| 单词 | turn up |
| 释义 | turn up 1. phrasal verb B2 If you say that someone or something turns up, you mean that they arrive, often unexpectedly or after you have been waiting a long time. Richard had turned up on Christmas Eve with Tony. [VERB PARTICLE] This is similar to waiting for a bus that never turns up. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb B2 If you turn something up or if it turns up, you find, discover, or notice it. Investigations have never turned up any evidence. [VERB PARTICLE noun] ...a very rare 15th-century spoon, which turned up in an old house in Devon. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb B1 See full dictionary entry for turn When you turn up a radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you increase the amount of sound, heat, or power being produced, by adjusting the controls. Bill would turn up the TV in the other room. [VERB PARTICLE noun] I turned the volume up. [VERB noun PARTICLE] Turn the heat up high. [V n P adj] turn-up Word forms: turn-ups countable noun [usually plural] The turn-ups on a pair of trousers are the parts which are folded over at the ends of the legs. [British] regional note: in AM, use cuffs Idioms: a turn-up for the books [British] something that is very surprising and unexpected, and usually very pleasing `This is a real turn-up for the books for me,' he chuckled, leaning on his bike at the finish. `I've never won a race before.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 到场 Japanese: 姿を現す |
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