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单词 switch off
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switch off

1. phrasal verb
If you switch off a light or other electrical device, you stop it working by operating a switch.
She switched off the coffee-machine. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
Glass parked the car and switched the engine off. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
[Also VERB PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
If you switch off, you stop paying attention or stop thinking or worrying about something.
[informal]
Thankfully, I've learned to switch off and let it go over my head. [VERB PARTICLE]
You may find you've got so many things to think about that it's difficult to switchoff. [VERB PARTICLE]
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switch off in British English

verb (adverb)
1. 
to cause (a device) to stop operating by or as if by moving a switch, knob, or lever; turn off
2.  informal
to cease to interest or be interested; make or become bored, alienated, etc

Examples of 'switch off' in a sentence
switch off

Now stop agonising, stop thinking about wretched Desmond and switch off.
Howatch, Susan ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
A tall, blond man appeared and snapped his fingers at one of the guards who hurried away to switch off the alarm.
MacNeill, Alistair ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
He allowed the professional part of himself to run finally down and switch off.
Curzon, Clare THE QUEST FOR K

In other languages
switch off

British English: switch off /swɪtʃ ɒf/ VERB
If you switch off an electrical device, you stop it working by operating a switch.
The driver switched off the headlights.
  • American English: switch off
  • Arabic: يَقْطَعُ التَّيَّارَ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: desligar
  • Chinese: 关电源
  • Croatian: isključiti
  • Czech: vypnout
  • Danish: slukke
  • Dutch: uitschakelen
  • European Spanish: apagar interruptor
  • Finnish: kytkeä pois päältä
  • French: éteindre
  • German: ausschalten
  • Greek: σβήνω μηχάνημα
  • Italian: spegnere
  • Japanese: 切る
  • Korean: 끄다
  • Norwegian: slå av
  • Polish: wyłączyć
  • European Portuguese: desligar
  • Romanian: a opri
  • Russian: выключать
  • Latin American Spanish: apagar
  • Swedish: stänga av
  • Thai: ปิดไฟ, ปิดสวิตช์
  • Turkish: kapatmak
  • Ukrainian: вимикати
  • Vietnamese: tắt

Chinese translation of 'switch off'

switch off

vt

  1. [light, engine, radio] 关(關)掉 (guāndiào)

vi

  1. (inf, = stop paying attention) 失去兴(興)趣 (shīqù xìngqù)
See switch
(phrasal verb) 
Thankfully, I've learned to switch off and let it go over my head.
Synonyms
turn off
See switch

Nearby words of
switch off

  • swirl
  • swish
  • switch
  • switch off
  • switch something off
  • switch something on
  • swivel

Related terms of
switch off

  • switch something off

Synonyms of 'switch off'

switch off

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