| 释义 |
turn over
I. transitive verb
1.
a. : to turn or roll from one side to the other : invert
< turn a stone over >
b. : to turn from an upright position : overturn, upset
< a big wave turned the boat over >
2. : to reverse the layers of (as soil)
3. : to search (as papers) by lifting or moving one by one
< turn over clothes >
< turning over old letters >
4. : to think over : meditate on
< turning the advice over in his mind >
5. : to read or examine (as a book) while turning the pages
< idly turning over a magazine >
6. : to hand over : deliver, transfer
< funds thus collected are turned over to union officials — H.M.Diamond >
< turn over a regiment to a new commander >
7.
a. : to receive and dispose of (a stock of merchandise)
< turn over its inventory 18 times a year — Time >
b. : to handle in business : do business to the amount of
< wrote home … that he was turning over a hundred pounds a week — H.V.Morton >
8. : to transfer (as a word) from the end of one line to the beginning of the next line or from the foot of one column or page to the head of the next
intransitive verb
1. : to tip or roll over : upset, capsize, overturn
2. : rotate
< engine turning over at 6000 revolutions per minute >
3.
a. of one's stomach : to heave with nausea
b. of one's heart : to seem to leap or lurch convulsively
II. transitive verb
: to cause (an internal-combustion engine) to begin firing |