单词 | turn off |
释义 | turn off1. phrasal verb If you turn off the road or path you are going along, you start going along a different road or path which leads away from it. The truck turned off the main road along the gravelly track which led to the farm. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He turned off only to find he was trapped in a town square with no easy exit. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. See also turn-off 3. phrasal verb When you turn off a piece of equipment or a supply of something, you stop heat, sound, or water being produced by adjusting the controls. The light's a bit too harsh. You can turn it off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] I have to get up and turn off the radio. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Their water was turned off weeks ago without explanation. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 4. phrasal verb If something turns you off a particular subject or activity, it makes you have no interest in it. What turns teenagers off science and technology? [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] Teaching off a blackboard is boring, and undoubtedly turns people off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] [Also VERB PARTICLE noun]5. phrasal verb If something or someone turns you off, you do not find them sexually attractive or they stop you feeling sexually excited. [informal] Aggressive men turn me off completely. [VERB noun PARTICLE] [Also VERB PARTICLE noun] 6. See also turn-off More Synonyms of turn off See full dictionary entry for turnturn-offWord forms: plural turn-offs 1. countable noun A turn-off is a road leading away from a major road or a motorway. 2. countable noun [usually singular] Something that is a turn-off causes you to lose interest or sexual excitement. [informal]More Synonyms of turn off turn off in British Englishverb 1. to leave (a road, pathway, etc) 2. (of a road, pathway, etc) to deviate from (another road, etc) 3. (tr, adverb) to cause (something) to cease operating by turning a knob, pushing a button, etc to turn off the radio 4. (transitive) informal to cause (a person, etc) to feel dislike or distaste for (something) this music turns me off 5. (tr, adverb) British informal to dismiss from employment noun turn-off 6. a road or other way branching off from the main thoroughfare 7. informal a person or thing that elicits dislike or distaste turn off in American English1. to leave (a road, path, etc.) and enter another branching off 2. to branch off said of a road, path, etc.3. a. to stop a flow of (water, gas, electricity, etc.) b. to close (a faucet, valve, etc.) so as to stop a flow c. to make (an electrical device) stop functioning by operating the controls 4. to stop displaying or showing, suddenly or automatically to turn off a smile 5. to deflect; divert 6. US, Slang to cause (someone) to become bored, depressed, uninterested, etc. 7. British to discharge (an employee) Examples of 'turn off' in a sentence |
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