Switch off

Definition

switch /swÇtʃ/ n ၁။ ခလုတ္။ a light switch ❍ press the on/ off switch. ၂။ ( US ) = POINT 1 (၁၈) ၃။ ေျပာင္းျခင္း။ ကူးျခင္း။ a switch in policy/ opinion ❍ a switch from gas to electric ❍ make a switch from publishing to teaching ❍ Polls showed a switch to Labour. ၄။ အတံ။ တုတ္ေခ်ာင္း။ v ၁။ ~ (sth) (over) (from sth) (to sth) လွည့္သည္။ ေျပာင္းသည္။ switch to modern methods ❍ switch one's allegiance ❍ Many voters switch- ed (back / over) to Labour. ❍ switch the conversation to a different topic ❍ Could you switch the TV over (ie to a different channel)? ၂။ ~ (sth) (with sb/ sth) ; ~ (sth) over/ round လဲသည္။ Our glasses have been switched — this is mine. ❍ Husband and wife should switch roles (with each other) occasionally. ❍ You drive first and then we'll switch round/ over. ❏ switch off [ PHRV ] ( infml ) အာ႐ံုမစိုက္ဘဲေနသည္။ I switch off when he starts talking about cars. ❍ After a busy day at work I just want to relax and switch off. ❏ switch (sth) off [ PHRV ] ခလုတ္ပိတ္သည္။ Switch off the gas/ power at the mains. ❍ Don't switch (the TV) off yet. ❏ switch (sth) on [ PHRV ] ခလုတ္ဖြင့္သည္။ Switch on the light at the wall-socket. ❍ Don't switch (the radio) on yet. ❏ switch-blade n ( US ) = FLICK-KNIFE ❏ switched-on adj ( dated infml ) ေခတ္မီေသာ။

Examples

1. Then he switched sides and turned against his former allies.
2. We switched lanes and accelerated towards the junction.
3. [switch to] : He used to vote Conservative
4. but he switched to Labour in 1997.
5. [switch between] : Once you have learned the basics of word processing
6. switching between different programs is quite easy.
7. [switch something (from something) to something] : They announced that the tournament would be switched from March to December.
8. Journalists are switching their attention to other members of the royal family.
9. He was accused of switching price labels.
10. [switch with] : Will you switch with me next week?