| 单词 | switch-off |
| 释义 | switch-off[ swich-awf, -of ] / ˈswɪtʃˌɔf, -ˌɒf / nounthe act or process of switching off a power supply, light source, appliance, etc. Origin of switch-offnoun use of verb phrase switch off Words nearby switch-offswitch grass, switch-hit, switch-hitter, switching site, switchman, switch-off, switch-on, switchover, switch plate, switch plug, switch selling Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for switch-off
British Dictionary definitions for switch-offswitch off verb (adverb)to cause (a device) to stop operating by or as if by moving a switch, knob, or lever; turn off informal to cease to interest or be interested; make or become bored, alienated, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with switch-offswitch off Stop paying attention, lose interest, as in Whenever he starts in on economics, I switch off automatically. This metaphoric expression transfers turning off a light switch or similar device to diverting one's attention. [c. 1860] Also see switch on. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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