| 单词 | to turn round |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn round to turn round 1. a. transitive (reflexive). To reverse one's position, turn to face the opposite way; = sense 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > direct [verb (reflexive)] > turn round bewendc1000 beturn?c1225 turnc1330 to turn abouta1400 to turn round1449 convertc1572 J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) l. 1436 The dragon..turnyd hym round With gapyng mouthe. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxii. sig. O3 That Philosopher..turn'd him round, and vanisht. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xliii. 66 If such a dreamy touch should fall, O turn thee round, resolve the doubt. View more context for this quotation 1991 S. Constantine Hermetech 284 He turned himself round again and propped himself up in the bed. b. transitive. Originally: to cause (a person or thing) to face in a different direction. Subsequently: to put into the opposite position or direction, to reverse. Also figurative. Cf. main senses 9a, 9b. 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 a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) viii. Cciv She turning round her neck: now one, now one, them swetely lyckt reforming soft their limmes, & soft wt tong them smothly stryckt. 1654 R. Loveday tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Præludia: 2nd Pt. iii. ii. 142 He lifted up his head, which all this time he had hung downe as low as his Saddle bow, and turning his eyes round..Let us goe, said he. 1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 51 Turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. 1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 40 The Prophets, whom we shall very imperfectly understand, if we suppose them mere historians, for whom God had turned round time the other way. 1866 Rural Almanac & Sportsman's Illustr. Cal. 50/1 To Dress The Horse. Turn the horse round in the stall with a common halter on. 1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 11 Nov. 4/3 He has..turned it right round and made it say exactly the opposite of what it does say. 1981 J. Halliday & J. Halliday in K. Thear & A. Fraser Compl. Bk. Livestock & Poultry (1988) iv. 91/1 If the presentation is breech (i.e. hind end first), there is no need to turn the kid round in the womb. 2013 Daily Tel. 11 Jan. 23/5 This process is akin to turning round a supertanker, but we are making progress in clearing up Labour's toxic legacy. c. intransitive. To turn so as to face in the opposite direction; to reverse one's position or course; to face about. Cf. main senses 6, 25a.Also figurative in such phrases as time to turn round: time to get into the proper position or condition for doing something required; time to get ready (frequently in negative constructions, e.g. not to have time to turn round). 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 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 > 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 1560 J. Jewel & H. Cole True Copies Lett. sig. n.iiiiv The Priest must turne rounde at the midst of the aulter. 1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 228 The troopes of horsemen in retyring or turning round, do often disorder and break their own infanterie. 1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 24 If his horse has stopt and turned round five thousand times with him. 1802 F. Burdett Let. 18 Aug. in H. Maxwell Creevey Papers (1903) I. i. 3 I have scarcely time to turn round, but will not defer sending a line in answer to your very kind letter. 1830 Debates in Congress 29 Mar. App. 105 Payment is..suffered to lie occasionally until the bank can turn round. 1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. iv. 137 We see persons turn round in their sleep. 1886 Lesterre Durant vi She turned round to where her brother stood. 1911 A. Bennett Hilda Lessways (ed. 2) iii. ii. 226 He simply walked out of the office!.. Didn't give me time to turn round. 1983 M. Crosland tr. E. Guillaumin Life of Simple Man 74 The work on the land had to be done.., so you may well believe that I didn't have time to turn round. 2010 N. Shukla Coconut Unlimited iv. 91 I turned round to find Nishant spinning and twirling. d. transitive. To prepare (a ship, aircraft, etc.) for its return journey. Cf. turn-round n. 1. Also intransitive (of a ship that has reached a port) to make ready for the outward voyage. 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 1917 L. George in Daily Mail 17 Aug. 3/6 By better loading, by concentrating ships on shorter voyages, by ‘turning round’ ships more quickly..the Shipping Controller had..succeeded. 