| 单词 | to turn around |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn around to turn around Generally more common in North American English than to turn round in equivalent senses; see note at around adv. and prep. extracted from turnv. 1. a. transitive. To turn (a person or thing) so as to be in the opposite position or facing the opposite direction, to reverse. Also reflexive: to turn so as to face in the opposite direction. Cf. to turn round 1a at Phrasal verbs 1, to turn round 1b at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > reverse the direction of reverse?a1439 return1483 to turn back1579 alternate1595 re-enverse1603 retrovert1637 obvert1646 the world > space > direction > direct [verb (reflexive)] > turn round bewendc1000 beturn?c1225 turnc1330 to turn abouta1400 to turn round1449 convertc1572 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. viii. sig. H The light-foot Squyre her quickly turnd around. a1676 T. Wadsworth Remains (1680) 213 What rudder turns those Pinnaces around? 1788 Calcutta Chron. 14 Feb. I've broke your spell And made you tumble! In peacock pride then turn'd himself around, And left the critics prostrate on the ground. 1865 in B. P. Poore Conspiracy Trial for Murder of President 198 As he ran, I could not get out of his way; so he hit me on the leg and turned me around, and made two cuts at me. 1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby ix. 208 He opened it at the back cover and turned it around for me to see. 2014 J. Longo Six Feet over It i. 18 I..watch as they turn the van around and head back out. b. intransitive. To turn so as to face in the opposite direction; to reverse one's position or course; to face about. Cf. to turn round 1c 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 1756 London Mag. Nov. 517/1 This overpowered the brave man's heart, and obliged him to turn around, to prevent the tears that stood ready to gush from his eyes. 1879 Harper's Mag. Nov. 889/1 Passages gradually narrowing until but one animal can pass, and he, as he cannot turn around, can be easily branded. 1919 E. O'Neill Moon of Caribbees 114 Smitty does not turn around. 2014 K. O'Brien Tell Me You're Sorry iii. 48 The smart thing to do would be to turn around and tear ass back home. c. transitive. To prepare (a ship, aircraft, etc.) for its return journey. Cf. to turn round 1d at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport or convey in a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > prepare a vehicle for return journey to turn round1917 to turn around1943 1943 N.Z. Parl. Deb. 263 351/2 The men earned what they received, and turned a ship around in six days of bustling activity. 1962 Mil. Rev. Apr. 3/1 We were working 18 to 20 hours daily getting ships unloaded and turned around. 2001 N.Y. Times Mag. 21 Jan. 52/2 Yowell's crew did the job, turning the plane around in 26 minutes. While they were working outside, Captain Walker was crawling around the cabin, helping the flight attendants clean up. d. transitive. To reverse (a decline, an unflattering image, a poorly performing company, etc.). Cf. to turn round 1e at Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1963 R. A. Smith Corporations in Crisis Concl. 206 It takes three to five years of blood, sweat, and tears to get a company ‘turned around again’ after a crisis. 1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 16 May 5/1 The Ontario Government has announced a..campaign to turn around the image Ontarians have gained as boorish and unfriendly hosts to foreign visitors. 2016 Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City) (Nexis) 13 Apr. A campaign to strategize ways to turn around the decades-long decline of coal-based economies. e. transitive. To process (a product, order, etc.) from the beginning to completion or delivery; to dispatch (an order), produce (a manufactured item). ΚΠ 1977 Computerworld 17 Oct. 36/2 We have improved customer service to the point where over 85% of incoming orders are turned around the same day or the next morning. 2005 Uncut June 20/1 The new album was turned around in just two weeks during March of this year. 2010 South Afr. 6 Apr. 14/4 All internet orders are turned around as quickly as possible with product packed individually for each order. 2. a. intransitive. To rotate or revolve. Also: to face in all directions successively. Cf. to turn round 2a at Phrasal verbs 1. 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 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (intransitive)] > twirl twirl1598 to turn around1642 mirla1838 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. L2 Thus in each starry globe all parts may tend Unto one point, and mean time turn around. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Meleager & Atalanta in Fables 112 Now while the tortur'd Salvage turns around, And flings about his Foam, impatient of the Wound, The Wounds great Author close at Hand; provokes His Rage, and plyes him with redoubled Strokes. 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic i. iv. 103 The angular borer turning clear around without stopping to ratchet. 1999 Fiddlehead Summer 109 She began to turn around, once, twice, faster, until she was spinning now, twirling with her arms out like a helicopter skimming the tops of the seats, the skirt carouselling out all around her. b. transitive. To cause (something) to revolve or rotate. Cf. to turn round 2b at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)] turnOE trillc1386 gyrec1420 rote?1533 tirl1543 to turn round1555 revolve1559 circumvert1578 circumgyre1635 circumrote1635 circumgyrate1647 circumvolve1647 veera1649 twist1769 rotate1777 sphere1820 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. 