单词 | u-turn |
释义 | U-turnWord forms: plural U-turns 1. countable noun If you make a U-turn when you are driving or cycling, you turn in a half circle in one movement, so that you are then going in the opposite direction. Making a sharp U-turn, she headed back. Eventually, he turned off the main route and suddenly did a U-turn. 2. countable noun If you describe a change in a politician's policy, plans, or actions as a U-turn, you mean that it is a complete change and that they made the change because they were weak or were wrong. [disapproval] ...a humiliating U-turn by the party. [+ by] ...the U-turns he made on economic policy and pit closures. U-turn in British Englishnoun 1. a turn made by a vehicle in the shape of a U, resulting in a reversal of direction 2. a complete change in direction of political or other policy U-turn in American English (ˈjuˌtɜrn) noun 1. a turn made so as to head in the opposite direction used esp. of a vehicle in a street or road2. figuratively, a reversal of opinion, strategy, etc. Word origin so named because the path of the turn is typically U-shapedExamples of 'U-turn' in a sentence |
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