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单词 turning
释义 turning
noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of turnen to turn — more at turn
1. : the act or course of one that turns: as
 a. : rotation about an axis
  < the slow turning of the earth >
 b. : bend, flexure
  < count the turnings of a coil of wire >
 c. : deviation from the way or proper course
  < straighten out the turnings of the old road >
  < a kind act that was to lead, after many turnings, to his own undoing — Time >
 d. : the act of reversing direction : about-face
2. : the place or point of a change in direction
 < when we come to the turning I shall run right past it — Margaret Kennedy >
 < let only the few wrong turnings be retraced — Oscar Handlin >
 < one of the major turnings in the cultural history of the West — Irving Horne >
3.
 a. : the act or process of forming by use of the lathe : turnery
 b. : the shape of a turned member
  < staircase with balusters of three different turnings on each tread — American Guide Series: Connecticut >
  < a trumpet-shaped turning >
 c. turnings plural : the chips or curls detached in the process of turnery from the material turned
  < cleaning pads made from metal turnings >
4. : the amount of cloth (as the width of a seam) folded under along a raw edge for a seam or narrow hem
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