请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 swing shift
释义

Definition of swing shift in English:

swing shift

noun
North American
  • A work shift from afternoon to late evening.

    a man who works swing shifts
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Working class families have done that kind of thing for ever: one parent works the day shift, one swing shift, so as to cover child care.
    • This view is from outside the tunnel, just as the swing shift was ready to go to work.
    • People shouldn't have to take swing shift jobs if they have kids, or jobs that require a commute if they don't own cars, or jobs that require them to stand if they have circulation problems.
    • That day, I was on swing shift and received a call at home shortly before I was leaving for work.
    • My load crew and two other crews were working the swing shift.
    • He worked swing shift - 3 to 11 p.m. - or graveyard, the night shift.
    • Everyone loves them; however, these nurses think that they have paid their dues and have worked more call, night, and swing shifts than anyone else, so they do not need to do it anymore.
    • His story about how he and a buddy used to collect gun powder out of damaged 30 mm rounds and light it off while on swing shift to pass the time really intrigued me.
    • After a month talking with people who work twelve-hour swing shifts and support a family on $6.50 an hour, the students often feel that returning to sheltered college life is no longer an option.
    • So I would go to college in the daytime, rehearsing on the swing shift and performing and working at the brewery.
    • But modern-day life, with its swing shifts and all-night lighting, often manually overrides nature's schedules.
    • To avoid daycare, parents will need complementary part - time jobs, full - time swing shifts, or home - based employment.
    • It happened about a year ago when I was a production superintendent on the swing shift.
    • Does anyone work swing shift on a regular basis?
    • I figured he'd be at home sleeping before his swing shift.
    • For three weeks he'd watched her leave the hospital after the swing shift, drive to her small house in the suburbs, and eventually go to bed.
 
 

Definition of swing shift in US English:

swing shift

nounˈswɪŋ ˌʃɪftˈswiNG ˌSHift
North American
  • A work shift from mid-afternoon to around midnight.

    a man who works swing shifts
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But modern-day life, with its swing shifts and all-night lighting, often manually overrides nature's schedules.
    • His story about how he and a buddy used to collect gun powder out of damaged 30 mm rounds and light it off while on swing shift to pass the time really intrigued me.
    • So I would go to college in the daytime, rehearsing on the swing shift and performing and working at the brewery.
    • Does anyone work swing shift on a regular basis?
    • He worked swing shift - 3 to 11 p.m. - or graveyard, the night shift.
    • This view is from outside the tunnel, just as the swing shift was ready to go to work.
    • Everyone loves them; however, these nurses think that they have paid their dues and have worked more call, night, and swing shifts than anyone else, so they do not need to do it anymore.
    • Working class families have done that kind of thing for ever: one parent works the day shift, one swing shift, so as to cover child care.
    • It happened about a year ago when I was a production superintendent on the swing shift.
    • To avoid daycare, parents will need complementary part - time jobs, full - time swing shifts, or home - based employment.
    • I figured he'd be at home sleeping before his swing shift.
    • After a month talking with people who work twelve-hour swing shifts and support a family on $6.50 an hour, the students often feel that returning to sheltered college life is no longer an option.
    • My load crew and two other crews were working the swing shift.
    • People shouldn't have to take swing shift jobs if they have kids, or jobs that require a commute if they don't own cars, or jobs that require them to stand if they have circulation problems.
    • That day, I was on swing shift and received a call at home shortly before I was leaving for work.
    • For three weeks he'd watched her leave the hospital after the swing shift, drive to her small house in the suburbs, and eventually go to bed.
 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 17:57:59