left turningn.

Brit.

/ˈlɛf(t) ˌtəːnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌlɛf(t) ˈtərnɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: left adj.¹, turning n.

Etymology: < left adj.¹ + turning n. Compare later left turn n.

1. A place or point where a road, path, etc., turns or turns off towards the left. Cf. left turn n. 1.

ΚΠ

1797 Ulric & Ilvina I. 90 The light gleamed from the left turning.

1858 J. Jones Hereford Cathedral & City (ed. 2) 125 The left turning is the high road to Ross.

1906 W. P. Ridge Wickhamses (ed. 3) 2 The left turning was the one we had to take.

1976 Times 11 Mar. 6/5 The No Entry sign against Old Seacoal Lane, a left turning before the circus, had been blacked out.

2014 L. Williams Cape Town & Garden Route 93 The R310 left turning is the quickest route to Stellenbosch.

2. A sharp change in direction or orientation towards the left. Cf. left turn n. 2a.

ΚΠ

1867 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 681/1 ‘O, we will give you directions, so that you cannot miss them,’ said the host; but he laid before me such a confusion of right turnings and left turnings, ups and downs, that I became speedily bewildered.

1909 B. R. Parsons Plays & Games 177 The child..learns to obey the commands for right and left turnings.

1953 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 44 213 Demand..will then 'betray' itself in variations of the proportions of left-turnings at the choice-point.

2010 J. Owens On the Rails 97 The Colonel's enthusiasm grew as he described..the order of the left turnings and right turnings.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	left turning
释义	left turningn. Brit. /ˈlɛf(t) ˌtəːnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌlɛf(t) ˈtərnɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: left adj.¹, turning n. Etymology: < left adj.¹ + turning n. Compare later left turn n. 1. A place or point where a road, path, etc., turns or turns off towards the left. Cf. left turn n. 1. ΚΠ 1797 Ulric & Ilvina I. 90 The light gleamed from the left turning. 1858 J. Jones Hereford Cathedral & City (ed. 2) 125 The left turning is the high road to Ross. 1906 W. P. Ridge Wickhamses (ed. 3) 2 The left turning was the one we had to take. 1976 Times 11 Mar. 6/5 The No Entry sign against Old Seacoal Lane, a left turning before the circus, had been blacked out. 2014 L. Williams Cape Town & Garden Route 93 The R310 left turning is the quickest route to Stellenbosch. 2. A sharp change in direction or orientation towards the left. Cf. left turn n. 2a. ΚΠ 1867 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 681/1 ‘O, we will give you directions, so that you cannot miss them,’ said the host; but he laid before me such a confusion of right turnings and left turnings, ups and downs, that I became speedily bewildered. 1909 B. R. Parsons Plays & Games 177 The child..learns to obey the commands for right and left turnings. 1953 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 44 213 Demand..will then 'betray' itself in variations of the proportions of left-turnings at the choice-point. 2010 J. Owens On the Rails 97 The Colonel's enthusiasm grew as he described..the order of the left turnings and right turnings. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1797
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