turn off

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action d'arrêter le fonctionnement ou le flux de quelque chose, comme un appareil, la lumière ou l'eau, ou pour faire perdre à quelqu'un son intérêt ou provoquer son dégoût.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of stopping the operation or flow of something, such as a device, light, or water, or to cause someone to lose interest or become repelled.

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Stop a deviceformal

   To cause a device, machine, or light to stop operating by pressing a switch or button.

   éteindre

   • Please turn off the lights when you leave.
   • He turned off the television and went to bed.
   • Don't forget to turn off the computer before you go.

   Synonymesdeactivateshut offswitch off

   Antonymesactivatestartswitch onturn on

2. Cause disgust or disinterestinformal

   To cause someone to lose interest or feel repelled.

   dégoûter, rebuter

   • His rude comments really turned her off.
   • The movie's slow pace turned off many viewers.
   • The smell of the food turned him off completely.

   Synonymesalienatedisgustnauseateoffendput offrepelsicken

   Antonymesattractengageenticeexciteinterest

3. Leave a roadformal

   To leave one road and enter another, especially a smaller one.

   quitter une route

   • Turn off the main road at the next junction.
   • We turned off the highway to find a gas station.
   • She turned off onto a narrow country lane.

   Synonymesdivergeexitleave

   Antonymesenterjoinmerge

Verbe de baseturn