- 使(车轮等)转动；使旋转，转，部分转动：
Is it electricity that turns the wheel?
是电使轮子转动的吗?
She turned the key in the lock.
她用钥匙开锁。
- (为打开、关上、变紧等)旋转，拧：
He turned the handle of the door and went into the classroom.
他旋动门把手，走进教室。
to turn a screw tight
拧紧螺钉
Please turn the handle to the open position.
请把把手转到“开”的位置。
- 翻动；翻转；滚翻：
He turned the pages of the book to see whether there were illustrations in them.
他翻动书页，看看里面是否有插图。
The nurse turned the patient.
护士给病人翻了个身。
The acrobat turned a somersault.
杂技演员翻了个筋斗。
- 改变，使变化，使变成：
to turn cream into butter
把鲜奶油变成黄油
to turn a flower garden into a vegetable field
把花园变成菜地
She turned tears into laughter when she saw this.
看到这个，她破涕为笑了。
He turned a garage into a library.
他把车库改建成图书馆。
- 使变得；使成为：
The bad news turned his hair white.
坏消息使他的头发变白了。
- 使转变思想(意图、行为等)；在感情(或态度等)方面改变；改变…的倾向(或注意中心)；把注意力转向：
to turn someone from his purpose
使某人改变意图
We should turn our thoughts to practical matters.
我们应把思想转向实际问题。
- 使变酸(腐)，使变质，使变坏；使变色：
Warm weather turned the meat.
天热使肉变质了。
The hot weather turned the milk.
天气太热，牛奶变质了。
- 翻译；将…释义(或意译)；改写：
The teacher asked us to turn the sentences into English.
老师让我们把这些句子译成英文。
Please turn this piece of prose into verse.
请把这段散文改写成诗歌。
- 使变换；与…交换：
I’ll turn these coins into paper money.
我将把这些硬币换成纸币。
- 反复考虑；仔细考虑；默想，深思(常与 over 连用)：
He turned the question over in his mind but couldnot find an answer.
他仔细思考这个问题但是找不到答案。
- 达到；超过，越过，逾(一定年龄、数量等)：
Our dean hasn’t turned 40 yet.
我们系主任还不到40岁。
We were waiting for the clock to turn 8.
我们等待时钟指向八点。
It has just turned 10 o’clock.
刚过10点。
- 阻挡；击败，击退；驱散：
to turn an attack
击退一次进攻
The boxer turned a punch.
拳击手挡住了一拳。
It is not reasonable to turn customers’ criticisms.
抵制顾客的批评是没有道理的。
- 使反对，使作对；使反应；使回击：
He turned their arguments against them.
他用他们的论据反驳他们自己。
to turn a son against his father
使儿子顶撞父亲
- 使产生反作用：
The critic’s criticism was turned against himself.
批评家的批评反被别人用来批评他。
- 绕过去，转过去；拐(弯)，转弯；迂回到(某支军队的侧面等)：
They turned the right flank of the enemy troop.
他们迂回到敌军的右翼。
to turn a street corner
转过街角
- 赚到；挣得：
Our company turned a profit last year.
我们公司去年赢利了。
- 用旋床旋，把…旋成圆形；车，为…车外圆：
He has turned a set of chair legs.
他已经车出了一副椅子腿。
to turn wooden vessels
用旋床车木碗
- 使形成圆满；使具有优美的形式；做得优美(或圆满)，弄得像样：
The girl turned a pretty phrase.
女孩写出了一个漂亮的短语。
The professor told us how to turn a good sentence.
教授给我们讲如何写出一个好句子。
- 使精神错乱，使发狂；弄昏，迷惑；使冲昏头脑；使糊涂：
Too much praise has turned his head.
过多的表扬已经冲昏了他的头脑。
Her mind was turned by grief.
悲伤使她精神失常。
Success will not turn my head.
胜利不会让我头脑发昏。
- 作(某种)用途(或结果)，使用，利用，应用：
We should turn our knowledge to good account.
我们应该利用我们的知识。
to turn one’s hand to writing
用手写
- 转移(视线)，改变(面对的)方向；使对着；把…对准；指向：
Turn your eyes this way.
冲这边看。
Turn it more to the left.
把它再向左转一点。
The girl turned her face and wept.
女孩别过头哭了。
to turn a gun on someone
把枪对准某人
- 使上下面颠倒；使上下翻转；倒置：
to turn a phonograph record
翻转唱片
- 翻(地)；翻做(衣服、衣领等)：
They turned the soil after the harvest.
他们在收获后翻耕土壤。
to turn a collar
翻修领子
Mother turned an old garment.
妈妈翻做一件旧衣服。
- 上下移动(秤杆或秤台)以记录重量
- 使(钱、货等)流通，周转：
The vendor can turn his stock every day.
小贩每天都能把进的货卖完。
- 使弯曲；对折；折或翻；使扭曲；扭伤(踝骨)：
The pipe had been turned in a U-shaped curve.
管子已被弯成了U形。
She turned her ankle.
她扭伤了脚踝。
to turn the sheet back
把被单翻开
- 弄卷(刀刃)，把(刀口)弄钝：
a knife with a turned edge
一把刃口钝的刀
- 倒(胃)，使(肠胃)不适；使作呕：
The mere sight of food turned her stomach.
她一见食物就恶心。
- 倾倒：
The policeman turned the contents of her handbag out onto the table.
警察把她手提包里的东西全倒在了桌上。
- (以某种方式)躯赶；撵；放开：
to turn someone adrift
逐出某人；使某人流浪；辞退某人
to turn young cattle into woods
把小牛赶到树林里
The drunkard was turned from the bar.
那个醉汉被从酒吧撵了出去。
- 【印刷】倒排(铅字)；倒空
- 【足球】迫使(贴近的对手)转向以摆脱
- (吸毒者)将(毒品)转卖给(另一瘾君子)
- 使敌对；使叛变；使成为双重间谍(与 round 连用)
- [废语]使堕落