英语词汇“shaft”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

shaftshaft1 /ʃæft/ ●○○ noun

ETYMOLOGYshaft¹

Origin: Old English sceaft

COLLOCATIONS► mine/elevator/ventilation shaft

a 300-foot elevator shaft

1[countable] a passage that goes up through a building or down into the ground so that someone or something can get in or out: mine/elevator/ventilation shaft a 300-foot elevator shaft2shaft of light/sunlight a narrow beam of light3[countable] a long handle on a tool, spear, etc.4get the shaft informal to be treated unfairly, especially by being dismissed from your job5[countable] a thin long piece of metal in an engine or machine that turns and passes on power or movement to another part of the machine → see also drive shaft6[countable] literary an arrow7[usually plural] one of a pair of poles between which a horse is tied to pull a vehicle

noun | verb

shaftshaft2 ●○○ verb [transitive usually passive] slang

VERB TABLE

shaft

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	shaft
	he, she, it	shafts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	shafted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have shafted
	he, she, it	has shafted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had shafted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will shaft
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have shafted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am shafting
	he, she, it	is shafting
	you, we, they	are shafting
Past	I, he, she, it	was shafting
	you, we, they	were shafting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been shafting
	he, she, it	has been shafting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been shafting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be shafting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been shafting

COLLOCATIONS► get shafted

It’s the poor who will get shafted when the law is changed.

to treat someone unfairly, especially by dishonestly getting money from him or her: It’s the poor who will get shafted when the law is changed.