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词汇 switch
释义 switch
noun
uk /swɪtʃ/ us /swɪtʃ/

switchnoun (DEVICE)


B1[ C ]
a small device, usually pushed up or down with your finger, that controls and turns on or off an electric current: 开关
a light switch电灯开关
Can you flip the switch?你能打开那个开关吗?
 
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 switches[ plural ]US(mainly UKpoints)
a place on a railway track where the rails (= metal bars on which the trains travel) can be moved to allow a train to change from one track to another: (铁路的)道岔,转辙器
The train rattled as it went over the switches.火车哐啷哐啷驶过道岔。
 
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You turn the television on by flipping the switch at the side.
Mysteriously, the light came on, although no one was near the switch.奇怪的是,灯亮了,尽管没有人靠近开关。
An additional power switch for the radio is handily located next to the steering wheel.在方向盘旁边顺手的位置加装了一个收音机电源开关。
She flicked the on-off switch.
All these machines operate at the flick of a switch.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Electrical switches & connections
clicker
coaxial
corded
dimmer
dimmer switch
junction box
national grid
outlet
override
patch
patch someone through
pause
plug
plug (something) in/plug (something) into something
plug-in
powerbank
spark plug
switchboard
terminal
wire

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Railways & railway lines

switchnoun (CHANGE)


[ C ]
a sudden or complete change, especially of one person or thing for another: 突然改变,彻底改变;调换;转换
When did the writer make the switch from fiction to non-fiction?
The switch to new accounting software greatly improved the organization's bookkeeping.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Change and changes
adaptive evolution
adjustment
alteration
anti-evolutionism
be ahead of the curveidiom
evolutionary
evolutionism
flatten
flip-flop
fluctuation
recalibration
reconversion
reformation
regime change
reinterpretation
unspool
unspooling
unsteadily
unsteady
untick
switch
verb[ T, Iusually+ adv/prep ]
uk /swɪtʃ/ us /swɪtʃ/

switchverb[T, I usually + adv/prep] (DEVICE)


B1
to use a switch to change a device from one state or type of operation to another: 打开(开关);关闭(开关);转换
switch the TV off/on关/开电视
Are you positive that you saw me switch the iron off?你肯定你看到我关掉了熨斗的开关吗?
By toggling this key, you can switch the italics on and off.用这个键来切换,你能够打开和关闭斜体字。
Could you switch on the radio?你能把收音机打开吗?
She switched to another channel to watch the football.
The computer takes a few seconds to power up after it's been switched on.计算机开机后需要几秒钟的启动时间。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Electricity & electronics
anodize
anti-static
arc
bitstream
brownout
capacitance
chargeable
electricity
high-voltage
homing
induction
linesman
magnet
multimeter
negatively
non-electric
non-electrical
non-electronic
solid-state
transistorized

switchverb[T, I usually + adv/prep] (CHANGE)


B2
to change suddenly or completely, especially from one thing to another, or to exchange by replacing one person or thing with another: 突然改变,彻底改变;调换;转换
She started studying English, but switched to History in her second year.
In 1971, Britain switched over(= changed completely)to a decimal currency.1971年,英国改用十进制货币。
After the bank robbery, the gang switched cars (= left one car and got into another).抢劫银行后,匪徒们换了汽车。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to make different
changeShe'll always be like that - you can't change her.
alterWe've had to alter our plans.
varyTry to vary the children's diet a little.
convertWe're going to convert the spare bedroom into an office.
turn intoThere are plans to turn his latest book into a film.
transformThe riverside area has been transformed into a shopping and sports complex.
The robbers switched the painting for a fake.
We used to have oil-fired central heating, but now we've switched to gas.
Many European countries have now switched over to the Euro.
He's decided to switch the meeting from Monday to Thursday.
Will you switch shifts with me on Friday?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Changing
about-face
about-turn
alterable
altered
alternate
churn
make an about-turn
make something into something
malleable
meta
metamorphose
morph
mutate
pervert
revolutionize
rollback
rotation
rotational
sanitization
transcribe

