turn off
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
turn off• You forgot to turn the oven off!• With a gun held at his head he was forced to turn off all the alarms.• Then he stepped out of the room, turning off his box.• Organizers are considering turning off the air-conditioning for the event, or using it only sporadically.• Would you turn off the heater before you go to bed?• Don't forget to turn off the oven.• She turned off the water and stepped out on to the rug, dried herself, and dressed in jeans and a shirt.• There is no doubt that the ventilator may be turned off when in fact, the patient is already dead.turn off (something)• Pulling up to a stop sign, she touches the clutch and the engine turns off.• With a gun held at his head he was forced to turn off all the alarms.• Then he stepped out of the room, turning off his box.• Summertime is a great time to turn off that computer and get outdoors.• Organizers are considering turning off the air-conditioning for the event, or using it only sporadically.• She turned off the water and stepped out on to the rug, dried herself, and dressed in jeans and a shirt.• There is no doubt that the ventilator may be turned off when in fact, the patient is already dead.ˈturn-off noun 1 [countable]TTR a smaller road that leads off a main road 岔路，支路 I missed the turn-off to the farm. 我错过了去农场的岔道。2 [singular] informalSEXY something that makes you lose interest in something, especially sex 〔尤指在性方面〕使人失去兴趣的东西 Pornographic pictures are a real turn-off to most women. 色情图片对大多数女性来说是大倒胃口的东西。 → turn off at turn1Examples from the Corpus
turn-off• The spectacle can be weird, unpleasant, a turn-off.• Hair on a guy's back is a real turn-off.• Take I-10 east, turning south at the Sonoita turn-off.• I think that was the turn-off for the campground.ˈturn-off nounChineseSyllable
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turn off
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++turn off → turn off at turn1(PHRASAL VERB)
turn off
turn off phrasal verb (see also turn)
1. turn something ↔ off to make a machine or piece of electrical equipment such as a television, engine, light etc stop operating by pushing a button, turning a key etc
SYN switch off
OPP turn on:
Don’t forget to turn the lights off when you leave.
2. turn something ↔ off to stop the supply of water, gas etc from flowing by turning a handle
OPP turn on:
They’ve turned the gas off for a couple of hours.
3. turn off (something) to leave the road you are travelling on and start travelling on another road
turn off (something) at/near etc
I think we should have turned off at the last exit.
turn off the road/motorway etc
Mark turned off the highway and into Provincetown. ⇨ turn-off
4. turn somebody ↔ off to make someone decide they do not like something:
Any prospective buyer will be turned off by the sight of rotting wood. ⇨ turn-off
5. turn somebody ↔ off to make someone feel that they are not attracted to you in a sexual way
OPP turn on:
Men who stink of beer really turn me off. ⇨ turn-off
turn off phrasal verb (see also turn)
1. turn something ↔ off to make a machine or piece of electrical equipment such as a television, engine, light etc stop operating by pushing a button, turning a key etc
SYN switch off
OPP turn on:
2. turn something ↔ off to stop the supply of water, gas etc from flowing by turning a handle
OPP turn on:
3. turn off (something) to leave the road you are travelling on and start travelling on another road
turn off (something) at/near etc
turn off the road/motorway etc
4. turn somebody ↔ off to make someone decide they do not like something:
5. turn somebody ↔ off to make someone feel that they are not attracted to you in a sexual way
OPP turn on: