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

b. on the turn.

(a) In or close to the act of turning, at the turning point. Formerly also †upon the turn.Often in extended metaphors relating to the tide; cf. figurative uses of turn of the tide n.

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1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iii. i. sig. Iij Salute fairly on the front, and wish 'hem hangd vpon the turne.

1669 R. Fleming Fulfilling Script. 197 Antichrist should be at his height, and his Kingdome upon the turn.

1862 R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 329 Fine Art is at a low ebb. But..the tide is on the turn.

1997 T. Mackintosh-Smith Yemen (1999) vi. 163 Yet again the tide is on the turn for Aden's trade.

(b) Of the weather or the season: at the point of changing.

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1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. 606/1 The day's on the turn, the days are beginning to lengthen.

1864 W. B. Rands Lilliput Levee 76 Blow, blow, south wind, the year's on the turn.

1996 M. Flaws & G. Lamb Orkney Dict. 75/2 The days is on the turn, daylight is lengthening.

2018 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 3 Oct. 17 Daylight saving's here and the weather's on the turn so get the garden prepped for outdoor entertaining.

(c) Of food: at the point of spoiling; (esp. of milk) turning sour.

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1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 360 ‘On the turn’, curdling or approaching to a state of acidity; the effect of natural or artificial heat on milk, beer, &c.

1960 N. Hilliard in C. K. Stead N.Z. Short Stories (1966) 2nd Ser. 164 The room smelt of boiled-over milk, meat on the turn, burnt fat.

1996 E. A. Proulx Accordion Crimes (1997) 508 The milk must be on the turn.

单词	on the turn
释义	> as lemmas on the turn b. on the turn. (a) In or close to the act of turning, at the turning point. Formerly also †upon the turn.Often in extended metaphors relating to the tide; cf. figurative uses of turn of the tide n. ΚΠ 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iii. i. sig. Iij Salute fairly on the front, and wish 'hem hangd vpon the turne. 1669 R. Fleming Fulfilling Script. 197 Antichrist should be at his height, and his Kingdome upon the turn. 1862 R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 329 Fine Art is at a low ebb. But..the tide is on the turn. 1997 T. Mackintosh-Smith Yemen (1999) vi. 163 Yet again the tide is on the turn for Aden's trade. (b) Of the weather or the season: at the point of changing. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. 606/1 The day's on the turn, the days are beginning to lengthen. 1864 W. B. Rands Lilliput Levee 76 Blow, blow, south wind, the year's on the turn. 1996 M. Flaws & G. Lamb Orkney Dict. 75/2 The days is on the turn, daylight is lengthening. 2018 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 3 Oct. 17 Daylight saving's here and the weather's on the turn so get the garden prepped for outdoor entertaining. (c) Of food: at the point of spoiling; (esp. of milk) turning sour. ΚΠ 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 360 ‘On the turn’, curdling or approaching to a state of acidity; the effect of natural or artificial heat on milk, beer, &c. 1960 N. Hilliard in C. K. Stead N.Z. Short Stories (1966) 2nd Ser. 164 The room smelt of boiled-over milk, meat on the turn, burnt fat. 1996 E. A. Proulx Accordion Crimes (1997) 508 The milk must be on the turn. extracted from turnn. < as lemmas
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