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词汇 shuttle
释义 shuttle
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈʃʌt.əl/ us /ˈʃʌt̬.əl/

shuttlenoun[C] (VEHICLE)


C1
a vehicle or aircraft that travels regularly between two places: 穿梭运行的车辆,接驳车;穿梭航班
take the shuttleTo get across town, you can take the shuttle from Times Square to Grand Central.要横穿市区,你可以乘坐时代广场到中央车站的穿梭巴士。
(space) shuttleThe American (space) shuttle was able to be used many times to put payloads in space.美国的航天飞机可以多次使用,向太空运送物品。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Space travel
airlock
astronaut
autopilot
biosatellite
blast
cosmonaut
escape velocity
EVA
flyby
launcher
rocket science
rocket scientist
space capsule
space probe
space shuttle
space tourism
space tourist
spacesuit
spacewalk
touchdown

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Buses, trams & coaches
Railways: trains & parts of trains
Air travel: fixed-wing aircraft & helicopters

shuttlenoun[C] (THREAD)


fabrics & fashion specialized
in weaving, a device that is used to carry the thread that goes across the cloth between the threads that go down the cloth梭子
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Knitting & sewing
appliqué
appliquéd
Aran
Bargello
baste
handknit
handknitted
hank
hem
intarsia
overcast
quilting
reknit
resew
rib
run something up
running stitch
sampler
seam
sew

shuttlenoun[C] (SPORT)


mainly UK
a small, light object with a rounded end to which real or artificial feathers are fixed, that is hit over the net in the game of badminton: 羽毛球
The aim of the game is to volley the shuttle over the central net.
It was all she could do to get the shuttle back over the net.
Synonym
shuttlecock
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Tennis & racket sports
ace
alley
approach shot
backcourt
ball boy
ball girl
chip
forecourt
forehand
knock up
mixed doubles
outhit
paddleball
padel
passing shot
pelota
shuttlecock
string
table tennis
tramlines
shuttle
verb[ I or T, usually+ adv/prep ]
uk /ˈʃʌt.əl/ us /ˈʃʌt̬.əl/
to travel or take people regularly between the same two places: 往返穿梭;往返运送(人)
shuttle between something and somethingA bus shuttles constantly between the terminal and the runways.一辆公共汽车往返于机场大厅和跑道之间。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Travelling
around Robin Hood's barnidiom
backpack
bag drop
bourne
bum
bum around
communication
commuting
connection
hitch
move
negotiate
Robin Hood
super-commuting
swan
taken
tour
transoceanic
visa
well travelled

shuttle | American Dictionary


shuttle
noun[ C ]
us/ˈʃʌt̬·əl/
a vehicle or aircraft that travels regularly between two places, carrying people or things:
You can take the shuttle across town.
The New York to Boston shuttle is usually on time.
A shuttle is also a space shuttle.

shuttle


verb[ always+ adv/prep ]us/ˈʃʌt̬·əl/
[ I ]A van shuttles between the hotel and the airport every ten minutes.

shuttle | Business English


shuttle
noun[ C ]
 TRANSPORTuk /ˈʃʌtl/us
a vehicle used to take passengers on regular trips, usually for fairly short distances:
take/catch the shuttleI took the shuttle to New York from Logan Airport in Boston.
There's a shuttle service to and from the casino.
the airport/resort/hotel shuttle
a shuttle bus/van/helicopter

Examples of shuttle


shuttle
The yarns are brought together by the activity of causal agents such as the shuttle, loom and weaver, and the end product is the cloth.
Cellular and/or exogenous proteins that interact with lipid rafts can use them as transport shuttles on the cell surface.
That year, a state investigation of the inspection of factories linked the spread of tuberculosis to weavers' sharing shuttles.
With one exception, all participants speculated on supersonic miracles that would embarass a space shuttle.
The three chambers were connected in series by two, 4 cm in diameter, tunnels which only permitted the adolescents to shuttle between the chambers.
A committee was appointed to investigate the alleged health hazards associated with the use of the suction shuttle in the cotton towns.
A comparison will be made between the space shuttle and the station.
Immediately following deprivation, both groups were trained on a two-way shuttle avoidance task (acquisition) and then retested six days later.
The larger needles may have been used as weaving shuttles; the smaller ones likely helped to decorate textiles.
Permission for using survival data from the shuttle breeding programme is gratefully acknowledged.
A fascinating development is the way members of diaspora communities shuttle between varieties in order to represent new identities.
Passenger-observers are already being trained to make shuttle nights.
Developing bread wheats for acid soils through shuttle breeding.
In addition, shuttles were rarely singular to one weaver.
They recommended abolition of the suction shuttle and the substitution of an alternative technology, but delegated the final decision to local governments and businesses.
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