switch佣兵传说中文

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switch
/ switF /

◙ noun
1. a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit
• 开关
»the guard hit a switch and the gate swung open.
  守卫按了一下开关，大门就打开了。
  [Computing] a program variable which activates or deactivates a certain function of a program
• [计算机] 切换
2. an act of adopting one policy or way of life, or choosing one type of item, in place of another; a change, especially a radical one
• （政策，生活方式，挑选物品类型的）转变（尤指根本的改变）
»his friends were surprised at his switch from newspaper owner to farmer.
  他的朋友对他由一个报纸业主转而成为农民感到吃惊。
3. a slender flexible shoot cut from a tree
• （树上砍下的）细软枝条
4. [N. Amer.] a set of points on a railway track
• [北美] （铁道的）道岔
5. a tress of false or detached hair tied at one end, used in hairdressing to supplement natural hair
• 假发
◙ verb, [with obj.]
1. change the position, direction, or focus of
• 改变（立场，方向，重点）
»the company switched the boats to other routes.
  该公司改变了船的航线。
  adopt (something different) in place of something else; change
• 改变，转变
»she's managed to switch careers.
  她设法变换了职业。
  [no obj.] adopt a new policy, position, way of life, etc
• 转换（新政策，立场，生活方式等）
»she worked as a librarian and then switched to journalism.
  她先是做图书管理员，然后改行到新闻界工作。
  substitute (two items) for each other; exchange
• 调换；交换
»after ten minutes, listener and speaker switch roles.
  十分钟以后，听话者和说话者调换角色。
2. (archaic)beat or flick with or as if with a switch
• [古] 击打；轻弹

【派生】

♦ switchable adjective

【语源】

1. late 16th cent. (denoting a thin tapering riding whip): probably from Low German

【PHR V】

◘ switch something off
1. turn off an electrical device
• 关上电器
(switch off)[informal] cease to pay attention
• [非正式] 不再注意
»as he waffles on, I switch off.
当他开始絮叨时，我就不再听了。
◘ switch something on
1. turn on an electrical device
• 打开电器