turn up
名词 n.
动词 v.
英文释义
名词 n.
- Alternative spelling of turn-up.
动词 v.
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To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly.
— Is this your t-shirt that turned up in my drawer?
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To cause to appear; to find by searching, etc.
— I spent hours in the archives, but couldn't turn up anything on the alleged criminal.
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To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
— Turn up the radio and sing along.
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To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc., upwards.
— He turned up his collar against the cold.
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To belay or make fast (a line on a cleat or pin).
— Turn up the main halyard.
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To party hard, especially when involving alcohol or drugs.
— We're going to turn up at the concert tonight.
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To acquit.
— Thirty-six were cast for death, and only one was ‘topped’ (hanged), the very one that expected to be ‘turned up’ (acquitted) for highway robbery.
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To sicken.
— ' […] fair turned me up.' 'You get used to these things, lad,' Inspector Moss said as they trudged heavy-footed up the stairs. 'Though I know what you mean. The first time I saw a dead woman my stomach turned over. […] '
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