| 释义 |
take turns doing something/to do something take turnsTo alternate doing something; to do something in succession, one person or thing after another. Please take turns instead of everyone talking at once. My brother and I took turns going down the slide.See also: take, turntake turns((at) doing something) and take turns (at something); take turns (with something) [for two or more people] to alternate in doing something. Let's take turns with mowing the lawn. Do you want to take turns at answering the telephone?See also: take, turntake turns(with something) Go to take turns ((at) doing something).See also: take, turntake turnsAlternate, as in Since there is only one horse, Beth and Amanda are taking turns riding. This phrase uses turn in the sense of "one of a series of actions done in succession." [Late 1300s] Also see in turn. See also: take, turntake ˈturns doing something/to do something (British English also take it in ˈturns to do something) do something one person after another: My wife and I take it in turns to write to our daughter in Canada. ♢ There weren’t enough computers for everybody, so we had to take turns using them.See also: something, take, turn |