| 单词 | to turn back |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn back to turn back 1. a. intransitive. To reverse one's position so as to face or go in the opposite direction; to turn and go back. Also figurative. Cf. main senses 18a, 20c, 21a, 25a. ΘΚΠ 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 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > turn back or retrace one's steps charec1000 i-cherrec1000 again-wendOE again-turna1375 to turn backc1425 reflect1608 redambulate1623 to tread back one's steps1777 back track1802 to try back1816 back-track1904 back-trail1907 the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > revert [verb (intransitive)] awendOE recommence1481 relieve?1510 turn1594 remigrate1601 to cast back1622 recounter1630 regress1650 retrovert1782 to turn round1802 retrogress1860 to turn back1886 U-turn1973 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 4128 (MED) Hir liste nat onys for to tourne bake..she hade of hym no drede But riȝt proudly gan to neiȝen nere. c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) l. 1089 (MED) Hir host gan turne bak and fle, Vpon horsbake as fast as they myght flynge. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxiii[i]. 5 Whatayled the..thou Iordan that thou turnedst backe? 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 2 Shall I goe forward and my heart is here? Turne backe dull earth and finde thy Center out. View more context for this quotation 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vii. 154 ‘Turn back! turn back!’ exclaimed the vagrant. 1829 T. Carlyle in Edinb. Rev. June 458 Not in turning back,..but only in resolutely struggling forward, does our life consist. 1886 E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew II. x. 217 He had put his hand to the plough, and he was not the man to turn back. 1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon v. 90 Eventually they had turned back before even reaching the foot of the climb proper. 2014 S. Jones Yolo 132 Well, it's too late to turn back now... And anyway..YOLO [= you only live once], right? b. transitive. To reverse the forward movement of (a person or thing); to make (a person or thing) go back. Also figurative. Cf. main sense 18b.See also to turn the clock back at clock n.1 and adv. Phrases 5. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > cause to move back [verb (transitive)] > turn back or reverse the course of reverse?a1439 to turn back?1531 return?1542 retrograde1582 tergiverse1602 turn1665 to roll back1695 revert1814 ?1531 W. Tyndale tr. Prophet Ionas sig. B.iiij So am I sure that greate wrath will folow, excepte repentaunce turne it Backe agayne and cease it. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xxi. 4 I will turne backe the weapens..wherwith ye fight agaynst the kinge of Babilon. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. D3v Apuleius..asserts, that by a magical susurration..rivers are turned back. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire vi. 298 The man who turned the tide back. 1880 R. Mackenzie 19th Cent. iii. ix. 448 To arrest and turn back the mightiest power. 1941 M. Lowry Let. 15 Jan. in Sursum Corda! (1995) I. 370 When I set off in September 1939 to see Margie in the U.S...I was turned back at the American border as without proof that I would not be a public charge. 2018 J. Cassara House Impossible Beauties 17 She wished that she could turn back time. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [verb (intransitive)] to wend againeOE i-cherrec1000 again-chareOE again-comeOE again-fareOE again-goOE eft-sithec1175 to turn againc1175 returna1325 attournec1386 turnc1390 recovera1393 repair?c1400 recourse?a1425 to go backc1425 resortc1425 revertc1475 renew1488 retour?1505 to make return1534 to turn back1538 retend1543 to come short home1548 regress1552 rejourna1556 revolt1567 revolve1587 repeal1596 recur1612 rewend1616 revene1656 to get back1664 to take back1674 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Illuc quaeso redi, quo coepisti, I beseche the tourne backe agayne, where thou begannest. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxliii. sig. I2v Turne back to me. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings i. 5 When the messengers turned backe vnto him, he said.., Why are ye now turned backe? View more context for this quotation 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 37 We turned back again into Persia. b. transitive. To cause (a person or thing) to go back to its former place; to send or give (something) back, to return. Cf. main sense 19c. Now U.S. