都赢得了喝彩声。
36.思维;性情;秉性
If someone is of a particularturn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.
e.g. She was of a rationalturn of mind.
她是个理性的人。
37.冒失地说;说话出格
If youspeak out of turn ortalk out of turn, you say something that you do not have the right or authority to say.
e.g. I hope I haven't spoken out ofturn.
希望我没有多嘴。
38.速度;脚力;马力
If a person, animal, or vehicle has a goodturn of speed, they have the ability to move fast.
39.轮流;依次
If two or more peopletake turns to do something, or in British Englishtake it in turns to do something, they do it one after the other several times, rather than doing it together.
e.g. We took turns to drive the car...
我们轮流开车。
e.g. 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。
40.(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.
e.g. Her condition took a sharpturn for the worse.
她的病情突然急剧恶化。
相关词组：turn againstturn aroundturn awayturn backturn downturn inturn offturn onturn outturn overturn over toturn roundturn up
四、例句
The turbulence caused the plane to turn over.
空气的激流导致飞机翻转。
Men carried corpses in blankets away from the scene and a dozen others tried to turn over a car with two bodies beneath.
搬运工把用毯子盖着的尸体搬离现场，另有十多人试图翻转汽车，搬出下面的两具尸体。
At each turn the screw goes in further.
每一次旋转都使螺丝钉更向里进。
She got up and spun a little turn.
她站起身来，打了个小旋转。
The earth turns round the sun.
地球绕日运行。
The river turns north at this point.
这条河从这里转向北方。
Nothing will ever turn him from his purpose.
什么也不能使他改变目标。
The students clean the classroom everyday in turn.
学生们每天轮流打扫教室。
It is now his turn to set me up to a nice dinner.
现在轮到他请我吃一顿丰盛的晚餐了。
Hold the strap, please. I am making a turn now.
请抓牢皮带。我现在要转弯了。
五、词汇搭配
六、经典引文
Florence and her dowry..were lost..by a turn of the dice.
出自：B. H. MalkinIn a few turns of the hands of the..clock.
出自：J. RuskinWaters turning busy mills.
出自：W. CowperHe turned the heating wheel.
出自：G. GreeneShe turned the ring on her finger round and round.
出自：A. ChristieA newly skinned beaver slowly turning over a fire.
出自：H. Norman七、常见错误
误 The young woman turned a musician.
正 The young woman turned musician.
正 The young woman became a musician.
析 turn后接名词作表语时,名词前不用任何冠词,即使主语是复数,名词也不用复数。而become后接名词时,名词前要有冠词,或可以用复数形式。
听到这消息,她脸色变得苍白。误 Her face turned to white at the news.
正 Her face turned white at the news.
他的头发很快就变灰白了。误 His hair turned to grey fast.
正 His hair turned grey fast.
析 turn to表示“朝…方向转动”; 而turn作“向…转变”解用作系动词时,其后直接跟形容词作表语。
过上个生日时他就五十岁了。误 He turned to fifty on his last birthday.
正 He turned fifty on his last birthday.
她还不到十六岁。误 She has not yet turned to sixteen.
正 She has not yet turned sixteen.
已经十点了。误 It has turned to ten o'clock.
正 It has turned ten o'clock.
析 turn 用在年龄和时间方面表示“(年龄)刚过…”“(时间)已到…”时,是及物动词,其后直接加宾语。
他对我们要求帮助的请求置之不理。误 He turned a deaf ear about our request for help.
正 He turned a deaf ear to our request for help.
析 “充耳不闻”“置之不理”可以说 turn a deaf ear to,介词 to 不可改为about。
他转过身来,发现一名警察正以怀疑的目光注视着他。误 He turned back to find a policeman eyeing him suspiciously.
正 He turned round to find a policeman eyeing him suspiciously.
析 turn back意为“返回”“走回原地”; “转身”“扭过头来”可以说turn round。
离开房间时请别忘记关灯。误 Be sure to turn down the light when you leave the room.
