| 单词 | switch |
| 释义 | switch (once / 358 pages) 1nv 2vn 3nv 4n If you and your friend are seated separately on an airplane, you can always ask a stranger if they will switch seats with you. To switch is to change or exchange. Switch can be a noun or verb, and in most cases it has the meaning of change. You can switch classes, political parties, or the radio station. Sometimes if you switch something with someone, they take yours and you take theirs — as in an exchange or trade. However, there is one unrelated and frightening meaning for the word. In the olden days, a form of punishment was to be hit with a thin, flexible, piece of wood called a switch. WORD FAMILYswitch: switched, switcher, switches, switching+/switcher: switchers/switching: switchings USAGE EXAMPLESIt also switched the state superintendent of education from an elected position to one appointed by the board. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) While players switch roles in practice to get the experience, using Burnett in that position is a last resort. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The red card switched the flow of possession. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit Syn|Hypo|Hyper electric switch, electrical switch commutator switch for reversing the direction of an electric current cutouta switch that interrupts an electric circuit in the event of an overload ignition switchswitch that operates a solenoid that closes a circuit to operate the starter button, push, push buttonan electrical switch operated by pressing selector, selector switcha switch that is used to select among alternatives three-point switch, three-way switchan electric switch that has three terminals; used to control a circuit from two different locations time-switcha switch set to operate at a desired time on-off switch, on/off switch, toggle, toggle switcha hinged switch that can assume either of two positions bell pusha button that is pushed to ring a bell dial, telephone diala disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called DIP switch, dual inline package switch(computer science) one of a set of small on-off switches mounted in computer hardware; used in place of jumpers to configure the machine for a user bell, buzzer, doorbella push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed horn buttona button that you press to activate the horn of an automobile mouse buttona push button on the mouse panic buttona button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency reset buttona push button that you press to activate the reset mechanism control, controller a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine 2n railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock Hyper railroad, railroad track, railway a line of track providing a runway for wheels 3v cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation 2switch on the light Syn|Hypo|Hyper flip, throw switch on, turn on cause to operate by flipping a switch cut, switch off, turn off, turn outcause to stop operating by disengaging a switch killcause to cease operating engage, lock, mesh, operate keep engaged 1v change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence Syn|Hyper exchange, switch over change by reversal, reverse, turn change to the contrary 2v exchange or give (something) in exchange for Syn|Hyper swap, swop, trade change, exchange, interchange give to, and receive from, one another 3v make a shift in or exchange of then we switched Syn|Hypo|Hyper change over, shift back shift to a counterclockwise direction veershift to a clockwise direction alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 4v reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) Syn|Hyper alternate, flip, flip-flop, interchange, tack change by reversal, reverse, turn change to the contrary 5v lay aside, abandon, or leave for another switch to a different brand of beer She switched psychiatrists Syn|Hypo change, shift change, commute, convert, exchange exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category changechange clothes; put on different clothes transition make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another) shiftchange gears breakchange suddenly from one tone quality or register to another channel-surf, surfswitch channels, on television jump, leappass abruptly from one state or topic to another diphthongise, diphthongizechange from a simple vowel to a diphthong cutmake an abrupt change of image or sound breakchange directions suddenly breakundergo breaking cut awaymove quickly to another scene or focus when filming 6n the act of changing one thing or position for another his switch on abortion cost him the election Syn|Hypo|Hyper shift, switching switcheroo a sudden unexpected switch change the action of changing something 7n an event in which one thing is substituted for another Syn|Hyper permutation, replacement, substitution, transposition fluctuation, variation an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change 8n a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other 3Hyper basketball play a play executed by a basketball team 1n a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment Hypo|Hyper birch, birch rod a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment canea stiff switch used to hit students as punishment ferulea switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children ratan, rattana switch made from the stems of the rattan palms instrument of punishment an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person 2v flog with or as if with a flexible rod 4Hyper flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip beat severely with a whip or rod n hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure Hyper false hair, hairpiece, postiche a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment |
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