n.[C]

1. 開關，電閘，電鍵
   You pressed the wrong switch.

   你按錯了開關。

2. （鐵路的）轉轍器；【美】鐵道側線
3. （樹林）柔軟的細枝；鞭子
4. 變更，轉換，更改
   There's been a switch in our plans.

   我們的計畫改變了。

5. 【口】調換，交換
   I asked him why he'd made the switch.

   我問他為什麼要調換。

6. （女用）長假髮；（獅子等的）尾尖簇毛

vt.

1. 打開（或關掉）……的開關[（+on/off）]
   He switched the light on.

   他打開電燈。

2. 使轉換；為……轉接（電話）[（+to/over）]
   Hang on, please. I'll switch you to the manager.

   請不要掛斷電話。我給你轉接到經理那兒去。

3. 使轉軌
   They switched the train to the other track.

   他們把列車轉到另一軌道上。

4. 改變；轉移；調動
   They switched the talk to a more interesting subject.

   他們把談話轉到比較有趣的題目上去了。

5. 【口】調換；交換
   The girls switched hats.

   女孩子交換了帽子。

6. 鞭打
   Mr. Wallace switched his son with his walking stick.

   瓦勒士先生用他的手杖打他兒子。

vi.

1. 轉軌
2. 改變；轉移[（+to）]
   He studied chemistry and then switched to biology.

   他原來學化學，後來改學生物。

3. 打開（或關掉）開關[（+on/off）]
4. 鞭打
5. 【口】調換；交換
   I am on duty tomorrow. I'll have to switch with someone to go to your party.

   我明天值班。我得和誰換一下班才能去參加你們的聚會。

n.

1. a device for making and breaking an electrical connection.
   ▸Computing  a program variable which activates or deactivates a function.
   ▸Computing  a device which forwards data packets to an appropriate part of the network.
2. a change, especially a radical one.
3. a slender, flexible shoot cut from a tree.
4. N. Amer. a set of points on a railway track.
5. a tress of hair used in hairdressing to supplement a person's natural hair.

v.

1. change in position, direction, or focus.
   ▸exchange.
2. (switch something off/on) turn an electrical device off (or on).
   ▸ (switch off) informal cease to pay attention.
3. archaic beat with or as if with a switch.

[名]

1. ①開關；閘刀開關。
   스위치를 누르다.

   按開關。

2. ②（國際摔跤中）轉守為攻。