electric switch

基本解釋

If he needed a surge of strength, he imagined throwing an electric switch to flood his muscles with power.
假如他體力透支，他會(huì)想像電閘一拉，能量洪水一樣涌入肌肉。
By increasing or lessening the hours of darkness in each day, the scientists have been able to turn plant growth off and on like an electric switch.
用增加和減少每天黑暗小時(shí)數(shù)的方法，科學(xué)家已經(jīng)能夠控制植物生長，如同控制一個(gè)電器開關(guān)。
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At the bottom of the stairs my hand met an electric switch. I turned it, and a great electrolier of twelve red globes flooded the cellar with a red light.
到了最下邊一級(jí)臺(tái)階，我的手碰到一個(gè)電源開關(guān)，我打開它，一座安了十個(gè)紅燈泡的大型吊燈架讓地下室里一片紅色。

Five years ago, dairy farmer Darryl Vander Haak flipped the switch on the first electric generator in Washington State powered by manure.

If he needed a surge of strength, he imagined throwing an electric switch to flood his muscles with power.
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