turn-offn.

Brit. /ˈtəːnɒf/, U.S. /ˈtərnˌɔf/,

/ˈtərnˌɑf/

Forms: Also turnoff.

Etymology: < the verbal phrase turn off (to turn off at turn v. Phrasal verbs).

1. A turning off a main road; a side road; a junction where a track or road branches off a main road.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun] > place where road or path turns off

turningc1384

by-turninga1586

turn-off1888

turn-in1959

1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms III. xvii. 255 It's the wrong turn-off that makes a man lose his way.

1894 J. Winsor Cartier to Frontenac 151 The turn off at Lake Athabasca..would have conducted him to the northern tributaries of the Columbia.

1949 F. Sargeson I saw in my Dream xv. 237 The boss managed to keep the sheep nicely bunched together until he'd pushed them past the turn-off.

1955 E. Bowen World of Love xi. 221 The road due soon to go on without them to Galway, for soon would be coming the Turn Off.

1977 Times of Zambia 7 Sept. 5/5 The premises situate at Lukashya turn-off, Mungwi Road.

1980 Beautiful Brit. Columbia Summer 20 Access to Golden Ears Park is from a turnoff at Haney.

2. Disposal (of cattle) at market; the number or quantity marketed.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > [noun] > cattle

turn-off1960

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > disposal at market

turn-off1960

1960 Times 1 Oct. 7/7 The Territory's annual turn-off of 150,000 cattle.

1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Average annual turnoff of fat bullocks. R. M. Bowman.

1969 Northern Territory News (Darwin) Focus '69 30/3 Last year the turn-off from the Alice Springs pastoral district was more than 20,500 head, earning more than $2,750,000.

3. The action or an instance of turning (something) off, stopping, or causing to cease functioning.

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the world > action or operation > ceasing > [noun] > causing cessation of action or operation

arrestc1400

stanchingc1400

arresting1424

cessing1512

stay1537

surceasing1553

staying1563

cohibition1586

intercepting1598

interception1611

stoppage1657

arrestation1793

arrestment1836

stemming1914

turn-off1967

1967 Technol. Week 23 Jan. 52/1 (advt.) Each satellite was cycled through turn-off, cold soak, and restart during approximately 53 eclipses of the sun.

1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 1/1 ‘It's inconvenient, but it's bearable,’ she said of the electricity turnoffs.

1974 R. S. Bray in Ciba Symposium No. 20. 97 Another possible mechanism for the ‘turn off’ of the cellular immune system is a viraemia.

1978 S. Brill Teamsters iii. 104 Hicks attributed Kleindienst's unusual turnoff of the investigation to ‘the love affair between Fitzsimmons and Nixon’.

4. Something that repels, disgusts, or ‘turns one off’ (see to turn off 8 at turn v. Phrasal verbs). colloq.

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the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > [noun] > something which disgusts

slime1585

ipecacuanhaa1763

nastiness1831

sickener1853

disgustant1866

muck1882

pig's breakfast1933

ick1947

yuck1966

merde1968

scuzz1968

turn-off1975

put-off1977

1975 N.Y. Times 1 Nov. 18/1 Patrons dined on cervelle Grenobloise. ‘Sounds better in French,’ said the chef... ‘Brains is a turn-off.’

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 13 Mar. 6/6 Should it become unpleasant or prove a turn-off to either, they stop the game.

1982 Listener 23&30 Dec. 48/1 At first impression, this uneasy blend of piano quintet and violin sonata..was a gigantic, four-square turn-off.

Draft additions April 2002

turn-off point n. Astronomy = main adj.²

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1952 Astrophysical Jrnl. 116 474 The evolution to the right sets in rather sharply for any given star. Hence one should expect a fairly well-defined turnoff point in the H–R diagrams.

1978 R. J. Taylor Stars ii. 38 An essential feature of all these [Hertzsprung–Russell] diagrams..is that there is a turn-off point from the main sequence.

