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shut·tle
(shŭt′l)n.
1.
a. Regular travel back and forth over an established, often short route by a vehicle.
b. A vehicle used in such travel: took the shuttle across town.
c. A route used by a vehicle in such travel: the Washington-New York air shuttle.
d. A space shuttle.
e. Travel between disputing parties by a diplomatic intermediary.
2.
a. A device used in weaving to carry the weft thread back and forth between the warp threads.
b. A device for holding the thread in tatting and netting and in a sewing machine.
v. shut·tled, shut·tling, shut·tles
v.intr.
To go, move, or travel back and forth, especially by a shuttle: business people who shuttle between European capitals.
v.tr.
1. To cause to move back and forth frequently.
2. To transport, especially by a shuttle: shuttle a scientific payload to an orbiting space station.
[Middle English shitel, shutel, weaver's shuttle, from Old English scytel, scutel, dart; see skeud- in Indo-European roots.]
shut′tler n.
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shuttle
(ˈʃʌtəl)n
1. (Textiles) a bobbin-like device used in weaving for passing the weft thread between the warp threads
2. (Knitting & Sewing) a small bobbin-like device used to hold the thread in a sewing machine or in tatting, knitting, etc
3. (Automotive Engineering) a bus, train, aircraft, etc, that plies between two points, esp one that offers a frequent service over a short route
4. (Astronautics) short for space shuttle
5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)
a. the movement between various countries of a diplomat in order to negotiate with rulers who refuse to meet each other
b. (as modifier): shuttle diplomacy.
6. (Badminton) badminton short for shuttlecock
vb
to move or cause to move by or as if by a shuttle
[Old English scytel bolt; related to Middle High German schüzzel, Swedish skyttel. See shoot, shot]
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shut•tle
(ˈʃʌt l)n., v. -tled, -tling. n.
1. a device in a loom for passing or shooting the filling thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usu. consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the filling is wound.
2. the sliding container that carries the lower thread in a sewing machine.
3. a public conveyance, as a train, airplane, or bus, that travels back and forth at regular intervals over a route.
5. (often cap.) space shuttle.
v.t. 6. to cause to move to and fro by or as if by a shuttle.
v.i. 7. to move to and fro.
[before 900; Middle English shotil, Old English scytel dart, arrow, c. Old Norse skutill harpoon; akin to shut, shoot 1]
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shuttle
Past participle: shuttled
Gerund: shuttling
| Imperative |
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| shuttle |
| shuttle |
| Present |
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| I shuttle |
| you shuttle |
| he/she/it shuttles |
| we shuttle |
| you shuttle |
| they shuttle |
| Preterite |
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| I shuttled |
| you shuttled |
| he/she/it shuttled |
| we shuttled |
| you shuttled |
| they shuttled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am shuttling |
| you are shuttling |
| he/she/it is shuttling |
| we are shuttling |
| you are shuttling |
| they are shuttling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have shuttled |
| you have shuttled |
| he/she/it has shuttled |
| we have shuttled |
| you have shuttled |
| they have shuttled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was shuttling |
| you were shuttling |
| he/she/it was shuttling |
| we were shuttling |
| you were shuttling |
| they were shuttling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had shuttled |
| you had shuttled |
| he/she/it had shuttled |
| we had shuttled |
| you had shuttled |
| they had shuttled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will shuttle |
| you will shuttle |
| he/she/it will shuttle |
| we will shuttle |
| you will shuttle |
| they will shuttle |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have shuttled |
| you will have shuttled |
| he/she/it will have shuttled |
| we will have shuttled |
| you will have shuttled |
| they will have shuttled |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be shuttling |
| you will be shuttling |
| he/she/it will be shuttling |
| we will be shuttling |
| you will be shuttling |
| they will be shuttling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been shuttling |
| you have been shuttling |
| he/she/it has been shuttling |
| we have been shuttling |
| you have been shuttling |
| they have been shuttling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been shuttling |
| you will have been shuttling |
| he/she/it will have been shuttling |
| we will have been shuttling |
| you will have been shuttling |
| they will have been shuttling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been shuttling |
| you had been shuttling |
| he/she/it had been shuttling |
| we had been shuttling |
| you had been shuttling |
| they had been shuttling |
| Conditional |
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| I would shuttle |
| you would shuttle |
| he/she/it would shuttle |
| we would shuttle |
| you would shuttle |
| they would shuttle |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have shuttled |
| you would have shuttled |
| he/she/it would have shuttled |
| we would have shuttled |
| you would have shuttled |
| they would have shuttled |
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Noun 1. [画像:shuttle - badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers]shuttle - badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
badminton equipment - equipment for playing the game of badminton
2. shuttle - public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points
public transport - conveyance for passengers or mail or freight
shuttle bus - shuttle consisting of a bus that travels between two points
3. shuttle - bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads
Verb 1. shuttle - travel back and forth between two points
go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
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shuttle
verb go back and forth, commute, go to and fro, alternate, ply, shunt, seesaw They have shuttled back and forth between the three capitals.
