除了表示转身,turn around原来还有这个意思
2018-09-03 14:00
来源:沪江
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Hang up
悬挂某物,将它固定在顶部并让下面部分自由
Come in, the maid will hang up your coat.
进来,女仆会把你的外套挂起来。
Your clothes are so untidy; why didn't you hang them up last night? 你的衣服太乱了,昨晚为什么不挂起来呢?
放下电话,结束通话
Gosh, I forgot to ask for her number before I hung up.
天哪,我挂断电话之前忘了问她的电话号码。
The girl was talking and talking on the phone, but she suddenly hung up when her mother came into the room.
那个女孩在电话里聊天,但她母亲走进房间时,她突然挂了电话。
Turn in
上床睡觉
It's late; we'd better turn in, good night.
已经很晚了,我们最好上床睡觉,晚安。
She turned in quite early, but I stayed up and watched a film.
她很早就上床睡觉了,但我还是熬夜看了一部电影。
上报警察关于某人的事
The robber had been hiding for weeks, but finally he decided to turn in.
强盗躲藏了好几个星期,但最后他决定自首。
The watchman threatened to turn them in to the police unless they give him a share of the stolen goods.
看守人威胁说要把他们交给警察,除非他们给他一份赃物。
Call off
取消,停止
Quite a lot of flights were called off due to the storm last night.
由于昨夜的暴风雨,很多航班被取消了。
They called off their engagement because they couldn't agree on what rings to buy.
他们取消了订婚,因为他们不同意买什么戒指。
命令停止,制止
The dog bit the postman three times before it was called off.
那条狗咬了邮递员三次才被叫停。
We'll give in, please call off your men.
我们会让步的,请把你们的人叫走。
Tear off
用力撕掉,撕开分开
His collar and sleeves were torn off in the street fight, but fortunately he wasn't hurt much.
在巷战中,他的衣领和袖子被撕破了,但幸运的是他没有受伤。
Tear off a slip over there to get your number for queuing.
在那边撕下一张纸条去取你的排队号。
快速脱掉衣服
When they reached the oasis, everybody tore off their burnous and jumped into the water.
当他们到达绿洲时,每个人都脱掉了他们的头巾并一头扎进了水中。
It was only when he tore off the burglar's mask that he saw it was a woman.
当他撕开窃贼的面具时,他才发现那是一个女人。