shut off

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по остановке работы машины, устройства или потока, а также изоляции себя от других.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of stopping the operation of a machine, device, or flow, or isolating oneself from others.

uncountable · irregular verb · transitive and intransitive · phrasal, separable

1. Stop operationformal

   To cause a machine, device, or system to stop working.

   Выключить

   • Please shut off the engine before refueling.
   • He shut off the computer after saving his work.
   • The power was shut off during the storm.

   Synonymsdeactivatehaltkillstopswitch offturn off

   Antonymsactivatestartswitch onturn on

2. Isolate or separateinformal

   To block or prevent access or communication.

   Изолировать или отделить

   • She shut herself off from her friends after the argument.
   • The thick walls shut off all outside noise.
   • He shut off the water supply to the house.

   Synonymscordon offcut offdetachdisconnectinsulateisolatequarantineseal offsegregateseparate

   Antonymsconnectjoinlinkopenunite

Base verbshut