英语思维之细品单词系列

今天我们要细品的单词是“turn”。

下面我们来看一下“turn”的词典解释：

turn [tɜːn] v. 转动；转身；扭转；翻转；掉转；转变；翻动；求助

例句：

1. He turned the key in the lock.

他转动钥匙开锁。

2. She turned the wheel sharply to the left.

她猛地向左打方向盘。

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

巴德把卡车调了个头，开始返回道尔顿池塘。

4. She turned to look at me.

她转过头来看着我。

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

你把针织套衫里面翻过来再洗。

6. Police turned water cannon on the rioters.

警察把高压水枪对准了闹事者。

7. I turned the car into the car park.

我转弯把汽车开进了停车场。

8. He tried to turn the gun on me.

他试图把枪对着我。

9.To order, turn to page 236.

要订货，请翻到第236页。

10. The weather has turned cold.

天气变得寒冷了。

11. It's turned midnight.

已过了午夜。

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

体育场满座，数百人被拒之门外。

13. He turned the lights down low.

他把灯光调得暗了一些。

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

我连星期一的作业还没交呢。

15. She has nobody she can turn to.

她求助无门。

16. Tonight it's my turn to cook.

今晚轮到我做饭。

通过上面例句，可以看出“turn”可以用于表达口语中常见的“转动、转身、扭转、翻转、掉转、转变、翻动、求助”等内涵，而这些内涵在我们日常生活中随处可见，这时“turn”这个单词就可以大显身手啦。

好了，“turn”这个单词，我们就讲到这里，关于“turn”的更多用法还请精查词典。