| 释义 |
Verb: turn back turn bak- Retrace one's course
"The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
- backtrack, double back - Go back to a previous state
- revert, return, retrovert, regress - Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
"The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
- chase away, drive out, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off - Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
"Turn back the tide of communism"
- check, arrest, stop, contain, hold back - Turn inside out or upside down
- invert, reverse
Derived forms: turning back, turned back, turns back See also: turn Type of: alter, change, change by reversal, defend, displace, modify, move, return, reverse, turn |