churn
verb/tʃɜːn/
/tʃɜːrn/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they churn | /tʃɜːn/ /tʃɜːrn/ |
| he / she / it churns | /tʃɜːnz/ /tʃɜːrnz/ |
| past simple churned | /tʃɜːnd/ /tʃɜːrnd/ |
| past participle churned | /tʃɜːnd/ /tʃɜːrnd/ |
| -ing form churning | /ˈtʃɜːnɪŋ/ /ˈtʃɜːrnɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] if water, mud, etc. churns, or if something churns it (up), it moves or is moved around violently
剧烈搅动；（使）猛烈翻腾 - churn (up) The water churned beneath the huge ship.
水在巨轮下面剧烈翻滚。 - churn something (up) Vast crowds had churned the field into a sea of mud.
大批大批的人把场地踩得一片泥泞。
- churn (up) The water churned beneath the huge ship.
- [intransitive, transitive] churn (something) if your stomach churns or if something churns your stomach, you feel a strong, unpleasant feeling of worry or fear
反胃，恶心（忧虑或恐惧的强烈感觉） - My stomach churned as the names were read out.
名单一宣布，我就觉得胃里翻腾得难受。
- My stomach churned as the names were read out.
- [transitive, intransitive] churn (somebody) (up) to make somebody feel upset or emotionally confused
（使）感到不安，心烦意乱 - It churns me up inside to think what might have happened.
想到可能已经发生的事，我心里很不安。 - Conflicting emotions churned inside him.
相互矛盾的情绪使他感到心烦意乱。
- It churns me up inside to think what might have happened.
- [transitive] churn something to turn and mix milk in a special container in order to make butter
用搅乳器搅（乳，以制作黄油）
Word OriginOld English cyrin, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German kerne and Old Norse kirna.