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > giving back or restitution > give back [verb (transitive)] yieldc897 agiveOE again-setOE restorec1325 acquitc1330 to pay outa1382 refundc1386 to give againa1400 quita1400 restituec1400 reliver1426 surrend1450 redeliver1490 refer1496 render1513 rebail1539 re-present1564 regive1575 to give backa1586 to turn back1587 relate1590 turn1597 returna1632 to hand back1638 redonate1656 reappropriate1659 re-cede1684 revert1688 replace1776 restitute1885 to kick back1926 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1537/1 An easterlie great wind would remooue and driue it from that coast, and consequentlie from the pierre, which then would lie naked as before, vntill the south and westerne wind turned it backe againe. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 34 Sir Iohn Vmfreuile turnd me backe With ioyfull tidings. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. ii. 69 We turne not backe the silkes vpon the marchant When we haue soild them. View more context for this quotation 1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal ii. 15 These insolent Raskals have turn'd 'em all back upon my hands again. 1927 Publishers' Weekly 12 Feb. 610 We felt that the only course open to us in view of the authors' feelings in the matter was to offer to turn back the book to them, subject to their disposal. 1993 Newsweek 19 Apr. 27/3 The odds of that happening are about the same as a lottery winner turning back the money because he doesn't need it. 3. a. transitive. To cause (something) to face backwards or in the previous direction; to reverse the direction of; to direct backwards; cf. main senses 20b, 25bIn quot. 1579: = to turn bridle at Phrases 1c.In quot. 1845: to expose by reversing; = to turn over 2c 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 > specific directions > direct in specific directions [verb (transitive)] > direct or turn backwards returna1450 reverse1523 to turn back1579 retort1583 reverta1657 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 731/2 If there bee but one man that turneth backe the bridle [Fr. qui aura tourné bride], wee seeme to seeke such occasions to become wicked and lewde. 1585 T. Wilcox Expos. vppon Bk. Canticles vi. 173 Though thou bee past, yet turne thine eyes backe againe, that thou maiest beholde mee. 1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim (1687) xxxiv. 417 They heard the noise of an horses heels behind them. Which causing them to turn their eyes back [etc.]. 1743 Gen. Syst. Horsemanship II. 107/2 Quadratus Labiorum. The last are the Abducents. They rise from the Occiput, and are inserted in the fore Part of the Ear, which they turn back. 1825 W. Scott Talisman ii, in Tales Crusaders III. 40 It were better..to turn back thy horse's head towards the camp of thy people. 1845 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 6 ii. 344 Both heaps [of potatoes] have now been turned back, and none are diseased. 2015 A. Leigh Fortune's June Bride 51 Jeanne Marie turned her eyes back on Galen. ‘Where's your father?’ b. intransitive. To turn so as to face in the backwards or in the previous direction; figurative to give attention again to something. ΚΠ 1831 T. C. Grattan Jacqueline of Holland II. ii. 48 My mind turned back to early days, when I have seen you serve the altar and sing the saint's litany. 1912 E. Wharton Reef xxvii. 345 She turned back to her letters and her glance lit on an envelope inscribed in Owen's hand. 1968 Listener 26 Dec. 859/3 The indigenists, who relied mainly on a European form, the novel, turned back to the study of Voodoo. 2017 M. W. Sexton Kind of Freedom 117 But her mother just turned back to her paper, flipped through it. 4. transitive. To fold or double back or over (part of a garment, etc.) Formerly also †in past participle with with: turned up with (see to turn up 5b(a) at Phrasal verbs 1) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > fold [verb (transitive)] > back replyc1425 replicate1649 to turn back1683 retroflex1954 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > adjust or arrange > turn or fold over, back, up, or down tuckc1440 tirve1482 to turn upa1586 to turn back1683 to turn down1841 1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse i. vi. 11 The fleshy Membrane likewise turn'd back, with a little sprinkling of Fat on its inside. a1837 E. C. Knight Autobiogr. (1861) I. v. 61 The constable's were the last, with their mantles turned back with gold stuff. 1869 H. S. Leigh Carols of Cockayne 166 He turn'd back his cuffs, and he put back his hair. 1913 Play Pictorial No. 130. 18/2 A gown of green paon broché crêpe de chine, draped..with tulle,..turned back with handsome cream guipure. 2007 A. Barrett Air We Breathe 28 Her sleeves were turned back to expose her wrists, her apron was fresh and neatly ironed. < as lemmas |
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