1994 Astron. & Astrophysics 288 475/1 Other observed features that are reproduced by the inclusion of binaries are..the appearance of ‘yellow straddler’ giants between the giant branch and the turn-off point, and the occurrence of ‘blue interlopers’ below the main sequence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	turn-off
释义	turn-offn. Brit. /ˈtəːnɒf/, U.S. /ˈtərnˌɔf/, /ˈtərnˌɑf/ Forms: Also turnoff. Etymology: < the verbal phrase turn off (to turn off at turn v. Phrasal verbs). 1. A turning off a main road; a side road; a junction where a track or road branches off a main road. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun] > place where road or path turns off turningc1384 by-turninga1586 turn-off1888 turn-in1959 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms III. xvii. 255 It's the wrong turn-off that makes a man lose his way. 1894 J. Winsor Cartier to Frontenac 151 The turn off at Lake Athabasca..would have conducted him to the northern tributaries of the Columbia. 1949 F. Sargeson I saw in my Dream xv. 237 The boss managed to keep the sheep nicely bunched together until he'd pushed them past the turn-off. 1955 E. Bowen World of Love xi. 221 The road due soon to go on without them to Galway, for soon would be coming the Turn Off. 1977 Times of Zambia 7 Sept. 5/5 The premises situate at Lukashya turn-off, Mungwi Road. 1980 Beautiful Brit. Columbia Summer 20 Access to Golden Ears Park is from a turnoff at Haney. 2. Disposal (of cattle) at market; the number or quantity marketed. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > [noun] > cattle turn-off1960 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > disposal at market turn-off1960 1960 Times 1 Oct. 7/7 The Territory's annual turn-off of 150,000 cattle. 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Average annual turnoff of fat bullocks. R. M. Bowman. 1969 Northern Territory News (Darwin) Focus '69 30/3 Last year the turn-off from the Alice Springs pastoral district was more than 20,500 head, earning more than $2,750,000. 3. The action or an instance of turning (something) off, stopping, or causing to cease functioning. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > [noun] > causing cessation of action or operation arrestc1400 stanchingc1400 arresting1424 cessing1512 stay1537 surceasing1553 staying1563 cohibition1586 intercepting1598 interception1611 stoppage1657 arrestation1793 arrestment1836 stemming1914 turn-off1967 1967 Technol. Week 23 Jan. 52/1 (advt.) Each satellite was cycled through turn-off, cold soak, and restart during approximately 53 eclipses of the sun. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 1/1 ‘It's inconvenient, but it's bearable,’ she said of the electricity turnoffs. 1974 R. S. Bray in Ciba Symposium No. 20. 97 Another possible mechanism for the ‘turn off’ of the cellular immune system is a viraemia. 1978 S. Brill Teamsters iii. 104 Hicks attributed Kleindienst's unusual turnoff of the investigation to ‘the love affair between Fitzsimmons and Nixon’. 4. Something that repels, disgusts, or ‘turns one off’ (see to turn off 8 at turn v. Phrasal verbs). colloq. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > [noun] > something which disgusts slime1585 ipecacuanhaa1763 nastiness1831 sickener1853 disgustant1866 muck1882 pig's breakfast1933 ick1947 yuck1966 merde1968 scuzz1968 turn-off1975 put-off1977 1975 N.Y. Times 1 Nov. 18/1 Patrons dined on cervelle Grenobloise. ‘Sounds better in French,’ said the chef... ‘Brains is a turn-off.’ 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 13 Mar. 6/6 Should it become unpleasant or prove a turn-off to either, they stop the game. 1982 Listener 23&30 Dec. 48/1 At first impression, this uneasy blend of piano quintet and violin sonata..was a gigantic, four-square turn-off. Draft additions April 2002 turn-off point n. Astronomy = main adj.² ΚΠ 1952 Astrophysical Jrnl. 116 474 The evolution to the right sets in rather sharply for any given star. Hence one should expect a fairly well-defined turnoff point in the H–R diagrams. 1978 R. J. Taylor Stars ii. 38 An essential feature of all these [Hertzsprung–Russell] diagrams..is that there is a turn-off point from the main sequence. 1994 Astron. & Astrophysics 288 475/1 Other observed features that are reproduced by the inclusion of binaries are..the appearance of ‘yellow straddler’ giants between the giant branch and the turn-off point, and the occurrence of ‘blue interlopers’ below the main sequence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). > as lemmas turn-off turn-off adj. and n. (a) adj. that is turned off, or turns off; that is taken or got off by turning or screwing; (b) n. that which is turned off; in quot., the quantity of any product finished and disposed of. Π 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xviii. 135/1 A Turn off screwed barrell is a barrell of two peeces and screwed together iust at the height of the charge. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xviii. 135/1 Turn off vnscrewed, is when the barrell is in two peeces as foresaid and the top part bored round. 1889 Daily News 5 Aug. 11/3 The turnoff from looms is very limited, prices very steady. Bleached and finished stocks are very small. extracted from turn-comb. form < n.1888 as lemmas
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turn-offn.

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