812 From Death he flies, And turns around his apprehensive Eyes. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece iii. 86 Whether ye turn-around the spacious wheel. 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 98 Spin-em-rounds, a street game consisting of a piece of brass, wood, or iron, balanced on a pin and turned quickly around on a board, when the point, arrow shaped, stops at a number and decides the bet one way or the other. 2014 M. Sciavocampo THINspired xii. 202 While she is deeply engaged in some toy, turning it around and around, inspecting every detail. 3. intransitive. colloquial. To express an opposing, uncompromising, or combative point of view, esp. abruptly, unexpectedly, or in contrast to a view previously expressed. Frequently in to turn around and say (something).Cf. to turn round 5 at Phrasal verbs 1. Π 1838 Methodist Mag. & Q. Rev. Jan. 50 Mr. Scott turns around and says that Mr. Winans held that slavery was a divine institution, always right, and perpetually established. 1852 H. H. Paul Dashes Amer. Humour 19 [She]..has no more turn for singin' than a cart-wheel, but she's so stuck up and saasy that if Jinny Lind even wuz to tell her she had no voice, du you know I 'bleve she'd turn around and tell her she had. 1902 Critique (Denver) Jan. 39 I can't do anything with that girl of mine... I told her not to eat lemons with that medicine she is taking, because it would salivate her, and she just turned around and said: ‘Wouldn't that make you spit?’ 1941 Congress. Rec. 87 iii. 2866/1 When a man running for the Presidency of the United States advocates certain policies, and then..turns around and says, ‘Well, what I said prior to the election was just so much campaign oratory’, how can anyone expect the American people to have faith in a party that nominates men of that kind? 1981 Smash Hits 11 June 6/2 The music business..went through a period..of saying: ‘You're going to pay five pounds for a piece of plastic that's worth 50p with no cover to speak of and no lyrics.’ And the kids just turned around and said ‘no’. 2022 @LadyofLeisure78 13 June in twitter.com (accessed 27 June 2022) If I worked out everytime my mom said no when I asked her if she needs help in the kitchen on a morning instead of going back to sleep, I'd be one fit mofo. Yet she turns around and says I don't help her in the house. 4. transitive. U.S. colloquial. In past participle as turned around: confused so as to lose one's sense of direction, disorientated; also figurative. ΚΠ 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xv. 126 That was somebody else's whoop, or else I was turned around. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xiv. 315 When he sat up he found that the sun..now shone upon him from the opposite direction. At first he believed that he was merely turned around. Then he realised that it was now evening. 1971 Black World Mar. 54/1 I felt so sorry for them and they wuz so turned around that one day over to Tony's crib I got high wid em. 2011 T. Foster Asleep on Bicycle i. 39 I got so turned around, I accidentally ended up in the maternity ward. 5. a. transitive. To induce (a person) to take an opposite course or view; to change (a person, a person's life, etc.), esp. in a way regarded as an improvement. Cf. to turn round 3b at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > change one's mind [verb (transitive)] > cause change convert1814 to carry over1855 to turn around1888 1888 Let. Secretary Interior transmitting Rep. opening Part of Sioux Reservation 275 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (50th Congr. 2nd Sess.: Senate Executive Doc. 17) I. We are a little afraid now that the opposition has gained a hold on these young men and turned them around on the other side. 1971 Sci. News 13 Feb. 108 Children..with severe behavioral problems..are treated in a ‘family’ situation... An innovative school program helps ‘turn youngsters around’. 1992 M. Medved Hollywood vs. Amer. iii. ix. 151 The courage and gumption he needs to turn his life around at a decisive moment. 2010 S. Junger War i. i. 12 He went to reform school for assault... A shop teacher named George started counseling him... George got him turned around. b. transitive. To induce or persuade (a person) to act against his or her country, former associates, etc., esp. as a spy; = to turn round 3c at Phrasal verbs 1. Cf. main sense 24d. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > be a traitor to [verb (transitive)] > induce to become a traitor traitor16.. quislingize1940 turn1963 to turn around1963 to turn round1966 1963 J. Joesten They call it Intelligence i. iv. 45 A spy..caught..usually is given a chance to switch sides..such a helpless foreign agent is being ‘turned around’. 1967 Traffic in Opium & Other Dangerous Drugs (U.S. Treasury Dept. Bureau of Narcotics) 45 This technique, which has come to be known as ‘turning corrupt officers around’, was considered unthinkable in the past. 2000 N. DeMille Lion's Game lvii. 665 There were two possibilities regarding Mr. Khalil's disappearance—one, he'd made it back to Tripoli, two, the CIA had him and were turning him around, trying to convince the Lion that certain Libyans tasted better than Americans. < as lemmas |
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