about turn

英 [əˌbaʊt ˈtɜːn]

美 [əˌbaʊt ˈtɜːrn]

网络  向后转

网络

英英释义

noun

• act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
  Synonym:about-face

双语例句

• (口令) About face!; About turn!
  向后转！
• We're about to turn to value theory.
  我们将讨论价值理论。
• They have heard all the stories of you growing up and how you always fought with your older sister about whose turn it was to take out the trash.
  他们听过你所有的成长故事以及关于倒垃圾这个事情你是如何和你的姐姐吵架的。
• The children settled their argument about whose turn it was by the flip of a coin.
  孩子们通过掷硬币解决该轮到谁的争吵。
• As he arrived at the pearly gates, Smith met his maker and complained about this turn of events.
  当他到了鬼门关（珍珠门），他见到了上帝并抱怨他的不幸。
• You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue.
  你们这帮小伙子快变成蓝色的了。
• I was just about to turn on the tears.
  我差点就要准备彪泪了。
• The couple was quarreling furiously about whose turn it was to cook the dinner.
  这对夫妇对该轮到谁做晚饭而激烈争吵着。
• She signalled that he was about to turn left.
  她打手势表示他就要转到左面去了。
• I'm about to turn 30 and have just married my partner of 11 years.
  我快30岁了，刚刚与拍拖11年的男友结婚。