switches

switch[ swit?iz ]

• n.
  • control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

    同义词：electric switchelectrical switch

  • an event in which one thing is substituted for another

    同义词：substitutionpermutationtranspositionreplacement

  • hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
  • railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
  • a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
  • a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
  • the act of changing one thing or position for another

    "his switch on abortion cost him the election"

    同义词：switchingshift

• v.
  • change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

    同义词：switch overexchange

  • exchange or give (something) in exchange for

    同义词：tradeswapswop

  • lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

    "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"

    同义词：shiftchange

  • make a shift in or exchange of

    "First Joe led"; "then we switched"

    同义词：change overshift

  • cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation

    "switch on the light"

    同义词：throwflip

  • flog with or as if with a flexible rod
  • reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

    同义词：interchangetackalternateflipflip-flop