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单词 upon the turn
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upon 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.
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