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turn off

/turn-awf, -of/US // ˈtɜrnˌɔf, -ˌɒf //

熄灭,关掉,关上,关闭

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small road that branches off from a larger one, especially a ramp or exit leading off a major highway: He took the wrong turnoff and it took him some 15 minutes to get back on the turnpike.
    • : a place at which one diverges from or changes a former course.
    • : an act of turning off.
    • : the finished product of a certain manufacturing process, as weaving.
    • : the quantity of fattened livestock distributed to market.
    • : Slang. something or someone that makes one unsympathetic or antagonistic.

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Examples

  • Rest easy with the auto turnoff feature, which shuts off the device when it’s getting overheated.

  • But one incident was such a turnoff for him that it nearly got him off booze himself.

  • Another big turnoff is its inability to play Flash video, resulting in thousands of Web sites showing up with empty white squares.

  • Former contributors to the site attest that the ruling "in-crowd" is a turnoff for new users.

  • A few miles before the town of Lathrop Wells, Scotty spotted their turnoff.

  • He told the boys how he planted himself at the Pahrump Valley turnoff because the sedan would have to turn on lights there.

  • A turnoff to darkness has been deliberately taken, superstition has been embraced while knowledge has been destroyed.

  • Rick braked to a stop as the highway met the turnoff to Easton.

  • They reached the pumice works without seeing the geologist's lights again, and Rick stopped at the turnoff.