turn downとは

意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

turn down (三人称単数 現在形 turns down, 現在分詞 turning down, 過去形および過去分詞形 turned down)

1. (idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.

   He turned down all our offers of help.

   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1962, page 17:

     A local doctor had bought one canvas and but for that lucky chance he would have been out of pocket. Now he was muttering grumpily at Edmund, "Have to get something better this trip, Edmund. Got to pull up somehow or buyers will be turnin' us down. Sales been gettin' worse and worse these last years."

2. (idiomatic) To reduce the power, etc. of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.

   Turn down the television so I can hear myself think.

   When it starts to boil, turn down the heat to a simmer.

3. (idiomatic) To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction.

   Turn down the blankets to let them air out.

使用する際の注意点

In all senses the object may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle.

反意語

• (refuse): accept
• (reduce power): turn up

関連する語

• turn over

名詞

turndown (複数形 turndowns)

1. A downturn.
   • 2009, January 3, “Amy Zipkin”, in Drugstores, Too, Feel Recession Pain‎^[1]:

     In past recessions, drugstores were virtually immune from a turndown.

2. A rejection.
3. (hotels) The service of turning down the bedcovers and often leaving chocolates, etc., on the pillow.
4. A downward pointing extension to a vehicle muffler.

形容詞

turndown (not comparable)

1. Capable of being turned down, or decreased in intensity.

   a turndown lamp

2. Made to wear with the upper part turned down.

   a turndown collar

アナグラム

• down-turn, downturn