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单词 kill switch
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Definition of kill switch in English:

kill switch

noun
  • 1A mechanism for switching off a machine abruptly, especially in an emergency.

    it is handy to have a strategically placed kill switch to stop the engine immediately
    Example sentencesExamples
    • An emergency stop switch, hardwired into the kill switch of the ignition, was placed on top of the dashboard.
    • Would you really get on an airplane and fly 30,000 feet in the air if you thought one little kill switch could take it down?
    • The boat, which would normally be stopped by a kill switch, continued out to open sea minus the driver who was left to swim to shore.
    • Afraid of engine seizure or an explosion, Mort hit the kill switch.
    • After the deaths, NASCAR started looking at new safety features, such as kill switches for motors.
    • He duly stopped the bike, hit the kill switch and we took off our lids.
    • Often, kill switches are used to protect people from sustaining an injury or being killed.
    • A spokesman for Bundoran RNLI said that a life jacket and having an emergency kill switch fitted to the engine had helped save the man's life.
    • After I hit the kill switch and coasted into Mac's garage that night, my lovely car never came to life again.
    • When you're running a small boat on the Missouri River today, be sure to use a tethered kill switch on the engine.
    1. 1.1 A computer function for disabling software or a device remotely.
      83 percent of the smartphone owners surveyed believed a kill switch would reduce phone theft
      Example sentencesExamples
      • U.S. stock exchanges agreed with regulators to reforms, including a kill switch that would halt trading during emergencies.
      • Now, a major publisher of top writers has flipped the kill switch on 40 of its ebooks on Amazon.
      • U.S. law enforcement officials have been demanding that manufacturers create kill switches to combat surging smartphone theft across the country.
      • There is some anecdotal evidence that some software vendors install kill switches in their software to enforce planned obsolescence.
      • Electronic measures, kill switches, can remove the eBook from your reader at the copyright holder's discretion.
      • Software kill switches have been shown to have varying degrees of success, as false positives have been known to occur.
      • The website also suggested that a built-in kill switch could be used to remotely kill and remove malware.
      • Militaries want laws regarding cyber weapons, laws enabling wholesale surveillance, and laws mandating an Internet kill switch.
      • Data retention laws and Internet kill switches won't work and they'll all make us less safe.
 
 

Definition of kill switch in US English:

kill switch

noun
  • 1A mechanism for switching off a machine abruptly, especially in an emergency.

    it is handy to have a strategically placed kill switch to stop the engine immediately
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He duly stopped the bike, hit the kill switch and we took off our lids.
    • Often, kill switches are used to protect people from sustaining an injury or being killed.
    • An emergency stop switch, hardwired into the kill switch of the ignition, was placed on top of the dashboard.
    • After I hit the kill switch and coasted into Mac's garage that night, my lovely car never came to life again.
    • Would you really get on an airplane and fly 30,000 feet in the air if you thought one little kill switch could take it down?
    • Afraid of engine seizure or an explosion, Mort hit the kill switch.
    • A spokesman for Bundoran RNLI said that a life jacket and having an emergency kill switch fitted to the engine had helped save the man's life.
    • When you're running a small boat on the Missouri River today, be sure to use a tethered kill switch on the engine.
    • After the deaths, NASCAR started looking at new safety features, such as kill switches for motors.
    • The boat, which would normally be stopped by a kill switch, continued out to open sea minus the driver who was left to swim to shore.
    1. 1.1 A computer function for disabling software or a device remotely.
      83 percent of the smartphone owners surveyed believed a kill switch would reduce phone theft
      Example sentencesExamples
      • U.S. stock exchanges agreed with regulators to reforms, including a kill switch that would halt trading during emergencies.
      • Militaries want laws regarding cyber weapons, laws enabling wholesale surveillance, and laws mandating an Internet kill switch.
      • U.S. law enforcement officials have been demanding that manufacturers create kill switches to combat surging smartphone theft across the country.
      • There is some anecdotal evidence that some software vendors install kill switches in their software to enforce planned obsolescence.
      • Data retention laws and Internet kill switches won't work and they'll all make us less safe.
      • Now, a major publisher of top writers has flipped the kill switch on 40 of its ebooks on Amazon.
      • Electronic measures, kill switches, can remove the eBook from your reader at the copyright holder's discretion.
      • Software kill switches have been shown to have varying degrees of success, as false positives have been known to occur.
      • The website also suggested that a built-in kill switch could be used to remotely kill and remove malware.
 
 
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