1PHRASAL VERB 驶离,离开(…路);转弯;拐入旁路 If you turn off the road or path you are going along, you start going along a different road or path which leads away from it. 驶离,离开(…路);转弯;拐入旁路
The truck turned off the main road along the gravelly track which led to the farm. [VERBPREP. noun]
卡车驶离大路,沿着通向农场的碎石小道行进。
He turned off only to find he was trapped in a town square with no easy exit. [VERBPREP.]
2PHRASAL VERB 关上;关掉;截断,切断(…的供应) When you turn off a piece of equipment or a supply of something, you stop heat, sound, or water being produced by adjusting the controls. 关上;关掉;截断,切断(…的供应)
The light's a bit too harsh. You can turn it off. [VERB noun PREP.]
灯光有点太刺眼了。你可以把灯关掉。
I have to get up and turn off the radio. [VERBPREP. noun]
我必须起床关上收音机。
Their water was turned off weeks ago without explanation. [VERBPREP. noun (not pronoun)]
他们的水在几周以前就毫无理由地被切断了。
3PHRASAL VERB 使丧失兴趣 If something turns you off a particular subject or activity, it makes you have no interest in it. 使丧失兴趣 [Also VERBPREPOSITION n]
What turns teenagers off science and technology?. [VERB noun PREP. noun]
是什么使青少年对科学技术丧失了兴趣?
Teaching off a blackboard is boring, and undoubtedly turns people off. [VERB noun PREP.]
5PHRASAL VERB 使没有性欲;使失去性欲 If something or someone turns you off, you do not find them sexually attractive or they stop you feeling sexually excited. 使没有性欲;使失去性欲 [informal] [Also VERBPREPOSITION n]
Aggressive men turn me off completely. [VERB noun PREP.]
1N-COUNT 支路;岔道;(高速公路的)出口匝道 A turn-off is a road leading away from a major road or a motorway. 支路;岔道;(高速公路的)出口匝道
2N-COUNT [usually singular]使人扫兴(或倒胃口)的事物;让人丧失性欲的事物 Something that is a turn-off causes you to lose interest or sexual excitement. 使人扫兴(或倒胃口)的事物;让人丧失性欲的事物 [informal]