±£ 3 the turf [sing.] the sport of horse racing ^
4 [U] sb’s ~ (informal, especially NAmE) the place where sb lives and/or works, especially when
they think of it as their own ( )
it, He feels more
confident on home turf.
« verb [VN] to cover an area of
ground with turf M lilil'siTI ,turf sb out (of sth) | ,turf sb off (sth) (BrE, informal) to make sb leave a place,
an organization, etc.
Sib, 9MiIib ( mm ) BHU THROW OUT: He
was turfed out of the party. 0 The boys
were turfed off the bus.
'turf accountant noun {BrE, formal) =
bookmaker 'turf war noun a violent disagreement between two groups
of people about who should control a particular area, activity, or business
Hi; # X #•: a vicious turf war between
rival gangs of
drug dealers mmX#
turgid /'t3:d3id; NAmE 't3:rd3id/ adj. (formal) 1 (of language, writing, etc. ig W> X M boring, complicated and
difficult to understand j^tti
2 swollen;
containing more water than usual Jj+Ifc #J; ; # A (ft: the turgid waters of the
±mmm±'M7k
turista /tu'rista/ noun [U] [NAmE, informal) diarrhoea that
is suffered by sb who is visiting a foreign country
turkey /'t3:ki; NAmE ‘t3:rki/ noun {pi. -eys) 1 [C] a
large bird that is often kept for its meat, eaten especially at Christmas in
informal) a stupid or useless person
^ S; W-13 —
see also COLD TURKEY fTTfll See TALK V
'turkey shoot noun {informal, especially NAmE) a battle or contest in
which one side is much stronger than the other and able to win very easily — #J
(ft iK #- (
)
Turk ish /'t3:kij'; NAmE'teirkiS/ adj., noun
*
adj. from or connected with
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noun [U] the language of
.Turkish ‘bath noun a type of bath in which you sit in a room
full of hot steam, have a massage
and then a cold shower or bath; a building where this treatment takes place M'Hffi-,
M'HB'M.
.Turkish 'coffee noun [U, C] very strong, usually very sweet,
black coffee Ain )
.Turkish de‘light noun [U, C] a sweet/candy made from a
substance like jelly that is flavoured with fruit and covered with fine white
sugar fflftp
turmeric /'t3:marik; NAmE 't3:rm-/ noun [U] a yellow powder made from the root of
an Asian plant, used in cooking as a spice, especially in curry # M ]§ $) ( ffc
turmoil /'t3:moil; NAmE 't3:rm-/ noun [U,
sing.] a state of great anxiety and confusion s/j§L; MM
confusion: emotional/mental/political turmoil *St SL ft If If; iW-hWlSL; in Xl 5L o His statement threw the court into
turmoil. ftfcft A
ItiHIL 0 Her mind was in (a) turmoil. tlllTI 0-w /t3in; NAmE t3:m/ verb, noun m verb
►
MOVE ROUND ffzft 1 to move or make sth move around
a
central point ( [V] The wheels of the
car began to turn. 0 I can’t
get the screw to turn. 0 [VN] He
turned the key in the lock. zjlj J|k JF 0 O She turned the wheel sharply to the left. #tk M.
ft&„
►
CHANGE POSITION/DIRECTION Aft 2 [usually
+adv./prep.] to move your body or part of your body so as to
face or start moving in a different direction ft It; fflft ( ) : [V]
We turned and headed for
home. ° o She turned to look at me.
o He turned back to his work. J&ft iitl#o 0 I turned away and looked
out of the
window. fMfiMJ&AMirlif^k 0 [VN] He turned his back
to the wall, life ft # W M H If „ o She turned her head away. IE X ffl 1“] M &L 0 —
see
also turn over
3 [VN +adv./prep.] to move sth so that it is in a different position or
facing a different direction f® ; If] if]; fC • • ■ i$M A: She turned the chair on its side to repair
it. Mffift7f$!$tM5tt'flF3o o Turn the sweater inside out
before you wash it. jff, IK ^ ff M ffi 88 M 3ft UIX 0 — see also turn over 4 to change the direction you
are moving or travelling in; to make sth change the direction it is moving in ( ) t&^Aft; [V] He
turned into a narrow street. &^^ft$nfio 0
[VN] The
man turned the comer and disappeared, gp M A$f M^ fa Wfk.W> 7 o o I turned the car into the car park. , 5[V, usually
+adv./prep.] (of a road or river to curve in a
particular
direction foj; :
The
road turns to the
left after the church. £j§ft£$^0
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AIM/POINT gffi ; fg ft 6 to aim or point sth in a particular
direction ff; ft • • ■ ff fn]; Af'ff: [VN] Police turned water cannon on the rioters.
T (^^#0 o He turned the gun on himself, P /j-
®7IB0 0 She looked at him then
turned her attention back to me.
(tfj|f±o O [V] His thoughts turned to his
dead wife.
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OF TIDE IN SEA 7 [V] to start to come in or go out ff
( s&M ) : The tide is turning—we’d
better get back.
nr, m:ih*?[u*pe,
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LET SB/STH GO &)]- 8 to make or let sb/sth go into a
particular
place or state ( {<£ ) , M ht: [VN] They
turned the horse into the field. #, {[] 3\ ft ^
Mo 0
[VN-ADJ] to turn the dogs loose
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FOLD jj| 7 9 [VN] to fold sth in a particular way
jfr^B:
IS $f: She turned down the blankets and climbed
into bed. 0 He turned up the
collar of
his coat and hurried out into the rain.
Wffi^£7o
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CARTWHEEL/SOMERSAULT MMS8; M 10 [VN] [no passive]
to
perform a movement by moving your body in a circle A (H ( ff )
: to
turn cartwheels/
somersaults \MMXii; MW4
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PAGE 'll if you turn a page of a book or magazine, you move
it so that you can read the next page li, IS zft ( 45 K ) : [VN] He sat turning the pages idly.
3
23 jSr0
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GAME 12 [V, VN] ~ (sth) (around) if a game turns or sb
turns it, it changes the way it is developing so that a different person or
team starts to win ( {<£ )
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BECOME X fj£ l 3 linking
verb to change into a particular
state
or condition; to make sth do this ( ^ $
fiic, J$
X : [V-ADJ] The leaves were turning brown. (77^ 7 M
o The weather has turned cold. „ 0
He turned nasty when we refused to give him the money.
JH, {X’PM/Il/Jo o He decided to turn professional, ftfcAlH^lkAMo 0 [VN-ADJ] The heat turned the milk sour. 0 0 [V-N]
She turned a deathly shade of white when she heard the news, life Off |ij S 7 o He’s a lawyer
turned politician (= he used to be a lawyer but
is now a politician).„ o note
at
BECOME
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AGE/TIME ; H l>i] 14 linking verb [V-N] (not used in
the
progressive tenses 7ffl7jStrW) to reach or pass a
particular age or time Mil ( ) :
She turns 21 in June. Mf<J
ATHfttfcfPt 21 7 0 o It’s
turned midnight. ELM 7
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STOMACH Pf 15 [V, VN] when your stomach turns or sth turns
your stomach, you feel as though you will vomit
ftm-, mb;
& {ff)ffm
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WOOD AM 16 [VN] to shape sth on a lathe (
± ) X- filj: to turn a chair leg X- ± X ^ 7 M o turned boxes and bowls 7#J
inn Most idioms containing turn
are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example not
turn a hair is at hair. Aturn >1 ill, fPhf
not
turn a