switch
英[swɪtʃ]
美[swɪtʃ]
- vt. 转换；用鞭子等抽打
- vi. 转换；抽打；换防
- n. 开关；转换；鞭子
英英释意
- 1. control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
- 2. an event in which one thing is substituted for another;
- "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
- 3. hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
- 4. railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
- 5. a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
- 6. a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
- 7. the act of changing one thing or position for another;
- "his switch on abortion cost him the election"