Turning
['tɜːnɪŋ] or ['tɝnɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) act of changing in practice or custom; 'the law took many turnings over the years'.
(noun.) the activity of shaping something on a lathe.
(noun.) the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe.
(noun.) a movement in a new direction; 'the turning of the wind'.
(noun.) a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe.
編輯:耶鲁--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Turn
(n.) The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander.
(n.) The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
(n.) Deviation from the way or proper course.
(n.) Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
(n.) The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.
(n.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned.
編輯:洛娜
例句/造句/用法:
- Especially on that turning business. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- No, I have nothing to give you instead, he said, sitting up and turning so that he faced her. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- He made that brief reply warmly, dropping his hand on the table while he spoke, and turning towards us again. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The lad only answered by turning his cynical young face, half-arch, half-truculent, towards the paternal chair. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Why, my dear lad, I am even now courting the Nine, and turning Aristophanes into good English verse. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- The red ball is dyed after seasoning, and at the time of final turning called finishing. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Ingenious forms of hand-operated ironing machines for turning over and ironing the edges of collars, and other articles, are in successful use. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Amy stood a minute, turning the leaves in her hand, reading on each some sweet rebuke for all heartburnings and uncharitableness of spirit. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- For your sake, turning to Charlotte, I am glad of it; but otherwise I see no occasion for entailing estates from the female line. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Turning, I saw a dozen black pirates dashing toward us from the melee. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Yes, he continued, after some turning over of pages, he was paid last on May 20th. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- As I drew her down into her chair, I was conscious of a scent that I knew, and turning, saw my guardian in the room. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Or even if I any ways should want a wink or two,' added Sloppy, after a moment's apologetic reflection, 'I could take 'em turning. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Perhaps more than anyone else, the Fabians are responsible for turning English socialist thought from the verbalism of the Marxian disciples to the actualities of English political life. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- After a moment she spoke once more, but without turning round, without allowing me to catch the smallest glimpse of her face. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- There is no other principle distinctly, certainly, and consistently maintained through all its narrow turnings. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Vholes knows all their windings and turnings, and we are upon them everywhere. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
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