释义 |
Examples:the Wheel turns constantly (idiom); Buddhist teaching will overcome everything—take turns (responsibility)—lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them rain—extreme joy turns sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!—the whole town turns out—spend money on sth that turns out to be unsatisfactory or even disastrous—many twists and turns a story—the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); have a lucky break—gap or interval of time (between turns)—every hope turns dust (idiom); completely disheartened—the elbow turns the wrong way—classifier for laps, turns, rounds—classifier for turns: revs—play-acting that turns inreality—fig. many twists and turns—so, actually, as it turns out—misfortune turns blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account—the pivots, at the top and bottom of a Chinese door, on which the door turns—pretense that turns inreality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true—extreme sorrow turns joy [idiom.]—(indicates that sth. turns out just the opposite of what one would expect or what would be normal)—classifier for turns in a game, discussion, or competition—lit. the salted fish turns over [idiom.]—colloquial classifier for number of times of movement from one place to another or number of turns, times, occasions.— |