调转船头 meaning in English

round a boat off

By tacking about , we were able to avoid the enemy guns
我们摆动著船帆不停地调转船头，才得以躲过敌人的炮弹。
Halt the ship ! start to sail
调转船头，该远航了
When he had pulled a mile above the village , he started quartering across and bent himself stoutly to his work
他划离了村子有一英哩时，调转船头，全力以赴，冲着对岸径直划过去。
But the voyage was not ended . they turned the bowsprit towards sardinia , where they intended to take in a cargo , which was to replace what had been discharged
但这次航行并未结束，他们又调转船头驶向了撒丁岛，预备在那儿把已御空的船再装满。
When first i discover d them , i was going to give over my enterprise , and come back again , not knowing how far it might oblige me to go out to sea ; and above all , doubting how i should get back again ; so i came to an anchor ; for i had made me a kind of an anchor with a piece of a broken graplin , which i got out of the ship
一开始发现这些礁石时，我几乎想放弃这次航行，调转船头往回走，因为我不知道要向外海走多远，而且，我更怀疑自己能不能回到岛上。于是，我就下了锚-我用从船上取下来的一只破铁钩做了锚。