turn off

turn off
1. transitive verb
1) abschalten; abstellen [Wasser, Gas]; zudrehen [Wasserhahn]
2) (coll.): (cause to lose interest) anwidern
2. intransitive verb
abbiegen
* * *
1) (to cause (water, electricity etc) to stop flowing: I've turned off the water / the electricity.) abdrehen,-schalten
2) (to turn (a tap, switch etc) so that something stops: I turned off the tap.) ausschalten
3) (to cause (something) to stop working by switching it off: He turned off the light / the oven.) ausschalten
* * *
◆ turn off
I. vt
▪ to \turn off off ⇆ sth etw abschalten
to \turn off off the alarm/a computer den Alarm/einen Computer abschalten
to \turn off off the engine/the power den Motor/den Strom abstellen
to \turn off off the gas das Gas abdrehen
to \turn off the light[s] off das Licht ausmachen
to \turn off the radio/TV off das Radio/den Fernseher ausschalten
2. (cause to lose interest)
▪ to \turn off off ⇆ sb jdm die Lust nehmen; (disgust) jdn anekeln
the salesman's high-pressure pitch really \turn offed her off die harte Verkaufstaktik des Händlers stieß sie wirklich ab
that kind of approach to learning \turn offs students off bei dieser Art der Wissensvermittlung verlieren die Studenten die Lust am Lernen
3. (fam: be sexually unappealing)
▪ to \turn off off ⇆ sb jdn abtörnen sl
II. vi
1. (leave one's path) abbiegen
she \turn offed off the road/onto a small dirt road sie bog von der Straße/in einen kleinen Feldweg ab
she \turn offed off the path to gather berries sie verließ den Weg, um Beeren zu pflücken
2. (lose interest) [innerlich] abschalten fam
* * *
turn off
A v/t
1. das Gas, Wasser etc abdrehen, auch ein Gerät, den Motor abstellen, das Licht, Radio etc ausmachen, -schalten
2. einen Schlag etc abwenden, ablenken
3. Br umg jemanden feuern, rausschmeißen
4. TECH (an der Drehbank) abdrehen
5. umg
a) jemanden anwidern
b) jemandem die Lust nehmen
B v/i abbiegen (Person, auch Straße)
* * *
1. transitive verb
1) abschalten; abstellen [Wasser, Gas]; zudrehen [Wasserhahn]
2) (coll.): (cause to lose interest) anwidern
2. intransitive verb
abbiegen
* * *
v.
abbiegen v.
abdrehen v.
abschalten v.
absperren (Licht, Wasser) v.
abstellen v.
ausschalten v.

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