Switch

(noun.) the act of changing one thing or position for another; 'his switch on abortion cost him the election'.

(noun.) a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other.

(noun.) a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment.

(noun.) control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit.

(noun.) railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock.

(noun.) hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure.

(verb.) make a shift in or exchange of; 'First Joe led; then we switched'.

(verb.) lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; 'switch to a different brand of beer'; 'She switched psychiatrists'; 'The car changed lanes'.

(verb.) flog with or as if with a flexible rod.

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• When she began to extricate herself it was by turning round and round, and so unwinding the prickly switch. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The operator in Fig. 6 is shown assembling switch plugs and is in the act of driving home a screw which holds in place the fiber bar over which the cord bends. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• To stop the locomotive, the armature circuit was opened by the main switch, stopping the flow of current, and then brakes were applied by long levers. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• If it is equipped with a three-heat switch, it can be adjusted to 600 watts at full, 300 at medium and 150 at low, which means a great saving in current for most small cooking operations. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The armature circuit had a switch in it which permitted the locomotive to be reversed by reversing the direction of current flow through the armature. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Each dynamo had its own individual control switch. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• To stop, the armature circuit was opened by the main switch and the brake applied. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• In our night-time, there's always the electricity switched on, we watch ourselves, we get it all in the head, really. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• In a flash the operator switched on the current and the two men stood as if transfixed, hanging desperately to their weapons that were held aloft as by some giant’s hand. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• When the current is switched on, the heating element becomes red and the bread is inserted under the gravity-operated bread clamps on each side. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• So the subject was switched off. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Switches were brought in bundles, from a beech wood near the school house, by the boys for whose benefit they were intended. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The data and parts, such as motor, rheostat, switches, etc. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The circuits were opened and closed by means of about half a dozen roughly made plug-switches. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Here were made all the small things used on the electric-lighting system, such as sockets, chandeliers, switches, meters, etc. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Switches were changed a mile in advance by pulling a wire rope that passed along the ground by the rail, from station to station. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Signals for the day and signals for the night gave constant and timely notice of the position of switches. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Ah---- he murmured, his head drooping again, and his irresolute hand switching at the underbrush along the lane. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Then, switching off and becoming cold, he asked, in a voice full of considerate kindness: 'Is there anything we can eat here? 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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