| 单词 | shuttle |
| 释义 | shuttle (once / 1341 pages) 1n 2nv 3n A shuttle runs between two or more places regularly. The benefit to staying at a hotel close to the airport is that you can take a shuttle, or a regular bus that travels back and forth, to catch your plane in the morning. Airport shuttles are often buses, although they can also be trains, vans, or any other form of transportation. Some airplanes are shuttles, flying passengers on quick trips. You can also use the word shuttle as a verb, to describe what the bus itself does as it moves back and forth. The original meaning of shuttle is the part of a hand loom that moves to and fro in weaving. WORD FAMILYshuttle: shuttled, shuttles, shuttling USAGE EXAMPLESThe government plans to provide security for buses that will be used to shuttle passengers from Kaduna’s small airport to Abuja. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) For launches from Florida, SpaceX hopes to complete renovations at Launchpad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, once used for space shuttle launches. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) SpaceX is slated to shuttle astronauts to the International Space Station — the first crewed space station launch from U.S. soil in years. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 n bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads 2Hyper bobbin, reel, spool a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound 1n public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points Hypo|Hyper shuttle bus shuttle consisting of a bus that travels between two points public transport conveyance for passengers or mail or freight 2v travel back and forth between two points 3Hyper go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically n badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers Syn|Hyper bird, birdie, shuttlecock badminton equipment equipment for playing the game of badminton |
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