| 单词 | churn |
| 释义 | churn1 /tʃɜːn $ tʃɜːrn/ ●○○ verb 1 [intransitive]SICK/VOMIT if your stomach churns, you feel sick because you are nervous or frightened 〔因紧张或惊慌而〕反胃 My stomach was churning on the day of the exam. 考试那天我胃里直翻腾。2 [intransitive, transitive] (also churn up)MOVE/CHANGE POSITION if water, mud etc churns, or if something churns it, it moves about violently （使）〔水、烂泥等〕剧烈翻腾 We watched the ocean churn. 我们看着大海波浪翻滚。3 [intransitive] if a machine, engine, wheel etc churns, it or its parts begin to move 〔机器、引擎、轮子等〕转动，运转 I pressed the gas pedal, and slowly the wheels began to churn. 我踩下油门踏板，车轮开始慢慢转动了起来。4. [transitive]TA to make milk by using a churn 〔用搅乳器〕搅〔乳〕5 churn something ↔ out phrasal verb MAKEto produce large quantities of something, especially without caring about quality 〔尤指不顾质量〕大量生产，粗制滥造 She’s been churning out novels for 20 years. 20年来她炮制了很多粗劣的小说。6 churn somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb a) DAMAGE churn something ↔ up to damage the surface of the ground, especially by walking on it or driving a vehicle over it 〔尤指由于行走或车辆辗压而〕损坏〔某物的表面〕 The lawn had been churned up by the tractor. 草坪被拖拉机轧坏了。b) MOVE/CHANGE POSITION churn something ↔ up to move water, mud etc around violently 〔猛烈地〕搅动，翻起〔水、烂泥等〕 The oars had churned up the mud, clouding the water. 船桨翻起淤泥，水变得一片浑浊。c) British EnglishUPSET to make someone upset or angry 使〔人〕心烦[生气] Though she looked calm, in reality she was churned up inside. 她虽然看起来很平静，但实际上心里非常气愤。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuschurn• He was now churning out drawings at a tremendous rate.• Once he mastered the formula, he could churn out scripts, finishing one in a record 24 hours.• Lowe knew the sects and the papers they churned out were going nowhere.• My mind churned with countless plots and schemes, conjuring up acts of untold terror and devastation.• This crowd must churn with pseudonyms, with noms de guerre.churn2 noun 1. TA[countable] a container used for shaking milk in order to make it into butter 〔制造黄油的〕搅乳器2. (also milk churn) [countable] British EnglishTA a large metal container used to carry milk in 〔金属〕奶桶3. [uncountable] the number of people who stop buying or using a company’s products or services during a particular period 客户流失量Examples from the Corpuschurn• An ice cream churn on a plow was more or less all that a crop sprayer was in its earlier inception.• I sat 60 foot under the stage, rooting my feet into the wooden earth, smelling the butter in the churn.• The milk was turning in the churn, but the butter would not come.From Longman Business Dictionarychurnchurn1 /tʃɜːntʃɜːrn/ noun [uncountable] MARKETING the number of customers who stop buying a service from a supplier in a particular period of time, either because they stop using the service or because they change to another supplierSYN TURNOVERISP churn rates average 4% to 8% a month.churnchurn2 verb → churn something → out→ See Verb tableOrigin churn2 Old English cyrinchurn1 verbchurn2 nounChinese Corpus Business your sick churns, if you feel stomach because |
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