喜樂美語

這個拼法底下其實是3個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 turn off (stop a machine) · turn off (leave a road) · turn off (make someone lose interest)

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turn off

A second word, same spelling

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turn off

A second word, same spelling

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turn off

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

turn offverb

  • 1

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, off.

    • He turned off from me and faced the far wall.
  • 2

    To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).

    • Turn off the machine and unplug it when you leave.
    • In some people, this gene has been turned off.
  • 3

    To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).

    • You can turn off the green beans now.
  • 4

    To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).

    • My computer turned off!
  • 5

    To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).

    • Remember to turn the tap off once you've finished so you don't waste water.
  • 6

    obsoleteTo power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).

    • The butler turned off that foolish maid.
    • Upon her first coming into my Family, she turned off a parcel of very careful Servants, who had been long with me
  • 7

    To bore, repulse, disgust, or discourage (someone).

    • That book's plot was so predictable, it turned me off.
    • Cigarette smoking really turns me off.
  • 8

    To leave a road; to exit a highway or other main road.

    • You'll need to turn off before we get to the county line.
    • Turn off at the next exit so we can have lunch.
另外 4 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    datedTo avert; to stop (something).

    • "Pardon my clumsiness," he said to the lady. "I am, unfortunately, quite blind. But," he added, with a smile, to turn off the mishap, "even a blind man must have a house."
    • she could not but be grateful to him when he turned off a scolding from the fierce and sullen old man
  • 10

    archaicTo turn out; to produce.

    • According to D. A. Wells, one boy and a machine can turn off 9,000 pair of sleeve buttons in a day.
    • The next day he did not drive himself so hard; but he turned off a good day's work, just the same
  • 11

    obsoleteslangTo execute by hanging.

    • The thief was turned off by the hangman.
    • The fell had not only put its cap on, it was drawn down over its white face as that other white cap, still more terrible to look upon, covers the features of the poor wretch about to be "turned off" on the gallows.
  • 12

    To raise, unblocking the way and signaling that a train may proceed.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。