turn the tap / switch / key
拧龙头/开关/钥匙
The wheels of the car began to turn.
汽车的轮子开始转动起来。
She turned her head in surprise.
她惊讶地转过头来。
The children all turned to look at the famous actress as she entered the classroom.
当那个女明星走进教室时，所有孩子都转过去看她。
Could you turn your chairs to face this way?
你们把椅子转过来朝这边好吗？
Turn ( over ) the page and look through the material.
翻过这一页，然后浏览这段材料。
She waved to me as she turned the corner.
她拐弯时向我挥了挥手。
I turned the car into the parking lot.
我转弯把车开进了停车场。
The road turns to the left after the church.
这条路过了教堂后向左转弯。
She looked at her husband then turned her attention to the children.
她看了看丈夫，然后把注意力转到孩子们身上。
She turns 21 in June.
她到6月就满21岁了。
It’s turned midnight.
已经过了午夜了。
I turned around and walked out without saying a word.
我一言未发，转身走了出去。
After a year’s hard work, he had turned around a badly performing department.
经过一年的努力，他使一个业绩糟糕的部门有了起色。
She turned her head away, feeling too ashamed to meet his gaze.
因为害羞而不敢和他对视，她把头转了过去。
Because the hall was full, many people were turned away.
因礼堂满了，许多人被打发走了。
The weather became so bad that they had to turn back.
天气变得很糟糕,他们只好返回。
The people are <b>turning back to</b> natural resources to survive.
人们又重新开始依靠自然资源生存。
Could you please turn down your TV a bit?
你可以把电视音量关小一点儿吗?
How could you turn down such a fantastic job when you have been out of work for months?
你已经好几个月没有工作了，怎么能拒绝这么好的一份工作呢？
Turn in your papers, please.
请把试卷交上来吧。
She turned in the wallet she picked up on the way.
她把在路上捡到的钱包上交了。
Peter can show you how to turn an idea into an act.
彼得能教你如何把想法变成行动。
Newly-built wooden cottages line the street, turning the old town into a dreamland.
新建的木屋排列在街道两旁，使这座古镇变成了仙境。
Turn off the lights when you are not in a room.
人不在房间时把灯关掉。
He talked for several minutes, but forgot to first turn on the microphone.
他讲了几分钟，却忘记要先把麦克风打开。
Science fiction just doesn’t turn me on.
科幻小说根本提不起我的兴趣。
It was Dad who <b>turned</b> me <b>on to</b> fishing.
是爸爸让我喜欢上钓鱼的。
He turned on his brother, who he thought, had deceived him.
他对兄弟翻脸，认为兄弟欺骗了他。
The dogs suddenly turned on each other.
那两条狗突然撕咬起来。
The factory turns out 900 cars a week.
这家工厂一周生产九百辆汽车。
Unexpectedly the weather turned out pretty nice that day.
出乎意料的是，那天天气特别好。
<b>It turned out that</b> his brother died of a heart attack.
原来他的兄弟死于心脏病。
A lot of people <b>turned out for</b> the party.
许多人参加了聚会。
He did not fall asleep, turning over in bed from time to time.
他没睡着，在床上时不时地翻身。
Don’t turn over the page yet.
先别把这页翻过去。
He turned over the work to the secretary.
他把工作移交给了秘书。
She kept turning over the events of the day in her mind.
她脑子里不断琢磨当天发生的事。
Their talk turned to the change that had taken place in the city.
他们的话题转到了城市发生的变化。
Please turn to the police for help when you are in trouble.
遇到困难请向警察求助。
Turn up the radio so that I can hear the program.
把收音机音量开大些，好让我听到这个节目。
He promised that he would come, but he hasn’t turned up yet.
他承诺会来，但还没出现。
Don’t worry about the letter — I’m sure it’ll turn up.
别为那封信担心，我相信会找到的。
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Give the handle a few turns.
转动几下把手。
With a few turns, she slept again.
她翻了几次身又睡着了。
take a turn to the right / left
向右/左转弯
a horrible turn of events
可怕的事态变化
give a new turn to the argument
把辩论引到一个新的方面
Two days after the operation, Dad took a turn for the better / worse(= suddenly got better / worse).
手术两天后，爸爸的病情好转/恶化了。
It’s finally our turn to do the wallboard in the school hall!
终于轮到我们负责学校礼堂的墙报了！
Leaving home for the first time he felt cheerful and sad by turns.
第一次离开家，他时而高兴时而悲伤。
They answered the teacher’s questions in turn.
他们依次回答了老师的问题。
The customer praised the manager, who, in turn praised his staff.
顾客表扬了经理，经理转而表扬了员工。
They <b>took turns</b> ( <b>in</b> ) <b>driving</b>.
他们轮流开车。
We <b>take turns to do</b> the housework.
我们轮流做家务。
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