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swing shift

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈswing shift noun [singular]  American English informalBEC workers who work from three or four oclock in the afternoon until 11 or 12 o’clock at night, or the system of working these times 〔三班制的〕中班工人;中班〔时间通常为下午 3 点或 4 点至晚上 11 点或 12 点〕
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swing shiftWhen the swing shift comes on duty the clock says four-thirty, just like it should.I was working the swing shift when Albert White said he knew a guy that was going to start a newspaper business.
From Longman Business Dictionaryswing shiftˈswing shift American EnglishHUMAN RESOURCES a shift in a factory from 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon until 12 o'clock at night shift
ˈswing shift nounChineseSyllable
workers work Business Corpus who or from three


swing shift
ˈswing shift noun [singular]
American English informal workers who work from three or four o'clock in the afternoon until 11 or 12 o'clock at night, or the system of working these times


swing shiftBrE /ˈswɪŋ ʃɪft/ 🔊NAmE /ˈswɪŋ ʃɪft/ 🔊 noun (NAmE, informal) the shift from 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon until 11 or 12 at night; the workers who work this shift (= period of time worked each day) from 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon until 11 or 12 at night; the workers who work this shift 中班(从下午 3、4 点至夜里 11、12 点);中班人员