He turned down the corner of the sheet to peep at the baby?

[sky753]

Hello Everyone,

In Longman there is a sentence under "turn": He turned down the corner of the sheet to peep at the baby.

I can't understand the "turn down the corner of the sheet" or imagine how the action of "turn down the corner of the sheet" are done.

Can you explain it to me here?

Thanks and Regards

Sky

 

[Rover_KE]

The baby's face was covered by a sheet.

He picked up a corner of the sheet and moved it out of the way so he could see its face.

Rover

 

[anhnha]

Can I just use "turn" instead of "turn down"?

 

[sky753]

Thank you! I had thought sheet is only for lying on but not under. And one of the reason why the baby is sleeping under a sheet is probably that the baby is lying in his or her cradle with strong sunshine . And the baby's parents are afraid that it will hurt the baby's eyes. They spread a sheet around the top of the cradle to protect the baby's eyes.

Is my guess right?

And why peep is used here ? Does the author use "peep" here to stress here "he" doesn't want to wake the baby up?

 

[Rover_KE]

Is my guess right?

Probably.

 

[emsr2d2]

Without further context, there is absolutely no way of telling why this specific baby in this specific cot is sleeping under this specific sheet. Babies sleep under lots of different things, depending on their parents' choices.

Here is a picture of a sheet/piece of material with the corner "turned down": http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-afHYOl5zSh4/Tuo29Q_bDXI/AAAAAAAACCo/nPFTcEppYXw/s1600/IMG_5820.JPG