turtle in/on sth
不及物用法，指船、车等意外翻覆、倒扣过来，后面常接 in 或 on 引出翻覆的地点或环境。
The canoe turtled in the choppy water.
独木舟在波涛汹涌的水中翻了个底朝天。
翻转；倾覆；翻倒
turtles — third person singular of turtle
缓慢移动；慢行；捕龟；捉海龟；翻转身体倒着游泳；龟缩防守；采取守势；翻转到背面或顶部；倒置
to turn over or upside down, especially accidentally; capsize
翻转到背面或顶部；倒置
To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.
缓慢移动
To move along slowly.
翻转并倒立游泳
To turn and swim upside down.
翻倒
overturn accidentally
捕猎乌龟,尤其是在水中
To hunt turtles, especially in the water.
建立强大的防御力量,只偶尔发动攻击,而不是采取进攻策略
To build up a large defense force and strike only occasionally, rather than going for an offensive strategy.
一般现在时
A kayak can turtle if you lean too far to the side.
如果你侧倾过多，皮划艇可能会翻扣。
一般过去时
The landing craft turtled in the surf.
那艘登陆艇在浪中翻扣了。
现在完成时
The boat has turtled twice since the regatta began.
帆船赛开始以来，这艘船已经翻扣过两次。
规则动词，常见义为“使翻扣”或“缓慢移动”。
The small boat turtled in the rough waves, and the two fishermen clung to the side.
小船在汹涌的波浪中倾覆了，两名渔夫紧紧抓住船舷。
用法提示：turtled 是 turtle 的过去式，作动词表示‘（船）翻覆、底朝天’。
The instructor shouted that the kayak was turtling, so the student quickly leaned the other way.
教练大喊皮划艇要翻了，学生连忙朝另一边倾斜身体。
用法提示：was turtling 是 turtle 的过去进行时，作动词指‘正在倾覆、翻转’。
A huge wave suddenly turtled the sailboat, throwing everyone into the sea.
一个巨浪突然把帆船掀翻，把所有人都抛进了海里。
用法提示：turtled 在此是及物用法，表示‘使……倾覆、把……翻个底朝天’。
不及物用法，指船、车等意外翻覆、倒扣过来，后面常接 in 或 on 引出翻覆的地点或环境。
The canoe turtled in the choppy water.
独木舟在波涛汹涌的水中翻了个底朝天。
及物用法，表示把某物（多为船、艇）整个翻转过来，宾语直接跟在动词后面。
The sailors turtled the boat to drain the water out.
水手们把小船翻了过来，把水排出去。
表示缓慢移动，多与 along、through 等介词连用，语气偏口语，常用进行时或过去时。
Traffic turtled along the flooded highway.
车流沿着被淹的高速公路缓缓爬行。
grammar · medium
易错句子The kayak turtle in the storm last night.
正确表达The kayak turtled in the storm last night.
英语规则动词的过去式要加 -ed，turtle 的过去式是 turtled；汉语动词没有时态变化，“昨天翻了”仍写“翻”，所以学习者容易漏掉 -ed。
grammar · medium
易错句子The boat turtled itself when the big wave hit it.
正确表达The boat turtled when the big wave hit it.
turtle 表示“（船等）翻了个儿”时是不及物动词，后面不能接反身代词；汉语里“（把自己）翻过去”的“自己”在英语中无需译出。
grammar · medium
易错句子A small boat turtle easily in rough water.
正确表达A small boat turtles easily in rough water.
一般现在时中，第三人称单数主语后面的动词要加 -s，即 turtles；汉语动词不随主语的人称和单复数变化，因此学习者常忘记加 -s。
船翻了个底朝天（底朝上）
The sailboat turtled in the heavy seas, and the crew had to be rescued.
帆船在狂风巨浪中翻了个底朝天，船员们不得不等待救援。
缓慢前行；慢吞吞地移动
Traffic turtled along the icy road for hours.
车流在结冰的路上缓慢挪动了几个小时。
去捕龟（尤指在水中）
They used to go turtling in the bay every summer.
他们过去每年夏天都去海湾捕龟。
龟缩起来；转入守势、只守不攻
Instead of attacking, the team turtled up and defended its base.
这支队伍没有进攻，而是龟缩防守，守住了基地。
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