| 单词 | to turn about |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn about to turn about 1. a. intransitive. To move circularly on an axis; to rotate, revolve; = to turn round 2a at Phrasal verbs 1. Also figurative.to turn around and to turn round are now the more common expressions in this sense. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (intransitive)] wharvec888 turnOE runOE to turn aboutOE to turn roundc1450 to go roundc1460 revolute1553 gyre1598 veer1605 to come about1607 circumvolve1626 circumgyre1634 to turn around1642 roll1646 revolve1660 circulate1672 twist1680 circumgyrate1683 rotate1757 gyrate1830 OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) v. 86 Seo firmamentum tyrnð symle onbutan us under ðyssere eorðan & bufon... Feower & twentig tida beoð agane.., ær ðan ðe heo beo æne ymbtyrnd, & ealle ða steorran þe hire on fæste sind turniað onbutan mid hire. OE Ælfric Hexameron (Hatton 115) 51 Steorran..þa ðe on ðam rodere standað tyrnað æfre abutan mid ðam bradan rodere on ymbhwyrfte þære eorðan. c1300 St. Katherine (Laud) l. 223 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 98 Four ȝweles of Iren he let fullen with rasores..And with ginne heom makede tuyrne a-boute. a1350 Holy Cross (Ashm.) l. 379 in R. Morris Legends Holy Rood (1871) 48 Þer-aboute he let do Þe fourme of sonne and mone and of sterres also Scyne as it hem-sulf were and turne aboute vaste. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 12210 (MED) I..sawh a whel..By vyolence tourne aboute. 1539 Bible (Great) Prov. xxvi. 14 Lyke as the dore turneth aboute vpon the thresholde. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Num. xxviii. 14 Through al monethes, that succede one another as the yeare turneth about. 1706 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 25 2253 The Wheel may turn about upon the Pin. 1966 T. Drange Type Crossings vii. 148 Gears and wheels turn about inside his head. b. transitive. To cause to rotate or revolve; = main sense 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)] > as (on) a wheel turnOE swinga1225 wheelc1374 to turn abouta1382 overwhelmc1440 swinge1548 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. xliv. 13 Þe crafti man tree werkere straȝte out þe rewle: & formede it in a grauyng iren, he made it in corneres & in a cumpas turnede it aboute [a1425 L.V. turnede it in cumpas]. a1425 Dialogue Reason & Adversity (Cambr.) (1968) 31 (MED) Here proper werkyng is to turne her wheel a bowte. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxx. 100 [They] made hym to tourne aboute a mylle as a blynde hors. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 348/1 They..doe but turne about the pot. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. 34 The other Foot [of the compasses] being turned about, will..touch the Line AG. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxiv. 328 ‘Here's flesh!’ cried Squeers, turning the boy about... ‘Here's firmness, here's solidness!’ 1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) I. 652 The inside of pipes is enamelled..by pouring the above body composition through them while the pipe is being turned about. 1995 S. Barry White Woman Street i, in Plays: One (1997) 136 They put a pole through the boar and set her up across the fire. Blakely turns it about and about. 2. a. (a) transitive. To alter or reverse the position of; to put into a different, or the opposite, position by a rotatory motion; = to turn round 1b at Phrasal verbs 1.to turn around and to turn round are now the more common expressions in this sense. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > turn (something) to a (different) direction > turn round bewendc1000 beturn?c1225 to turn rounda1560 to bring about1680 round1890 a1300 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 3 Mine uet an mine honden nailed beth to þe rode..turn mi bodi abuten, oueral þu findest blod. c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 4071 ‘Fro whanne komeþ þis fair deistrer?..Which is þe kroupe? terne aboute!’ Aboute he ternde þe deistrer. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 98v (MED) Þe necessarie þyngez preparate to þe reduccioun..a corde hyngyng aboue þe bed or som oþer þing for to lene one or suppowell & help hymselfe when he wil sege or raise hym vp or be turned about. 1652 Mercurius Phreneticus No. 2. 10 Being hotly pursu'd by some of the English Hors-men, he turned about his starched face, and most religiously did expostulate. 1925 H. C. Booth tr. F. Auerbach Mod. Magnetics (U.K. ed.) ix. 215 Turning the bar about so that its under-side comes uppermost. 1992 Evening News (Edinb.) 20 Apr. 1/5 The gang were turned about and marched back to the railway station. (b) transitive (reflexive). To turn oneself so as to face or go in the opposite direction; = sense 2b.With quot. 1826 cf. note at to turn round 1c at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > direct [verb (reflexive)] > turn round bewendc1000 beturn?c1225 turnc1330 to turn abouta1400 to turn round1449 convertc1572 the world > space > direction > direct [verb (reflexive)] > turn to face a direction > to opposite direction to turn aboutc1330 face1824 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (reflexive)] > turn back or reverse course to turn againa1300 to turn abouta1400 re-turn1483 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15951 Iesus þan turnd him a-bute. c1550 Song Sir A. Barton iii, in Surtees Misc. (1888) 65 King Henry was stout, and turnd hime about. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iii. sig. P4v So [she] turned her about, and fled. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxiii. 308 Let me turn myself about, and I'll be up with you, never fear, Madam. 