English Dictionary

switch off

動詞

他動詞 慣用表現 自動詞

(transitive) To turn a switch to the "off" position in order to stop or disable a device. / (idiomatic) To lose interest, and start thinking about something else.

日本語の意味

（他動詞）スイッチを「オフ」にすることで、装置や機器を停止または無効にする / （熟語）興味を失い、他のことに注意が向く状態になる

Please switch off the lights before you leave.

出かける前に電気のスイッチを切ってください。

意味（1）

(transitive) To turn a switch to the "off" position in order to stop or disable a device.

To switch off the instrument when the clockwork is not wound up, and to remind the subscriber of doing so, there is provided an indicator, x, which is worked in the following manner.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) To lose interest, and start thinking about something else.

Fulham switched off as Giggs took a quick corner to Valencia. He played it back to Giggs, whose cross was headed in by Nani with the lurking Rooney unable to add a touch.

意味（3）

(intransitive, idiomatic) To alternate between; to trade.

Do you eat all your peas and then all your potatoes, or do you switch off between them as you go?

switches off （ present singular third-person ）

switching off （ participle present ）

switched off （ participle past ）

switched off （ past ）