英語思維之細品單詞系列

今天我們要細品的單詞是“turn”。

下面我們來看一下“turn”的詞典解釋：

turn [tɜːn] v. 轉動；轉身；扭轉；翻轉；掉轉；轉變；翻動；求助

例句：

1. He turned the key in the lock.

他轉動鑰匙開鎖。

2. She turned the wheel sharply to the left.

她猛地向左打方向盤。

3. Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond.

巴德把卡車調了個頭，開始返回道爾頓池塘。

4. She turned to look at me.

她轉過頭來看著我。

5. Turn the sweater inside out before you wash it.

你把針織套衫裡面翻過來再洗。

6. Police turned water cannon on the rioters.

警察把高壓水槍對準了鬧事者。

7. I turned the car into the car park.

我轉彎把汽車開進了停車場。

8. He tried to turn the gun on me.

他試圖把槍對著我。

9.To order, turn to page 236.

要訂貨，請翻到第236頁。

10. The weather has turned cold.

天氣變得寒冷了。

11. It's turned midnight.

已過了午夜。

12. Hundreds of people were turned away from the stadium (= because it was full) .

體育場滿座，數百人被拒之門外。

13. He turned the lights down low.

他把燈光調得暗了一些。

14. I haven't even turned in Monday's work yet.

我連星期一的作業還沒交呢。

15. She has nobody she can turn to.

她求助無門。

16. Tonight it's my turn to cook.

今晚輪到我做飯。

通過上面例句，可以看出“turn”可以用於表達口語中常見的“轉動、轉身、扭轉、翻轉、掉轉、轉變、翻動、求助”等內涵，而這些內涵在我們日常生活中隨處可見，這時“turn”這個單詞就可以大顯身手啦。

好了，“turn”這個單詞，我們就講到這裡，關於“turn”的更多用法還請精查詞典。