【churn】 - SAT备考词汇

churn

UK:  [tʃɜː(r)n]

US:  [tʃɜrn]

复数：churns  过去分词：churned  现在分词：churning  

n.

1.转动搅拌筒

2.搅抖器

3.乳化器

4.搅乳器

5.冒口

6.(提制奶油用的)搅乳桶;〔英国〕奶桶;【纺织;印染】黄化鼓;【机械工程】摇转搅拌桶

v.

1.用搅乳器搅拌

2.(用搅乳桶)搅拌(牛奶等),制造(奶油等)

3.用力搅拌(使起泡沫)

4.〔口语〕频繁地买进卖出(股票)

5.(浪等)猛烈冲洗海岸,(风)翻腾(波浪),(牛乳等)发泡

6.打出水花

1 . He said the high turnover mostly involved churn of the stock between existing shareholders.
这位人士表示，这么高的成交量主要是由股票在现有股东之间的频繁倒手所致。

2 . Indeed, world leaders seem to be competing with one another to churn out ever more ambitious targets on global warming.
实际上，各国首脑似乎在彼此较着劲，争先炮制出更具挑战性的应对全球变暖的目标。

3 . The system used to work like a charm. But these days, I churn out leptin like it's going out of style and his brain doesn't get the message.
这个系统以前就像魔法那样管用，但是最近这些日子里，尽管我分泌了大量的消瘦素，但它们似乎已经不起作用了，主人的大脑根本没有任何反应。

4 . Producing a calorie of chicken protein requires only a fraction of the energy that it takes to churn out a calorie of beef protein.
生产一卡路里的鸡肉蛋白质只占生产等量牛肉所需能量的一小部分。

5 . Therefore, it should not be surprising to see the index churn around current level for a couple of days before heading lower again.
因此指数再次下探之前在当前点位来回震荡是不足为奇的。