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释义 | shunt1 verbshunt2 noun shuntshunt1 /ʃʌnt/ verb [transitive] Word OriginWORD ORIGINshunt1 Verb TableOrigin: 1200-1300 Perhaps from shunVERB TABLE shunt
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto move a company or its people to another place► move Collocations: move somebody (from something) to something · The Education Department is considering moving 500 full-time staff to Runcorn.move something (from something) to something · The company says it will move its distribution center to Chicago early next year. ► transfer to move someone from one place to another, especially to another job, department, or office within the same organization: transfer to: · Davidson transferred to another department last October.transfer somebody (from something) to something: · One option would be to transfer Struthers from London to New York.· Harding has been transferred to Albany prison, where he will complete his sentence. ► relocate to permanently move part or all of a company to another place, especially when this brings financial advantages: · If rents continue to rise, many local businesses may decide to relocate.relocate to/in: · The federal government is offering attractive tax breaks to corporations that relocate in areas of high unemployment.relocate something to/in something: · We're relocating our educational software division to North Carolina. ► shunt informal to move someone from one job to another, especially a less important one: shunt somebody from/to/into something: · I'm sick of being shunted from one department to another.· The company's solution to dealing with incompetent staff seems to be to shunt them into clerical jobs. WORD SETS► Trains & Railwaysbaggage car, nounbaggage room, nounboat train, nounboxcar, nounBR, nounbuffer, nouncaboose, nouncarriage, nouncattle truck, nounchoo-choo, nouncoach, nouncommunication cord, nounconductor, nouncouchette, nouncowcatcher, nouncutting, nounday return, noundepartures board, noundepot, nounderail, verbdining car, nounelectrify, verbemergency cord, nounengine, nounexpress, nounflatcar, nounfreight, nounfreight train, noungauge, noungrade, noungrade crossing, noungradient, nounguard, nounguard's van, nounhandcar, nouninbound, adjectivelight railway, nounline, nounlineman, nounlocal, nounlocomotive, nounloop, nounmail train, nounmain line, nounmetro, nounmonorail, nounnarrow gauge, nounplatform, nounPullman, nounrail, nounrailroad, nounrailway, nounrailway line, nounrailway station, nounrapid transit system, nounrestaurant car, nounrolling stock, nounshunt, verbshunt, nounsiding, nounsignal, nounsignal box, nounsignalman, nounsleeper, nounsleeping car, nounspur, nounstation master, nounsteam, nounstock car, nounsubway, nountender, nounterminus, nounthrust, nountrack, nountrain, nountrain spotter, nountruck, nounturntable, nounvan, nounvestibule, nounwagon, nounway station, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► aside 1to move someone or something to another place, especially in a way that seems unfairshunt somebody off/around/aside etc Smith was shunted off to one of the company’s smaller offices.2to move a train or railway carriage onto a different track· The army had whole gay battalions who they just shunted aside and let be.· I did what I could to reassure him, but once the operation began, I was shunted aside and forgotten.· But effectively, both he and Negroponte had been shunted aside.· The leftists have lost much of their political might as their leaders have died, retired or been shunted aside.· Both Zoia and Nicu showed early promise in mathematics and teachers or professors too blind to recognize it were shunted aside.· The moral benefits of simple living were eventually shunted aside by the tactics of the emergent advertising industry.· All the patience and calm expectations that the Niners promised for the season of Mariucci I seemed to be shunted aside. shunt1 verbshunt2 noun shuntshunt2 noun [countable] ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS word sets
WORD SETS► Trains & Railways 1an act of moving a train or railway carriage to a different track2especially British English informal a crash, especially in a car race: His race ended after a shunt at the first corner.baggage car, nounbaggage room, nounboat train, nounboxcar, nounBR, nounbuffer, nouncaboose, nouncarriage, nouncattle truck, nounchoo-choo, nouncoach, nouncommunication cord, nounconductor, nouncouchette, nouncowcatcher, nouncutting, nounday return, noundepartures board, noundepot, nounderail, verbdining car, nounelectrify, verbemergency cord, nounengine, nounexpress, nounflatcar, nounfreight, nounfreight train, noungauge, noungrade, noungrade crossing, noungradient, nounguard, nounguard's van, nounhandcar, nouninbound, adjectivelight railway, nounline, nounlineman, nounlocal, nounlocomotive, nounloop, nounmail train, nounmain line, nounmetro, nounmonorail, nounnarrow gauge, nounplatform, nounPullman, nounrail, nounrailroad, nounrailway, nounrailway line, nounrailway station, nounrapid transit system, nounrestaurant car, nounrolling stock, nounshunt, verbshunt, nounsiding, nounsignal, nounsignal box, nounsignalman, nounsleeper, nounsleeping car, nounspur, nounstation master, nounsteam, nounstock car, nounsubway, nountender, nounterminus, nounthrust, nountrack, nountrain, nountrain spotter, nountruck, nounturntable, nounvan, nounvestibule, nounwagon, nounway station, noun |
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