shuttle

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Related topics: Space, Transport

shut·tle1 /ˈʃʌtl/ ●○○ noun [countable]  1. TTSa space shuttle 航天飞机2  TTa plane, bus, or train that makes regular short journeys between two places 〔定期往返于两地之间的〕短程穿梭航班[班车，火车] He took the Washington–New York shuttle. 他乘坐华盛顿－纽约的往返班机。 A shuttle bus operates to and from the beach of San Benedetto. 有穿梭巴士往返于圣贝内代托海滩。 There’s a shuttle service from the city center to the airport. 从市中心到机场有穿梭班车服务。3. TICa pointed tool used in weaving, to pass a thread over and under the threads that form the cloth 〔织布机的〕梭子

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shuttle• If I take the 6:30 shuttle, I'll be there in time for the meeting.• Columbia blasted off Thursday on a planned 17-day flight, the longest ever for a shuttle.• The cost of launching that ounce of gold into low-Earth orbit by shuttle would be about $ 830.• Agents and ambassadors left on the down shuttle, frantically covering their tracks.• The warp thread is wound round the pegs and two large and two small shuttles used for weaving the weft.• A glorious bright turquoise liquid jersey pantsuit is the ultimate garb for travel by space shuttle.• The deployer mechanism snagged on a safety bolt, and the satellite never made it more than 850 feet from the shuttle.• The shuttle also will nudge the observatory gently into a slighter higher orbit to extend its lifetime.shuttle bus• Private vehicles are prohibited in the area, which is served by a shuttle bus.• Parmenter took the Agency shuttle bus back to Langley.• The hotel is air-conditioned and offers a complimentary shuttle bus to the nearby Equador beach.• A courtesy shuttle bus runs to and from the Ally Pally.• A daytime shuttle bus operates 6 days a week to the village.• C., will deploy a fuel cell-driven shuttle bus using methanol as a fuel.• Use the free shuttle bus to the show.

Related topics: Transport

shuttle2 verb  1  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]TRAVEL to travel frequently between two places 穿梭往返（两地） SYN commuteshuttle between/back and forth Susan shuttles between Rotterdam and London for her job. 苏珊因为工作经常穿梭于鹿特丹和伦敦之间。2  [transitive]TT to move people from one place to another place that is fairly near 短程往返运送〔人〕 SYN transport The passengers were shuttled to the hotel by bus. 旅客由班车送到酒店。→ See Verb table

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shuttle• A piston destined to shuttle back and forth within a cylinder will be made on a lathe.• Ross watched as it shuttled between them, going from hand to hand across thirty feet of air.• During the week, I often shuttle easily to appointments in central London by car.• All day students are shuttled from room to room for forty two-to fifty five-minute periods of unrelated subject matter.• The goldfish shuttled to and fro, beneath the flat leaves, and there was an hour longer for them to sit there.• Passengers were herded onto buses and shuttled to hotels downtown.shuttle between/back and forth• Body bags were being zipped and trolleys shuttled back and forth.• Now he had to devise a method by which workmen and supplies could shuttle back and forth across the gorge.• We shuttle back and forth between the large department stores that anchor the mall.• Pre-packed experiments will be shuttled back and forth from Earth and slotted into 13 research racks.• Or does it merely shuttle back and forth like a ferry?• Mrs Mandela has been shuttling back and forth with messages from her husband's prison home near Cape Town.• A piston destined to shuttle back and forth within a cylinder will be made on a lathe.From Longman Business Dictionaryshuttleshut‧tle /ˈʃʌtl/ noun [countable]TRAVEL a plane, bus, or train that goes backwards and forwards between two placesThe hotel provides a shuttle bus that takes you to and from the airport.Origin shuttle1 Old English scytel “bar, bolt”

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shut‧tle¹ /ˈʃʌtl/ noun [countable]1. a space shuttle
2. a plane, bus, or train that makes regular short journeys between two places:
    He took the Washington – New York shuttle.
    A shuttle bus operates to and from the beach of San Benedetto.
    There’s a shuttle service from the city center to the airport.
3. a pointed tool used in weaving, to pass a thread over and under the threads that form the cloth

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shuttle² verb
1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to travel frequently between two places
   SYN  commute
    shuttle between/back and forth
    Susan shuttles between Rotterdam and London for her job.
2. [transitive] to move people from one place to another place that is fairly near
   SYN  transport:
    The passengers were shuttled to the hotel by bus.