turn on phrasal verbphr v b) turn something ↔ onSWITCH ON OR OFF to make the supply of water, gas etc start flowing from something by turning a handle 打開〔自來水、煤氣等〕 OPP turn offHe turned on the gas and lit the stove. 他打開煤氣,點燃爐子。
‘I’m thirsty, ’ she said, turning on the tap. “我渴了。”她說着,打開了水龍頭。
c) turn on somebody also turn upon somebodyATTACK to suddenly attack someone, using physical violence or unpleasant words 〔用暴力或惡毒語言〕突然攻擊某人Peter turned on Rae and screamed, ‘Get out of my sight!’ 彼得突然沖着雷尖叫起來:“從我面前滾開!”
d) turn on something also turn upon somethingDEPEND/IT DEPENDS if a situation, event, argument etc turns on a particular thing or idea, it depends on that thing 取決於某事物,依某事物而定As usual, everything turned on how much money was available. 照例,一切都取決於有多少錢可以用。
e) turn somebody onATTRACT to make someone feel sexually excited 使某人感到性刺激The way he looked at her really turned her on. 他那樣地看着她,把她的性趣大大地逗了起來。
→ turn-on f) turn somebody onINTERESTED to interest someone, or to make someone become interested in something 使某人産生興趣Science fiction just doesn’t turn me on. 科幻小說根本提不起我的興趣。
turn somebody on toIt was Walter who turned me on to vegetarian food. 是沃爾特讓我喜歡上素食的。
g) turn on the charm also turn it on to suddenly start to be very nice, amusing, and interesting, especially in a way that is not sincere 施展魅力〔尤指並非出於真心〕Simon was good at turning on the charm at parties. 西蒙很會在聚會上施展魅力。
turn to• Tom turned the radio on to a station that played dance music.• I turned him on to it.• The other thing that turned me on to television was immediacy.• As Amin turned out on to the main road, there were two explosions, in quick succession.• The squeeze is, in turn, passed on to the next person.• Half closing my eyes, I turned and backed on to the porch.• And maybe for the first time in our lives, we turned that fury on to the world, away from ourselves.• Mr Cargill, he really turned me on to this stuff. turn on the charm• Wayne certainly knows how to turn on the charm when he wants something out of you.