1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) i. i. § 5. 11 The increased speed of merchant ships, and better port facilities which enable ships to turn round more quickly. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 16 May 13 Cleanliness also shortens the time it takes to turn a ship round. 1972 Nature 21 Apr. 363/1 Is there..a chance that supersonic aircraft can be turned round at international airports with the speed that will be necessary if operators are to make..the fullest use of their capital investment? 2003 D. Wragg Malta: Last Great Siege ix. 135 The ground-crews had been rehearsed in what to do, turning the aircraft round so that many were back in the air in less than thirty-five minutes. e. transitive. To reverse the previously poor performance of (an organization, a country, etc.). Also intransitive: (of an organization, its finances, etc.) to recover from poor performance. ΚΠ 1973 Times 12 Apr. 25/3 Since his arrival at LKL, Allen..has turned the company round from a reported £71,000 loss last year. 1981 Times 21 July 24/7 Stroud Riley Drummond has turned round from losses of £62,000 to a record £609,000 pretax profit for the year to March 31. 1990 P. Melville Shape-shifter (1991) 163 There is so much to do here to turn this country round. 2014 Daily Tel. 14 Feb. 8/5 A project that will allow high-performing NHS trust chief executives to be promoted to become ‘superheads’ to turn round failing hospitals. 2. a. intransitive. To move round on an axis or centre; to revolve, rotate, or appear to do this. Formerly also figurative: †(of the brain or head) to be affected with giddiness (obsolete). Cf. main senses 1a, 1b. 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 c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 125 Q[w]an the ballys off the eyn turne rownde in the hed as a qwele, yt muste be lokyd qwydyr thei meue bothe one wey. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 9 Hir Ene as a trendull turned full rounde ffirst on hir ffader..And sethyn on þat semely. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. ii. 20 He that is giddie thinks the world turns round . View more context for this quotation 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. C2 As it fares with those whose Brain turnes round. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 54 Making a leap,..they fall a turning round with their naked feet. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 31 Oct. (1948) I. 77 I had a fit of giddiness: the room turned round for about a minute. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. x. 250 The strangeness of the news..made Mowbray's head turn round. 1932 E. Le Gallienne & F. Friebus Alice in Wonderland ii. 101 Are you a child or a teetotum?..You'll make me giddy soon, if you go on turning round like that. 2009 A. S. Byatt Children's Bk. (2010) 98 Pig felt that the whole kitchen was turning round and round. b. transitive. To cause (something) to revolve or rotate (cf. main sense 2). Also: to cause (something) to face in all directions successively. 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 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions vi. sig. F.iiv Their houses are made of wickers, and withes, wrought aboute trees..in suche sorte that they may tourne them rounde every waye. 1645 J. Milton Arcades in Poems 54 Those that hold the vital shears, And turn the Adamantine spindle round. 1731 A. Pope Epist. to Earl of Burlington 11 In Books, not Authors, curious is my Lord; To all their dated Backs he turns you round. 1823 H. J. Brooke Familiar Introd. Crystallogr. 28 If we now turn round the circle with its attached crystal. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 40 The maiden..robed herself, Helped by the mother's careful hand and eye,..Who, after, turn'd her daughter round, and said, She never yet had seen her half so fair. 1940 R. S. Woodworth Psychol. (ed. 12) xi. 364 A mechanical counter shows the number of times the animal's running has turned the wheel round. 2002 Daily Mail (Nexis) 14 Dec. 5 Mr Millar's reaction was to brake and turn his steering wheel round, and he spun out of control. 3. a. intransitive. To change to the opposite opinion, state of mind, etc.; esp. to change from a friendly to a hostile attitude. Frequently with on or upon: to assail suddenly, esp. verbally (cf. sense 28a). Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > change one's opinion [verb (intransitive)] bowa1000 forthinkc1380 to think again1493 recogitate1603 deflect1612 wheel1632 to turn round1808 to flop (over)1884 budge1930 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] wendOE divert1430 to turn one's tale1525 relent1528 revolt1540 resile?a1597 crinkle1612 to throw in (or up) one's cards1688 to box the compass1714 to turn round1808 crawfish1848 to back down1849 duff1883 back-pedal1891 punk1920 back-track1947 to back off1961 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] to fall from ——a1425 waivec1450 forthink1483 to leave up1523 unresolve1608 startle1612 betray1614 recant1648 recede1650 to turn round1808 to unmake one's mind1848 unwill1871 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack with hostile words or measures > suddenly to turn round1808 to round on1880 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > abuse [verb (transitive)] > suddenly to turn round1808 to round on1880 1808 Courier 12 Jan. Now the Talents turn round upon him and accuse him of ‘a culpable levity and a marked disregard to the public interests’. 1822 Examiner 7 July 427/1 The Alderman being absent, our schemer turns round, and personates the Alderman. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) v. 38 You're a good little thing..; and yet you turn round on me, because there's nobody else. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies v. 181 Now he turned round and abused it. 1966 Winnipeg Free Press 6 Dec. 23/6 During the arguments..some of his usual right-wing supporters in the cabinet are said to have turned round on him. b. transitive. To induce (a person) to take an opposite course or view; to change the outlook, feelings, etc., of (a person). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > persuade or prevail upon > to do something > to take an opposite course or view to turn round1860 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss II. iii. viii. 121 The utter impossibility of ever ‘turning Mr Tulliver round’.., or getting him to hear reason. 2005 N. Hornby Long Way Down 138 OK. You've turned me round, Sharpy. 2012 R. Aldous Reagan & Thatcher vii. 180 She left Camp David thinking that Britain had secured major concessions..from Reagan... ‘She really turned him round.’ c. transitive. To induce or persuade (a person) to act against his or her country, former associates, etc., esp. as a spy; = 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 1966 New Statesman 6 May 657/2 SOE's intrigues included..‘turning round’ captured agents. 1974 ‘J. le Carré’ Tinker, Tailor xxi. 180 All right. The Russians have turned Tarr round... What sort of plant can he be when we don't believe a word he says? 1990 Times 15 Sept. 76/4 The use of double agents: that is, enemy spies who had been detected, apprehended, and turned round. 4. transitive. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). In past participle as turned round: confused so as to lose one's sense of direction, disorientated; = turned around at Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1858 Michigan Farmer May 149/1 A friend writes us that ‘when at Niles, we or the points of the compass must have got turned round...’ We have reason to believe that the points of the compass remain steady in their old places, it must have been ‘we’ who ‘got turned round’. 1875 Youth's Compan. 1 Apr. 97/3 It was cloudy, you know, but I had not felt ‘turned round’, nor anything of the sort, till I started to come back to camp. 1929 Boys' Life Aug. 22/3 I must have got turned round and walked in a circle. 2021 L. Clark Dreaming in Quantum (e-book ed.) They just got turned round and ended up in a disused clearing. 5. intransitive. colloquial (chiefly British). To adopt a confrontational, combative, or difficult attitude, typically suddenly or unexpectedly. Frequently in to turn round and say (something). ΚΠ 1867 Maidstone & Kentish Jrnl. 29 Apr. 6/3 The commissioners never went to the directors and asked them to explain their reason for increasing the price of gas, but instead..turned round and said ‘You must take the same price as you did last year.’ 1922 K. Tynan Wandering Years 151 When he began to praise you up..I just turned round and told him what you said about him when you came back from visitin' him. 1996 D. Brimson & E. Brimson Everywhere we Go iii. 41 My mate turns round and says, ‘Well, you should get him a life, then, the sad little git,’ to which this bloke, and his wife, took great exception. 2003 Independent on Sunday 19 Oct. (Review Suppl.) 27/2 I went for a job last week, it was warehousing, and the guy turned round and said: ‘I've handed out 400 applications, why should I give you one?’ < as lemmas |
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