i.to empty something completely by taking out the contents 掏空,清空
The policeman made him turn out his pockets.
警察让他把口袋里的东西都掏出来。
ii.British EnglishBrE to take out everything in a room, drawer etc and clean the room etc thoroughly 彻底清理〔房间、抽屉等〕
Lea decided to turn out the attic.
利决定把阁楼彻底清理一下。
Examples from the Corpus
turn out• We wanted the baby to be born at home, but it didn't quite turn out as planned.• How did things turn out in the end?• As it turned out, James was delayed and didn't arrive until three.• The thieves had turned out the drawer, scattering the contents on the floor.• Don't forget to turn out the lights when you go to bed, okay Annie?• The headteacher told them to turn out their pockets.• I was a bitdoubtful at first, but it turned out to be a really good idea.• We were worried when only twenty people came to the party but it turned out very well.
turn out well/badly/fine etc• And as I watch Scottie try to turn this woman into Madeleine, I hope that everything will turn out fine.• I promise you it will all turn out fine.• If Willy Loman had only had it so good, his kids might have turned out better.• Perhaps it hadn't turned out well, and he'd been blamed.• Everything will turn out well because you are not doing it for selfishreasons.• Yes: the day was turning out well, despite the rain.• Readingturned out badly, much worse than I had feared.• He has turned out badly, my young uncle, a delinquent practically.
turn the light out• I take the car up as far as it will go, then turn the lights out.• They turned the lights out and sat in fear.• He turned the light out as the clergyman left the room.• Would you mindturning the light out, Robert?
turn for• And even more turned out for a follow-up evening session in early 1996.• He turns out for Alderton in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Sunday league.• Read in studioVoice over Kevin Maxwell has caused a stir by turning out for his villagecricketteam.• I turned out forNorth Melbourne in 1948-49, but for some reason was not selected for Victoria.• The large blackpopulation of those four biggest states will not turn out forPat Buchanan.• This could all turn out for the best if he played his cards right.• Well, that may turn out for the best.• And Hoddle's Heroes ... a townturns out for the big salute.• How many people turned out for the parade?
well/beautifully/badly etc turned out• Mr. Russ's deputy was Mr. Windust, then probably in his late thirties - always smart and well turned out.• He looks trim and well turned out in a new darksuit.
turn out phrasal verb ⇨turn out (turn out to be true)⇨happen (turn out well)⇨manufacture (The school turned out some fine students.)⇨turn sth off (turn out the lights)turn out
phrasal verb
turn out ♦︎ emerge ♦︎ come out ♦︎ come to light ♦︎ get out ♦︎ transpire ♦︎ leak outThese words are all used to talk about unknown information that becomes known.这些词均表示未知信息为人所知、披露、公开。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆news / the truth emerges / comes out / gets out / leaks out◆It turns out / emerges / transpires that...◆it now turns out / emerges / transpires...◆to turn out / emerge / come out / come to light / transpire later◆to turn out / emerge / transpire / leak out subsequently◆to turn out / emerge / come out / come to light finally■ˌturn ˈout
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to be finally discovered to be sth, especially when this is unexpected原来是,结果是(尤指结果出人意料)◆The job turned out to be harder than we thought.结果这工作比我们想象的要难。◆It turned out that she was a friend of my sister.她原来是我姐姐的朋友。■emerge iˈmɜːdʒ; NAmEiˈmɜːrdʒ [intransitive] (ratherformal) (of facts, ideas or evidence) to become known(事实、意见或证据)显露,为人所知◆No new evidence emerged during the investigation.调查过程中未发现新证据。◆It emerged that the company was going to be sold.这家公司准备出售一事已浮出水面。◆One thing emerges very clearly from this study.通过这项研究,弄清楚了一件事。■ˌcome ˈout
phrasal verb
(came, come)(of news, an account of sth or the truth) to become known to people(消息、说法或真相)显露,为人所知◆The full story came out at the trial.案情始末在审判时真相大白。◆It came out that he'd been telling lies.后来才知道他一直在说谎。■come to ˈlight
idiom
(came, come)(of evidence or knowledge) to become known(证据或知识)为人所知,披露◆New evidence has recently come to light.新的证据最近已经披露。■ˌget ˈout
phrasal verb
(getting, got, got; NAmEspokengetting, got, gotten) (not usually used in the progressive tenses通常不用于进行时) (ratherinformal) (of secret information) to become known(秘密信息)泄露,为人所知◆If this gets out there'll be trouble.这事要是被人知道就麻烦了。■transpiretrænˈspaɪə(r)
verb
[intransitive] (not usually used in the progressive tenses通常不用于进行时) (formal) (of secret or unknown information) to become known(秘密或未知信息)公开,透露,为人所知◆It transpired that the gang had had a contact inside the bank.据报这伙歹徒在银行里有内应。◆This story, it later transpired, was untrue.后来得知,此事纯属编造。■ˌleak ˈout
phrasal verb
(not usually used in the progressive tenses通常不用于进行时) (ratherinformal) (of secret information) to become known to the public(秘密信息)泄露,走漏,被公开◆Details of the plan soon leaked out.计划的细节很快就泄露出去了。 see also leak ⇨ revealNOTE辨析 Get out or leak out?Leak out is used especially to talk about information that is only known by people inside a particular organization, for example a government. Information may get out either by accident or deliberately. If information leaks out, it is usually done deliberately, for example in order to influence or damage the organization. * leak out尤指仅被政府等特定组织内部人员知晓的信息泄露出来。get out指信息因意外或故意泄露出来。leak out通常指信息被人故意泄露,如为了影响或损害此组织。