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churned

/churn/US // tʃɜrn //UK // (tʃɜːn) //

汹涌的,汹涌澎湃的,搅动的,汹涌澎湃

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter.
    • : any of various containers or machines similar in shape or action to a butter churn, as a device for mixing beverages.
    • : British. a large milk can.
    • : an act of churning stocks by a stockbroker.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to agitate in order to make into butter: to churn cream.
    • : to make by the agitation of cream.
    • : to shake or agitate with violence or continued motion: The storm churned the sea.
    • : to turn over and over in the mind: His brain slowly churned all the choices and possibilities.
    • : to trade excessively in order to earn more in commissions.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to operate a churn.
    • : to move or shake in agitation, as a liquid or any loose matter: The leaves churned along the ground.
    • : to be changing rapidly or be in a confused state: Her emotions churned as she viewed the horrific photos.
    • : to have a queasy feeling, as from anxiety or disgust: My insides were churning at the thought of being on stage.
    • : to engage in the practice of churning.
  1. 1
    • : churn out, to produce mechanically, hurriedly, or routinely: He was hired to churn out verses for greeting cards.

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Examples

  • The board is powerless by design to step in and address the constant churn of disinformation, hate speech or questionable content that’s live on the site.

  • Invariably, it happens late on a Friday afternoon, maximizing the chances that the news gets lost in the churn and forgotten by Monday.

  • The churn was pretty high at the conclusion of those 12 weeks, in part because there was a fairly steep increase in price because we are not the cheapest product out there, given the quality of our journalism.

  • Companies are increasingly realizing they need to keep engaging staff who are working remote — without overburdening them — otherwise it leads to a lack of motivation and staff churn.

  • The four or five thrillers a year that de Villiers churned out from 1966 until his death in 2013 were amazingly trashy.

  • Even as he churned out works decrying the evils of capital, he was extremely entrepreneurial and owned a fair amount of property.

  • Barthas would look out on scenes of churned up earth filled with human remains and the debris of thousands of pulverized lives.

  • It should be no surprise that SNL churned out a solid episode with Dunham as a host.

  • My stomach churned as I called him to share the devastating news that our card had been compromised.

  • In summer the cream should be churned on the following day; in winter it may stand over two days.

  • The more quickly milk or cream is churned, the paler, the softer, and the less rich the butter.

  • Cream, according to Mr. Aiton, may be safely churned in an hour and a half, while milk ought to obtain from two to three hours.

  • The hoops to have holes in the bottom; the crushings are saved, and set, and churned, to grease the cheese.

  • But they only churned uselessly in the drift; their hoofs could find no footing, save the yielding masses of snow.