turning

Word family  noun turn upturn turning adjective upturned verb turn overturn

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turn·ing /ˈtɜːnɪŋ $ ˈtɜːr-/ noun [countable]  British EnglishTTR a road that connects with the one you are on 岔路口；拐弯处 SYN American English turn He must have taken a wrong turning in the dark. 他准是在黑暗中拐错弯了。 Take the first turning on the left. 到第一个拐弯处就向左拐。

Examples from the Corpus

turning• The opposite rudder is then applied to hold that nose direction and to prevent the glider from turning.• Some vague sound had alarmed her - a creak, a footstep, maybe even a door handle turning.• As we closed the hatch after us we heard a key turning in the lock of the door to the flat.• Astronomers had accidentally caught a comet in the act of turning into an asteroid.• Silly me - I had thought that that was party policy, but unfortunately there has been some turning of the tide.• Presumably the freezing or canning of peas or the turning of meat into sausages would amount to such an industrial process.• He must have taken a wrong turning in the dark.• He took a couple of wrong turnings in the gloom and was angry when he reached Jacqui's flat.taken ... wrong turning• He must have taken a wrong turning in the dark.

turn·ing nounChineseSyllable  

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turning
turn‧ing /ˈtɜːnɪŋ $ ˈtɜːr-/ noun [countable]British English a road that connects with the one you are on
   SYN  turn American English:
    He must have taken a wrong turning in the dark.
    Take the first turning on the left.

turn·ingBrE /ˈtɜːnɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtɜːrnɪŋ/ 🔊 (BrE) (also turn NAmE, BrE ) nouna place where a road leads away from the one you are travelling on 岔路口；拐弯处；转弯处◆Take the first turning on the right. 在第一个路口向右拐。🔊🔊◆I think we must have taken a wrong turning somewhere. 我觉得我们一定是在什么地方拐错了路。🔊🔊