Phrasal verbs


switch off
switch something on
switch out something
switch up
switch something up

switch | American Dictionary


switch
noun[ C ]
us/swɪtʃ/

switchnoun[C] (DEVICE)


a device that controls an electric current and turns it on or off:
Flip a switch and the coffee makes itself.

switchnoun[C] (STICK)


a thin stick that bends easily and is used esp. for hitting animals

switchnoun[C] (CHANGE)


a sudden or complete change from one thing to another, or an exchange of one person or thing for another:
The team made a switch to a smaller, quicker lineup.
switch
verb[ I/T ]
us/swɪtʃ/

switchverb[I/T] (CHANGE)


to change suddenly or completely from one thing to another, or to exchange one person or thing with another:
[ T ]Jeff decided to switch his major from engineering to medicine.
[ I ]I used to have tapes, but I switched to CDs.

Idiom


switch gears

Phrasal verbs


switch on/off something
switch over

switch | Business English


switch
noun
uk /swɪtʃ/us
a complete change of one thing for another:
a switch from/to sthThe switch to a flat rate of tax could boost spending.
Banks are encouraging customers to make the switch from paper to electronic statements.
COMMUNICATIONS, IT
a piece of equipment in a network that receives electronic data and sends it to the right place
a small part or object that you move or press to make a light come on, make a machine start working, etc.:
press/flick the switch

See also


bait-and-switch
switch
verb
uk /swɪtʃ/us
[ I or T ]
to change from one thing, system, etc. to another, or make something do this:
switch to sthInternet users should consider switching to a web-based bank.
switch from sth to sthThe charity has switched from TV advertising to direct mail.
switch provider(s)/supplier(s)You could save money by switching energy suppliers.
The report found that only about 6% of current account customers switch banks each year.
switch brand/mortgage/service
See also
packet switching

Phrasal verb


switch sth off/on

Examples of switch


switch
Bilingual language switching in naming: asymmetrical costs of language selection.
Language switching in bilinguals as a function of stimulus and response uncertainty.
The next three columns give times for the situation with one of e, g, p switches off (relative to the default case).
Decreasing these levels and increasing the bandwidth of the feedback controller will increase valve switching and consequently pneumatic energy consumption.
A single button press switches to a different system configuration, enabling rapid comparisons between patches.
Can such switches be attributed to strategic calculations?
We searched for interaction efforts between modules; the flexible frame switches naturally, without actuating it.
Simulations of the adaptive belief system give rise to endogenous switches between forecasts at intervals of varying length.
Immediately after switching on the neutral beam, fast particles exist mainly in the passing region.
Negative autocorrelation in long-run stock market returns means that longterm investors could engage in profitable market timing by switching between equities and bonds.
The matrix mixer is operated by a technician who must follow very precise instructions in the score for switching audio connections during performance.
Thus, an increase in 0 raises the fixed costs of learning and discourages switching.
Therefore, we modify the designed discontinuous time optimal control around the switching instants to decrease the influence of the discontinuities.
We see that the optimal policy is switching between stations 1 and 2 three times, so it is not characterized by a single switching curve.
Varying combinations of muscle groups were stimulated and foot switches were used to trigger each channel at the appropriate period of the gait cycle.
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Collocations withswitch


switch

These are words often used in combination with switch.

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electronic switch
Electrical or electronicswitch gear, amongst other vital uses, will continue to use f-gases in a contained environment.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
ignition switch
I consider that siting the ignitionswitch on the right-hand side of the steering column, only about two or three inches in front of the driver's knee, is frightfully dangerous.
From the
Hansard archive

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mechanical switch
A wide variety of mechanical switch designs using slide switches, rocker switches, or side-mounted or end-mounted pushbuttons have been used in flashlights.
From
Wikipedia

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