| 词组 | churn |
| 释义 | churn Theme: FINANCIAL tr. [for a stockbroker] to cause a heavy turnover in the portfolio of an investor. (The broker collects commissions on each transaction.)I reported my broker for churning my account.They churn accounts to earn the commissions. churn verb to schedule unnecessary return visits to a doctor to increase fees US, 1991.► churn butterto have sex. Vietnam war usage; slang based on visual images US, 1991churn out churn out sth • churn sth out to quickly produce large quantities of something, especially without caring about quality: In recent years, large corporations have built overseas factories to churn out clothing and toys. She used to churn out at least one novel each year.■ SIMILAR TO: crank out AmE informal churn up 1. churn up sth • churn sth up if something churns up the ground, water, dust etc, it moves it around with a lot of force: Strong winds have churned up huge dust storms in the southern California this week. The storm churned up 10-foot waves off southern Thailand, sinking more than 20 boats.2. churn up sth • churn sth up to damage the surface of something, especially by walking on it or driving over it: Heavy trucks and buses are churning up the freeways. They put up a fence to keep the neighbourhood kids from churning up the lawn.■ SIMILAR TO: plough up churn outTo produce something in large quantities, often quickly and/or carelessly. A noun or pronoun can be used between "churn" and "out." That novelist seems to churn out a new bestseller every few months. I want to open a fine dining restaurant, not just some place that churns out burgers and fries. churn upTo cause the movement of something in a liquid (such as sediment of some kind) by stirring. A noun or pronoun can be used between "churn" and "up." I stirred the milk and churned up bits of chocolate powder that had settled to the bottom of the glass. Because we're so close to the shore, your oars will likely churn some pebbles up. churn something outto produce something in large numbers, perhaps carelessly. We churn toys out by the thousand. This factory can churn out these parts day and night. churn something upto stir up a liquid; to mix up material suspended in water. The oars of our boat churned the shallow water up, leaving little clouds of sediment in our wake. The oars churned up the mud. churn outProduce in an abundant and automatic manner, as in He churned out a novel every six months. This idiom transfers the turning of milk into butter to other kinds of production. [Early 1900s] churn outv. To produce something in an abundant and automatic manner: The author churns out four novels a year. Although the chairs look handmade, the company churns them out in a factory. churn tv. [for a stockbroker] to cause a heavy turnover in the portfolio of an investor. (The broker collects commissions on each transaction.) I reported my broker for churning my account. |
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