churn

英 [tʃɜːn] 美 [tʃɜːrn]

• n. 搅乳器
• v. 搅拌；搅动；翻腾；〈口〉粗制滥造

英英释义

Noun:

1. a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk

Verb:

1. stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter

2. be agitated;

   "the sea was churning in the storm"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The sound of the swinging churn rocked Mrs. Thompson first into a gentle doze.
   搅乳器晃动的声音首先使得汤普生太太微微打盹。
2. With the churn under one arm, the man stamped down the path to the well.
   这位老兄一只手臂下夹着搅乳器，踏着重重的步伐顺着路走到水井边。

用作动词 (v.)

1. There is butter in milk, but one must churn the milk to get it.
   牛奶里面有牛油，但必须要把牛奶搅拌才能得到它。
2. Mother adds a spoon of baking-powder in the flour, and then begins to churn it up.
   妈妈往面粉中加了一小勺焙粉，然后开始搅拌。
3. The farmer used a plow to churn up the dirt.
   农夫用犁将土翻开。
4. My stomach started to churn when I thought about my exams.
   一想到考试,我的胃就开始翻腾。
5. She churns out romantic novels.
   她写了很多浪漫小说，质量很差。
6. Some pulp writers churn out two or three short stories a day.
   有些低级杂志的作家每天粗制滥造地写出两三篇短篇小说。

经典引文

• The wagon wheels had churned the yard to treacly clay.

  出自： W. Holtby

• Bills to pay later churned up my insides.

  出自： J. Betjeman

词汇搭配

• churn out 大量炮制
• milk churn 大奶桶
• churn drill 舂钻, 旋冲钻,石钻...
• churn room 搅乳工段
• barrel churn 圆筒式乳油制作...
• vane churn 翼桨式奶油制造机...
• churn lorry 奶桶卡车
• butter churn 黄油制作
• xanthating churn 黄原酸化搅拌器...
• churn drilling 舂钻
• working churn 带压炼的奶油搅拌器,...
• churn up 翻起

近反义词

【近义词】

• roil 搅浑
• mix 混合
• agitate 煽动
• shake 摇动
• whip 鞭子
• toss 投掷
• stir up 搅拌
• stir 激起
• blend 混合
• moil 辛劳工作
• butter churn 黄油制作
• boil 沸腾