āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to turn off
/tÉËn Éf/
/tÉËn Éf/
to turn off
[phrase form: turn]
01
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨
to cause a machine, device, or system to stop working or flowing, usually by pressing a button or turning a switch
Transitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
It's bedtime; let's turn off the computer and get some rest.
āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§; āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to make someone strongly dislike something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The offensive comments completely turned off the audience.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to alter the direction of a vehicle or object
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The road turned off unexpectedly, leading us to a hidden scenic spot.
āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ°āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻĒāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋā§ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
Turn off
01
āĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ, āĻ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ
a characteristic, behavior, or feature that makes someone lose attraction or interest in a person or situation
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Bad hygiene is such a turn off on a first date.
āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĄā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
