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古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Turnpike
(n.)
A winding stairway.
Turnpike
(n.)
A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a
cheval-de-frise.
Turnpike
(v. t.)
To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road;
into a rounded form, as the path of a road.
Turnpiked
(imp. & p. p.)
of Turnpike
Turnpiking
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Turnpike
Turnplate
(n.)
A turntable.
Turnsole
(a.)
A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so
named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
Turnsole
(a.)
The sunflower.
Turnsole
(a.)
A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).
Turnsole
(a.)
The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
Turnsole
(a.)
Litmus.
Turnsole
(a.)
A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1
(d).
Turnspit
(n.)
One who turns a spit; hence, a person engaged in some
menial office.
Turnspit
(n.)
A small breed of dogs having a long body and short
crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on
which meat was roasting.
Turnstile
(n.)
A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage
of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See
Turnpike, n., 1.
Turnstile
(n.)
A similar arrangement for registering the number of
persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like.
Turnstone
(n.)
Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas
and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and
European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their
habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other
aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea
lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake.
Turntable
(n.)
A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars,
locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate.
Turnus
(n.)
A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly,
now regarded as one of the forms of Papilio, / Jasoniades, glaucus. The
wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an
orange-red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also
tiger swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail.
Turnverein
(n.)
A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.