| 释义 |
Verb: shift shift- Make a shift in or exchange of
- switch, change over - Change place or direction
"Shift one's position"
- dislodge, reposition - Move around
- transfer - Move very slightly
"He shifted in his seat"
- stir, budge, agitate - Move from one setting or context to another
"shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention" - Change in quality
"His tone shifted" - Move and exchange for another
"shift the date for our class reunion" - Move sideways or in an unsteady way
- careen, wobble, tilt - Move abruptly
- lurch, pitch - Use a shift key on a keyboard
"She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case" - Change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
"Grimm showed how the consonants shifted" - Change gears
"you have to shift when you go down a steep hill" - Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- switch, change
Noun: shift shift- An event in which something is displaced without rotation
- displacement - A qualitative change
- transformation, transmutation - The time period during which you are at work
- work shift, duty period - The act of changing one thing or position for another
- switch, switching - The act of moving from one place to another
- shifting - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- fault, faulting, geological fault, fracture, break - A crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
- The key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
- shift key - A woman's sleeveless undergarment
- chemise, shimmy, slip, teddy - A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
- chemise, sack
Derived forms: shifted, shifts, shifting See also: shifter [N. Amer], shifty Type of: alter, alteration, change, cleft, crack, crevice, crew, displace, dress, exchange, fissure, frock, gang, hours, interchange, key, modification, modify, motion, move, movement, replace, scissure, substitute, translation, type, typewrite, undergarment, unmentionable, work party Part of: hands, manpower, men, typewriter keyboard, work force, workday, workforce, working day Encyclopedia: Shift |