English Dictionary

switch

/swɪt͡ʃ/

動詞

他動詞 現代南部アメリカ英語 自動詞 俗語

(transitive) To exchange. / (transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch. / (transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch.

日本語の意味

交換する / （スイッチを使って）指定された状態に切り替える / （現代南部米国で）ムチのようなもので打つ

Let's switch seats so you can sit by the window.

窓際に座れるように席を交換しましょう。

意味（1）

(transitive) To exchange.

A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.

意味（2）

(transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.

Switch the light on.

意味（3）

(transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch.

They were looking on the ground, absorbed in thought. The manager was switching his leg with a slender twig: his sagacious relative lifted his head.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.

I want to switch to a different seat.

意味（5）

(slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.

意味（6）

To swing or whisk.

to switch a cane

意味（7）

To be swung or whisked.

The angry cat's tail switched back and forth.

意味（8）

To trim.

Switch and clip thorn and other deciduous hedges.

意味（9）

To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.

to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another

意味（10）

(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.

switches （ present singular third-person ）

switching （ participle present ）

switched （ participle past ）

switched （ past ）