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单词 switch
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switch

/swɪtʃ/
1
a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit
开关:

the guard hit a switch and the gate swung open.

守卫按了一下开关, 大门就打开了。

1.1
Computing a program variable which activates or deactivates a certain function of a program
【计算机】切换。
2
an act of adopting one policy or way of life, or choosing one type of item, in place of another; a change, especially a radical one
(政策, 生活方式, 挑选物品类型的)转变(尤指根本的改变):

his friends were surprised at his switch from newspaper owner to farmer.

他的朋友对他由一个报纸业主转而成为农民感到吃惊。

3
a slender flexible shoot cut from a tree
(树上砍下的)细软枝条。
4
N. Amer. a set of points on a railway track
〈北美〉(铁道的)道岔。
5
a tress of false or detached hair tied at one end, used in hairdressing to supplement natural hair
假发。
with obj.
1
change the position, direction, or focus of
改变(立场, 方向, 焦点):

the company switched the boats to other routes.

该公司把船调到了别的航线上。

1.1
adopt (something different) in place of something else; change
替换, 改变, 转变:

she's managed to switch careers.

她设法变换了职业。

1.2
no obj. adopt a new policy, position, way of life, etc.
转换(新政策, 立场, 生活方式等):

she worked as a librarian and then switched to journalism.

她先是做图书管理员, 然后改行到新闻界工作。

1.3
substitute (two items) for each other; exchange
调换; 交换:

after ten minutes, listener and speaker switch roles.

十分钟以后, 听话者和说话者调换角色。

2
archaic beat or flick with or as if with a switch
〈古〉(用枝条)击打; 轻拂。
派生词

switchable

adjective
词源
late 16th cent. (denoting a thin tapering riding whip): probably from Low German.
短语动词

switch something off

1
turn off an electrical device
关上电器。
1.1

switch off

informal cease to pay attention
〈非正式〉不再注意:

as he waffles on, I switch off.

当他开始絮叨时, 我就不再听了。

switch something on

turn on an electrical device
打开电器。
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