Angol | Kínai |
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turn of events (deviation from the expected) noun | 形势的变化noun 形勢的變化noun |
turn off (switch off appliance or light) verb [UK: tɜːn ɒf] [US: ˈtɝːn ˈɒf] | 关 /guān/verb 关掉 /guāndiào/verb 關verb 關掉verb |
turn on ((transitive) to activate an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.) verb [UK: tɜːn ɒn] [US: ˈtɝːn ɑːn] | 开 /kāi/verb 打开 /dǎkāi/verb 打開verb 開verb |
turn over (to flip over) verb [UK: tɜːn ˈəʊv.ə(r)] [US: ˈtɝːn ˈoʊv.r̩] | 翻轉verb 翻转 /fānzhuǎn/verb 翻过 /fānguò/verb 翻過verb |
turn over a new leaf (to engage in self-improvement) verb [UK: tɜːn ˈəʊv.ə(r) ə njuː liːf] [US: ˈtɝːn ˈoʊv.r̩ ə nuː ˈliːf] | 悔過自新verb 改過自新verb 棄舊圖新verb |
turn the tables (To reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted) verb | 反敗為勝verb 反超 /fǎnchāo/verb 扭轉局勢verb |
turncoat (traitor) noun [UK: ˈtɜːnk.əʊt] [US: ˈtɜːnkoʊt] | 叛徒 /pàntú/noun |
turner [turners] (person working a lathe) noun [UK: ˈtɜː.nə(r)] [US: ˈtɝː.nər] | 車工noun 车工 /chēgōng/noun |
turning point [turning points] (decisive point) noun [UK: ˈtɜːn.ɪŋ pɔɪnt] [US: ˈtɝːn.ɪŋ ˈpɔɪnt] | 轉折點noun |
turnip [turnips] (white root of Brassica rapa) noun [UK: ˈtɜː.nɪp] [US: ˈtɝː.nəp] | 芜菁 /wújīng/noun 蕪菁noun |
turnip cake (savoury cake made with radish) noun | 萝卜糕 /luóbo gāo/noun 蘿蔔糕noun |
turnkey (ready to use without further assembly) adjective [UK: ˈtɜːnk.iː] [US: ˈtɝːnˌk.i] | 交鑰匙adjective 交钥匙 /jiāoyàoshi/adjective |
turnkey (slang: warder) noun [UK: ˈtɜːnk.iː] [US: ˈtɝːnˌk.i] | 守卫 /Shǒuwèi/noun 狱吏 /Yùlì/noun |