1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times I. 174 Give me only time to turn myself about, and something must soon turn up trumps. 1898 H. C. Porter tr. E. Strasburger et al. Text-bk. Bot. 258 A torsion must..occur when a geotropic organ, which has become curved over toward its parent axis, turns itself about so as to face outwards (exotropism). 1995 J. Banville Athena 115 Draggingly I turned myself about, a stone statue turning on its plinth, and walked with granite tread to where the pictures were stacked. b. intransitive. To reverse one's position or course; to turn so as to face or go in the opposite direction: = to turn round 1a at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > turn round or to face a direction > turn to opposite direction turnc1225 bewenda1300 to turn aboutc1330 returna1470 wheel1639 face1644 to turn on one's heel1669 to turn around1756 to turn round1787 about-face1896 about-turn1927 U-turn1931 U1971 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > turn back or reverse course turnc1275 to turn aboutc1330 repeata1382 to turn againc1384 to turn backc1425 re-turn1483 resore1486 to turn the backc1540 to turn round1560 to set back1803 resile1887 to break back1933 c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 4070 ‘Fro whanne komeþ þis fair deistrer?..Which is þe kroupe? terne aboute!’ Aboute he ternde þe deistrer. a1425 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Bodl.) l. 8868 Whan we turned aboute, On a womman myn ye y caste... Þe dekene loked at þe next turnyng: She was aweye—he sagh no þyng. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 271 He smote his horse on the nose, that he turned aboute. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John i. f. cxx Iesus turned about, and sawe them folowe. 1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe v. 66 The Morning, as mistaken, turns about, And all her early fires again go out. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 355 They began to retire, and turn about. 1804 Man in Moon 28 Jan. 191 I turned about and went to sleep again. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise 146 He..turned about and left him there. 2010 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 9 Apr. 19/1 Our ship turned about, aldis lamps flashing messages. 3. a. transitive. To turn (a person or thing) this way and that; to move or push about. Also: (figurative) to consider and reconsider (an idea, etc.); = to turn over 4 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > turn (something) to a (different) direction > turn this way and that to turn aboutc1440 the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)] thinkOE thinkOE bethinka1200 umthinka1300 to have mind ofc1300 casta1340 studya1375 delivera1382 to chew the cudc1384 to take advisementa1393 stema1400 compassc1400 advisec1405 deliberc1405 to make it wisec1405 to take deliberationc1405 enter?a1413 riddlec1426 hovec1440 devise?c1450 to study by (also in) oneself?c1450 considerc1460 porec1500 regard1523 deliberate1543 to put on one's thinking or considering cap1546 contemplate1560 consult1565 perpend1568 vise1568 to consider of1569 weigh1573 ruminate1574 dascanc1579 to lay to (one's) heart1588 pondera1593 debate1594 reflect1596 comment1597 perponder1599 revolvea1600 rumine1605 consider on, upon1606 to think twice1623 reflex1631 spell1645 ponderatea1652 to turn about1725 to cast a thought, a reflection upon1736 to wake over1771 incubatea1847 mull1857 fink1888 c1440 St. Christopher (Thornton) l. 371 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 459/1 Þe water bygane to bolne & rowte And ofte-tyms hym turnede abowte. ?a1475 Noble Bk. Cookry in Middle Eng. Dict. at Rennen Tak eggs and drawe them through a strener and temper grated bread and eggs and stirre it to gedure till they be ronn..and when yt begynnythe to boille, tak out the pot stik and turn the curd about with a scomer. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 112 'Prethee doe not turne me about, my stomacke is not constant. View more context for this quotation 1725 I. Watts Logick ii. iv. §3 Turn these Ideas about in your Mind. 2013 C. Todiwala & T. Singh Incredible Spice Men 113 Gently transfer them to the hot roasting tin, turn them about in the hot oil and sprinkle with salt. b. intransitive. To turn this way and that; to move oneself about. ΚΠ 1835 Penny Cycl. III. 166/2 When the animal oat is ripe it falls out of its glumes, and in warm dry weather may be seen rolling and turning about. 1947 P. Larkin Girl in Winter ii. iv. 126 Once she felt that her feet were no longer glued down and she could turn about as she pleased, it became much easier. 1991 R. Ferguson Henry Miller vii. 141 As they turned about to get comfortable a sudden twanging of springs announced that they had broken it. to turn about —— to turn about —— intransitive. To travel, walk , sail or fly round. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > travel about environc1384 to turn about ——c1440 perambulate1607 c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 115 (MED) He..is liche a botirflie, he torneth so ofte aboute þe fire of þe lampe þat he brenneth his wingis. 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War iii. xi. f. lxxxix. They dyd caste them selfe into a roundenes, and sailled tourninge aboute the ennemyes trusting to put them in disorder. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xxi. 110 b They goe turning seuen times about a fouresquare towre. 1642 A. J. Tasman Jrnl. in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1694) i. 135 In turning about this Island there appeared very few Men. 2011 J. Deveraux Heartwishes 10 She turned about the room, looking at everything. < as lemmas |
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