Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #183
turn
转动；转身；转向
To change direction or move in a curve.
- 1.
To make a non-linear physical movement.
做非线性物理运动。
- 2.
To change condition or attitude.
改变状态或态度。
- 3.
To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
改变行动方向；采取新方法。
- 4.
To complete.
完成。
- 5.
To make (money); turn a profit.
赚钱；盈利。
- 6.
Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
球员控球过掉对方球员。
- 7.
To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
在车床上进行加工。
- 8.
To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
将胎儿的脚转下来以便分娩。
- 9.
To magically or divinely repel undead.
用魔法或神力驱逐不死生物。
- 10.
To carve vegetables into uniform barrel-like or American football-like shapes.
将蔬菜雕刻成均匀的桶状或橄榄球状。
变成；变得；转变态度；改变做法；采取新方式；赚钱；获利；完成；带球过人；转身过人
In use
At the end of the street, turn right and you will see the bank.
She turned around to see who was calling her name.
The road turns sharply after the bridge, so please slow down.
Verb forms
base turn · third person turns · -ing turning · past turned · past participle turned
Connections
Collocations
- turn around
- 扭转局面；好转
- The new strategy turned around the company's fortunes.新战略扭转了公司的命运。
- turn into
- 变成；转变为
- The caterpillar turned into a beautiful butterfly.毛毛虫变成了一只美丽的蝴蝶。
- turn a profit
- 盈利；获利
- The bakery turned a profit in its first year.这家面包房第一年就盈利了。
- turn over
- 翻转；翻过来
- She turned over the card to see the answer.她把卡片翻过来看答案。
- turn against
- 转而反对；对…变得敌视
- Many voters turned against the mayor after the scandal.丑闻之后，许多选民转而反对市长。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象字母t是路口，r是拐弯的弧线，turn就是‘转身/转向’：改变方向或态度。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常动作、方向描述、口语指令 表示“转动、转身、转向”时，turn 属于中性用词，日常口语和书面语中都很常见；搭配副词或介词（如 turn around、turn left、turn away）多用于具体方位变化，语气自然，没有明显的正式或随意色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 turn /tɝn/ 押韵，因为它们的重读元音是 /ɝ/ 后接 /n/：burn, learn, earn, churn, yearn, return。注意形似但读音不同的词：tune /tuːn/ 和 town /taʊn/ 的元音不同，torn /tɔːrn/ 用 /ɔː/ 而非 /ɝ/。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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