Switch
[swɪtʃ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of changing one thing or position for another; 'his switch on abortion cost him the election'.
(noun.) a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other.
(noun.) a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment.
(noun.) control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit.
(noun.) railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock.
(noun.) hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure.
(verb.) make a shift in or exchange of; 'First Joe led; then we switched'.
(verb.) lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; 'switch to a different brand of beer'; 'She switched psychiatrists'; 'The car changed lanes'.
(verb.) flog with or as if with a flexible rod.
編輯:诺拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A small, flexible twig or rod.
(n.) A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.
(n.) A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.
(n.) A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit.
(v. t.) To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
(v. t.) To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.
(v. t.) To trim, as, a hedge.
(v. t.) To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another.
(v. t.) To shift to another circuit.
(v. i.) To walk with a jerk.
鲍里斯校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Rod, twig, stick, birch.
v. a. Beat, whip, SWINGE.
錄入:曼蒂
解釋/意思:
n. a small flexible twig: a movable rail for transferring a carriage from one line of rails to another: a device to make or break a circuit or transfer an electric current from one conductor to another.—v.t. to strike with a switch: to swing whisk: to transfer a carriage from one line of rails to another by a switch: to shift from one circuit to another or in or out of circuit as an electric current to shunt.—ns. Switch′back a term applied to a zigzagging alternate back-and-forward mode of progression up a slope; Switch′back-rail′way an apparatus for public amusement consisting of a short length of elevated railway with a series of rounded inclines so that the car gains enough of momentum descending the first steep incline to ascend one or more smaller inclines till it gradually and more slowly works its way to the original level at the far end of the course; Switch′ing a beating with a switch: trimming; Switch′man a pointsman.
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娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream of a switch, foretells changes and misfortune. A broken switch, foretells disgrace and trouble. To dream of a railroad switch, denotes that travel will cause you much loss and inconvenience. To dream of a switch, signifies you will meet discouragements in momentous affairs.
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例句/造句/用法:
- When she began to extricate herself it was by turning round and round, and so unwinding the prickly switch. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The operator in Fig. 6 is shown assembling switch plugs and is in the act of driving home a screw which holds in place the fiber bar over which the cord bends. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- To stop the locomotive, the armature circuit was opened by the main switch, stopping the flow of current, and then brakes were applied by long levers. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- If it is equipped with a three-heat switch, it can be adjusted to 600 watts at full, 300 at medium and 150 at low, which means a great saving in current for most small cooking operations. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The armature circuit had a switch in it which permitted the locomotive to be reversed by reversing the direction of current flow through the armature. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Each dynamo had its own individual control switch. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- To stop, the armature circuit was opened by the main switch and the brake applied. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In our night-time, there's always the electricity switched on, we watch ourselves, we get it all in the head, really. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- In a flash the operator switched on the current and the two men stood as if transfixed, hanging desperately to their weapons that were held aloft as by some giant’s hand. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- When the current is switched on, the heating element becomes red and the bread is inserted under the gravity-operated bread clamps on each side. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- So the subject was switched off. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Switches were brought in bundles, from a beech wood near the school house, by the boys for whose benefit they were intended. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The data and parts, such as motor, rheostat, switches, etc. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The circuits were opened and closed by means of about half a dozen roughly made plug-switches. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Here were made all the small things used on the electric-lighting system, such as sockets, chandeliers, switches, meters, etc. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Switches were changed a mile in advance by pulling a wire rope that passed along the ground by the rail, from station to station. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Signals for the day and signals for the night gave constant and timely notice of the position of switches. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Ah---- he murmured, his head drooping again, and his irresolute hand switching at the underbrush along the lane. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Then, switching off and becoming cold, he asked, in a voice full of considerate kindness: 'Is there anything we can eat here? 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
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