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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Clothes & fashion, Computers
tog·gle /ˈtɒɡəl $ ˈtɑː-/ noun [countable]  1. DCa small piece of wood or plastic that is used as a button on coats, bags etc 〔用作外衣、背包等纽扣的〕栓扣,棒形纽扣5 see picture at 见图 button12. TDsomething on a computer that lets you change from one operation to another 〔计算机上的〕切换键,转换键toggle verb [intransitive, transitive]
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toggleA: Right-click on the desktop and select Arrange, which is a toggle.You can underline characters by using the F8 toggle key.Maybe, though at least Start / Stop or On / Off are familiar toggles in everyday life.This can be fitted with push release toggle as an optional extra.Racks of black instrument panels lined with banks of silver toggle switches surround the pilot.In ordinary use the toggle keys should be kept switched off.Most important is the Staged versus Write Through toggle.
tog·gle nounChineseSyllable
small or used a plastic Corpus that wood of is as piece


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toggle /ˈtɒɡəl $ ˈtɑː-/ noun [countable]
1. a small piece of wood or plastic that is used as a button on coats, bags etc
2. something on a computer that lets you change from one operation to another
—toggle verb [intransitive and transitive]


tog·gleBrE /ˈtɒɡl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtɑːɡl/ 🔊 noun
a short piece of wood, plastic, etc. that is put through a loop of thread to fasten sth, such as a coat or bag, instead of a button (大衣或口袋等上木质或塑料的)栓扣钉,棒形纽扣,套索扣
(also ˈtoggle switch) (computing 计算机) a key on a computer that you press to change from one style or operation to another, and back again 转换键;切换键
tog·gleBrE /ˈtɒɡl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtɑːɡl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they toggle BrE /ˈtɒɡl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtɑːɡl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it toggles BrE /ˈtɒɡlz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtɑːɡlz/ 🔊past simple toggled BrE /ˈtɒɡld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtɑːɡld/ 🔊past participle toggled BrE /ˈtɒɡld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtɑːɡld/ 🔊 -ing form toggling BrE /ˈtɒɡlɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtɑːɡlɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] (computing 计算机) to press a key or set of keys on a computer keyboard in order to turn a feature on or off, or to move from one program, etc. to another (两种状态之间)切换,转换~ (between A and B) He toggled between the two windows. 他在两个窗口之间来回切换。🔊🔊~ sth This key toggles various views of the data. 按此键可切换数据的各种视图。🔊🔊

command, connect, desktop, drag, enter, insert, refresh, scroll, select, toggle