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churn

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they churn
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he / she / it churns
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past simple churned
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past participle churned
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-ing form churning
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] if water, mud, etc. churns, or if something churns it (up), it moves or is moved around violently剧烈搅动；（使）猛烈翻腾
    • churn (up) The water churned beneath the huge ship.水在巨轮下面剧烈翻滚。🔊🔊
    • churn something (up) Vast crowds had churned the field into a sea of mud.大批大批的人把场地踩得一片泥泞。🔊🔊
  2. [intransitive, transitive] churn (something) if your stomach churns or if something churns your stomach, you feel a strong, unpleasant feeling of worry or fear反胃，恶心（忧虑、厌恶或恐惧的强烈感觉）
    • My stomach churned as the names were read out.名单一宣布，我就觉得胃里翻腾得难受。🔊🔊
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  3. [transitive, intransitive] churn (somebody) (up) to make somebody feel upset or emotionally confused（使）感到不安，心烦意乱
    • It churns me up inside to think what might have happened.这让我心烦意乱，以为可能会发生什么。
    • Conflicting emotions churned inside him.相互矛盾的情绪使他感到心烦意乱。🔊🔊
  4. [transitive] churn something to turn and mix milk in a special container in order to make butter 用搅乳器搅（乳，以制作黄油）
    5. Word OriginOld English cyrin, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German kerne and Old Norse kirna.

churn

noun
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  1. a machine in which milk or cream is shaken to make butter（制作黄油的）搅乳器
  2. (British English) a large metal container in which milk was carried from a farm in the past（旧时）盛奶大罐，奶桶
  3. (also churn rate)
     (business商业) the number of people who stop using a product and change to another or who leave the company they work for and go to another 客户流失率；员工流失率
    4. Word OriginOld English cyrin, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German kerne and Old Norse kirna.