turner

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɜː.nə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈtɝ.nɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who or that which turns.
    — Everyone kept turning around and craning their necks to look at the gaps, and Miss Griffin gave all the turners and craners paralyzing stares whenever she caught their eye.
  2. An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.
  3. An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI. historical
  4. A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.
  5. A kitchen utensil used for turning food.
  6. A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
  7. A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.

词形变化

turners plural turners plural turners plural

词汇关系

衍生词
cooking turner head-turner kitchen turner leaf-turner neck-turner page-turner pancake turner table-turner trick turner Turnerism U-turner woodturner

词源

词源 1
From Middle English turner, torner, tornere, turnere, turnare, equivalent to turn + -er. Also from Middle English turnour, tornour, tournour, turnoure, from Old French tornour, tourneour, tourneur, tornëor (“one who fashions something by turning”).
词源 2
From German Turner (“gymnast”).
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