喜樂美語

這個拼法底下其實是3個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 turn on (start a machine) · turn on (attack suddenly) · turn on (make someone excited)

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turn on

A second word, same spelling

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turn on

A second word, same spelling

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turn on

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

turn onverb

  • 1

    To set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve.

    • Turn on the tap/faucet.
  • 2

    To power up, to put into operation, to start, to activate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).

    • Please turn the lights on so I can see what I'm reading.
    • Please turn on automatic updates.
  • 3

    To start operating; to power up, to become on.

    • My computer won't turn on.
  • 4

    To introduce (someone to something), and especially to fill them with enthusiasm (about it); to intoxicate, give pleasure to ( + to an object of interest or excitement).

    • Attractive packaging can turn buyers on to a product.
    • Attractive showroom models can turn buyers on.
  • 5

    To sexually arouse.

    • John's a maid fetishist. Maid outfits really turn him on.
    • You don't have to be beautiful to turn me on / I just need your body, baby, from dusk 'til dawn
  • 6

    slangTo take drugs.

    • "Well, they seem to always have dope up there, and I like to turn on, too." "You do?" "Sure. Cops is just people. I don't drink, so I gotta do something to get my kicks."
  • 7

    slangTo cause to take up drugs, especially hallucinogens.

    • In fact, many youngsters will not even turn on a close friend if they know he has never used drugs. And it is rare indeed for a youth to actively seek out people to turn on.
  • 8

    To aim at.

    • He turned the searchlight on the passing planes.
    • Cornered by the authorities, the shooter turned the gun on himself.
另外 4 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To rebel against; to suddenly attack.

    • Suddenly all his friends turned on him.
    • She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.
  • 10

    To cause (someone) to rebel against or suddenly attack (someone else).

    • We need to be thinking about what it means the way they are locking us up, and turning us on each other. We need to start fighting for our rights together.
  • 11

    To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject.

    • The argument turned on the question of whether or not jobs would be lost.
  • 12

    To lower, blocking the way and signalling that a train may not proceed.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。