正 Be sure to turn off the light when you leave the room.
你能把收音机声音关小一点吗?孩子正在睡觉。误 Would you please turn off the radio a little?The baby is sleeping.
正 Would you please turn down the radio a little?The baby is sleeping.
析 turn down意为“把(收音机音量等)开小”“把(声音)放低”; “关上(收音机、电灯,水龙头等)”用turn off。
遇到麻烦时他们总是找我帮忙。误 They always turn into me when they are in trouble.
正 They always turn to me when they are in trouble.
她没有能寻求建议的人。误 She had no one to turn into for advice.
正 She had no one to turn to for advice.
孩子找他的母亲寻求安慰。误 The child turned into its mother for comfort.
正 The child turned to its mother for comfort.
天黑了,没有一个人他可以求救。误 It was dark. There was no one into whom he could turn for help.
正 It was dark. There was no one to whom he could turn for help.
析 turn into意为“变为”“使变为”,而表示“找某人寻求(帮助、建议等)”常说turn to sb for...,其中的介词to不能换为into。
鲍勃对“不准钓鱼”的告示视而不见。误 Bob turned a blind eye at the “No Fishing” sign.
正 Bob turned a blind eye to/on the “No Fishing” sign.
析 “对…视而不见”“故意不理会”可以用 turn a blind eye to/on sth,这里介词 to 或 on 不可以换作 at。
这伙强盗把房间翻了个底朝天。误 The robbers had turned the room inside out.
正 The robbers had turned the room upside down.
析 turn sth inside out意为“把里面的东西翻出来”“彻底搜查”; 表示“翻转”“倒放”“彻底弄乱”时可以说turn sth upside down。
华灯齐放,广场显得更加辉煌。误 The square looks more splendid with all the lights turning on.
正 The square looks more splendid with all the lights turned on.
析 with短语在句中作伴随状语, turn on有被动意义,因此用过去分词短语。
把裤腿卷起来就不会湿了。误 Turn over your trousers legs and they won't get wet.
正 Turn up your trousers legs and they won't get wet.
析 turn over意为“翻转”,而“卷起”用turn up。
误 The cap of the bottle opened with a turn.
正 The cap of the bottle opened at a turn.
析 turn与动作名词搭配表示“一次性动作”,常用介词at而不用with。
当你走到这条路的尽头时就向左拐。误 When you reach the end of this road, take the turn to the left.
正 When you reach the end of this road, take a turn to the left.
晚间他的健康状况恶化了。误 His condition took the turn for the worse during the night.
正 His condition took a turn for the worse during the night.
析 “转向…”“向…发展”是take a turn to〔for〕,不用定冠词the。
他们一个接一个地按顺序上了汽车。误 They got on the bus by turns.
正 They got on the bus in turn.
他们在会上依次发言。误 They spoke by turns at the meeting.
正 They spoke in turn at the meeting.
析 by turns是“交替”“轮流”的意思,多指两个人或两个行为之间的交替进行; 如表示“按顺序”则应该用in turn。
晚间我们轮流看守在他床边。误 At night we watched at his bedside by turn.
正 At night we watched at his bedside by turns.
我们轮流护理这个生病的孩子。误 We took turn at nursing the sick child.
正 We took turns at nursing the sick child.
析 turn在by turns和take turns等短语中,习惯用复数。
turn的相关近义词
alter、appeal、apply、approach、become、change、circle、construct、depend、divert、double、fit、form、hang、look、make、move、return、roll、shift、switch、translate、twist、upset、whirl、write、act、action、bend、chance、change、crack、crisis、direction、drift、favour、gesture、manner、performer、period、service、shape、shock、shift、start、stroll、surprise、time、try、walk、way
turn的相关反义词
turn的相关临近词
turnaround、turmoil、Turno、Turna、Turni、turns、Turnu、turnus、Turnea、Turnal、turnon、Turnai