switch
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
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A change or exchange.
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(Philippines, US)(rail transport, US, Philippines) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
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A long, slender woody plant stem or a flexible, thin rod used as a whip to administer corporal punishment in the United States.
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(music) Synonym of rute.
Đồng nghĩa: rute
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(computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing.
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(computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
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(computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
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(telecommunications) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
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(genetics) A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
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(especially)(especially BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
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(historical)A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.
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(card games) A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play.
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(slang)(firearms, slang) Synonym of Glock switch.
Đồng nghĩa: Glock switch
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(sports) A play in which the ball (or equivalent) is moved from one side of the playing area to the other.
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(multiplicity slang) The process of the currently fronting headmate changing; an instance of this.
Switches only happen once every couple weeks for us, but they're quite sudden when they happen.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To exchange.
I want to switch this red dress for a green one.
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(transitive)To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
Switch the light on.
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(transitive)(transitive, in modern times Southern US) To whip or hit with a switch.
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(intransitive)To change places, tasks, etc.
I want to switch to a different seat.
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(intransitive, slang)To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
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To swing or whisk.
to switch a cane
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To be swung or whisked.
The angry cat's tail switched back and forth.
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To trim.
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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
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(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
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(intransitive)To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance.
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(transitive)(sports, transitive) To move (the ball or equivalent) from one side of the playing area to the other.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)(snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.
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(not comparable)(freestyle skiing) Pertaining to skiing backwards.
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Perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch (twig), c 1592. The mechanical device for altering the direction of something sense is c 1797, pertaining to pivoted rails on minecart railways, which were once wooden.