Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - switch
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n. & v. --n. 1 a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit. 2 a a transfer, change-over, or deviation. b an exchange. 3 a slender flexible shoot cut from a tree. 4 a light tapering rod. 5 US a device at the junction of railway tracks for transferring a train from one track to another; = POINT n. 17. 6 a tress of false or detached hair tied at one end used in hairdressing. --v. 1 tr. (foll. by on, off) turn (an electrical device) on or off. 2 intr. change or transfer position, subject, etc. 3 tr. change or transfer. 4 tr. reverse the positions of; exchange (switched chairs). 5 tr. swing or snatch (a thing) suddenly (switched it out of my hand). 6 tr. beat or flick with a switch. Phrases and idioms switch-blade a pocket knife with the blade released by a spring. switched-on colloq. 1 up to date; aware of what is going on. 2 excited; under the influence of drugs. switch off colloq. cease to pay attention. switch over change or exchange. switch-over n. a change or exchange. Derivatives switcher n. Etymology: earlier swits, switz, prob. f. LG
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I. noun Etymology: perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch twig Date: 1592 a slender flexible whip, rod, or twig , an act of ~ing: as, a blow with a ~, a shift from one to another, a change from the usual , a tuft of long hairs at the end of the tail of an animal (as a cow), a device made usually of two movable rails and necessary connections and designed to turn a locomotive or train from one track to another, a device for making, breaking, or changing the connections in an electrical circuit, a heavy strand of hair used in addition to a person's own hair for some coiffures, II. verb Date: circa 1611 transitive verb to strike or beat with or as if with a ~, whisk, lash , 3. a. to turn from one railroad track to another ; shunt, to move (cars) to different positions on the same track within terminal areas, to make a shift in or exchange of , 4. to shift to another electrical circuit by means of a ~, b. to operate an electrical ~ so as to turn (as a device) on or off, to change to or from an active state, intransitive verb to lash from side to side, to make a shift or exchange, ~able adjective ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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