英语词汇“turn around”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

turn around

or turn round

1. turn [sense 1]verb B1

When you turn or when you turn part of your body, you move your body or part of your body so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction.

He turned abruptly and walked away. [VERB]

He turned to his publicist and jokingly asked, 'What's next?'. [VERB preposition/adverb]

He sighed, turning away and surveying the sea. [VERB preposition/adverb]

He turned his head left and right. [VERB noun adverb/preposition]

He waited for the woman to turn her face back to the road. [VERB noun adverb/preposition]

[Also VERB noun]

Synonyms: change course, swing round, wheel round, veer

2. phrasal verb B1+

If you turn something around, or if it turns around, it is moved so that it faces the opposite direction.

Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

He had reached over to turn round a bottle of champagne so that the label didn't show. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

There was enough room for a wheelchair to get in but not to turn round. [VERB PARTICLE]

3. phrasal verb

If something such as a business or economy turns around, or if someone turns it around, it becomes successful, after being unsuccessful for a period of time. [business]

Turning the company around won't be easy. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

In his long career at BP, Horton turned around two entire divisions. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

If the economy turned round the government's authority would quickly increase. [VERB PARTICLE]

4. phrasal verb

If you turn around a question, sentence, or idea, you change the way in which it is expressed, in order to consider it differently.

What's the point of history? Let's turn the question around: imagine a world with the history written out. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

It's an example of how you can turn around the sentence and create a whole new meaning. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

5. See also turnaround

See turn around and say

See full dictionary entry for turn

Translations:

Chinese: 回头

Japanese: 方向転換する

单词	turn around
释义	turn around or turn round 1. turn [sense 1]verb B1 When you turn or when you turn part of your body, you move your body or part of your body so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction. He turned abruptly and walked away. [VERB] He turned to his publicist and jokingly asked, 'What's next?'. [VERB preposition/adverb] He sighed, turning away and surveying the sea. [VERB preposition/adverb] He turned his head left and right. [VERB noun adverb/preposition] He waited for the woman to turn her face back to the road. [VERB noun adverb/preposition] [Also VERB noun] Synonyms: change course, swing round, wheel round, veer 2. phrasal verb B1+ If you turn something around, or if it turns around, it is moved so that it faces the opposite direction. Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond. [VERB noun PARTICLE] He had reached over to turn round a bottle of champagne so that the label didn't show. [VERB PARTICLE noun] There was enough room for a wheelchair to get in but not to turn round. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb If something such as a business or economy turns around, or if someone turns it around, it becomes successful, after being unsuccessful for a period of time. [business] Turning the company around won't be easy. [VERB noun PARTICLE] In his long career at BP, Horton turned around two entire divisions. [VERB PARTICLE noun] If the economy turned round the government's authority would quickly increase. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb If you turn around a question, sentence, or idea, you change the way in which it is expressed, in order to consider it differently. What's the point of history? Let's turn the question around: imagine a world with the history written out. [VERB noun PARTICLE] It's an example of how you can turn around the sentence and create a whole new meaning. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 5. See also turnaround 6. See turn around and say See full dictionary entry for turn Translations: Chinese: 回头 Japanese: 方向転換する
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