单词 | turn around |
释义 | turn around (once / 1235 pages) vn WORD FAMILY turn around: turn arounds, turned around, turning around, turns around USAGE EXAMPLESAs soon as he kicked it, Boermeester turned around, started running and, as promised, did the dance move. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) But when the figure turned around, it was a young man — presumably the young Noah. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Merseille’s car got stalled on the tracks after he tried to turn around. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1v turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically He turned around to face his opponent My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake Syn|Hyper swing about, swing around turn change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense 2v improve dramatically The new strategy turned around sales The tutor turned around my son's performance in math Hyper ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate to make better 3v improve significantly; go from bad to good Syn|Hyper pick up ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate get better 4n turning in an opposite direction or position Syn|Hyper reversal turn, turning a movement in a new direction |
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