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Translations
قِطار أو طَيارَه مكوكيَّهمَكّوكمَكُّوك وَشيعَة
člunekkyvadlová dopravaraketoplán
pendulruterumskibskyttelundertråd
sukkula
šatl
hajóingajáratvetélõ
skytta
定期往復便
근거리 왕복
plunksninukasreguliari transporto linijareguliarus reisasšaudyklė
atspolekuģītisregulāra transporta līnijaregulāri reisi
člnokkyvadlová doprava
skyttel
กระสวย
karşılıklı sefer yapan araç masura mekiğimekik mekik servisi
xe con thoi
shuttle
[ˈʃʌtl]A. N
1. (for weaving, sewing) → lanzadera f
2. (Aer) → puente m aéreo ; (= plane, train etc) → servicio m regular de enlace
air shuttle → puente m aéreo
air shuttle → puente m aéreo
3. (Space) (also space shuttle) → lanzadera f or transbordador m espacial
4. (in badminton) (= shuttlecock) → volante m
B. VI [person] (= go regularly) → ir y venir (between entre)
C. VT (= transport) → transportar, trasladar
D. CPD shuttle flight N → vuelo m de puente aéreo
shuttle diplomacy N → viajes mpl diplomáticos
shuttle service N → servicio m regular de enlace
shuttle diplomacy N → viajes mpl diplomáticos
shuttle service N → servicio m regular de enlace
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
shuttle
[ˈʃʌtəl] vi [vehicle, person] → faire la navette
to shuttle to and fro → faire la navette
to shuttle back and forth → faire la navette
to shuttle between → faire la navette entre
to shuttle to and fro → faire la navette
to shuttle back and forth → faire la navette
to shuttle between → faire la navette entre
vt [+ passengers] → transporter par un système de navette shuttle bus n → navette f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
shuttle
n
(of loom, sewing machine) → Schiffchen nt
(= shuttle service) → Pendelverkehr m; (= plane/train etc) → Pendelflugzeug nt → /-zug m → etc; (= space shuttle) → Raumtransporter m, → Spaceshuttle m
(= shuttlecock) → Federball m
vt passengers, goods → hin- und hertransportieren; to shuttle somebody around → jdn herumschieben; the form was shuttled around between different departments → das Formular wurde in den verschiedenen Abteilungen herumgereicht
shuttle
:shuttle bus
n → Shuttlebus m, → Pendelbus m
shuttlecock
n → Federball m
shuttle diplomacy
n → Pendeldiplomatie f
shuttle service
n → Pendelverkehr m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
shuttle
[ˈʃʌtl]2. vi (subj, vehicle, person) → fare la spola
3. vt (to and fro, passengers) → portare avanti e indietro
I was/the papers were shuttled from one department to another → sono stato sballottato/la pratica è stata mandata da un ufficio all'altro
I was/the papers were shuttled from one department to another → sono stato sballottato/la pratica è stata mandata da un ufficio all'altro
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
shuttle
(ˈʃatl) noun1. in weaving, a piece of equipment for carrying the thread backwards and forwards across the other threads. spoel مَكّوك техн. игла lançadeira člunek das Weberschiffchen skyttel σαΐτα αργαλειού lanzadera süstik وسيله نقليه خطي sukkula navette בּוּכייֵר तुरी tkalački čunak, lađica vetélő (szövőszéken) kumparan skytta navetta/navicella (spaziale) ひ (베틀의) 북 šaudyklė atspole cuban schietspoel skyttel czółenko ماكو، څرخه، lançadeira navetă челнок člnok čolniček čunak skyttel, skottspole กระสวย mekik (織布機)梭子 човник سلائی کی مشین میں نچلا دھاگا ڈالنے والی پھرکی con thoi (织机的)梭子
2. a piece of machinery for making loops in the lower thread in a sewing-machine. skoen وَشيعَة техн.игла на шевна машина naveta člunek das Schiffchen undertråd εξάρτημα της ραπτομηχανής με το οποίο γίνονται θηλιές στο νήμα lanzadera süstik ماسوره چرخ خياطي sukkula navette בּוּכייֵר शटल čunčić u šivaćem stroju hajó (varrógépen) kumparan skytta navetta 下糸入れ (재봉틀의) 북실통 šaudyklė (šujmašīnas) kuģītis gigi mesin schuitje undertråd czółenko ماكو naveta suveică челнок člnok čolniček čunak spole กระสวยเครื่องเย็บผ้า masura mekiği (縫紉機)滑梭 човник سلائی مشین کے نچلے دھاگے میں پھندے بنانے والی مشین cái suốt (缝纫机的)滑梭
3. an air, train or other transport service etc which operates constantly backwards and forwards between two places. an airline shuttle between London and Edinburgh; space shuttle (= a craft travelling between space stations). pendeldiens قِطار أو طَيارَه مكوكيَّه совалка circular/ponte aérea kyvadlová doprava die Pendelverbindung rute-; pendulrute; rumskib σύνδεση με τακτικά δρομολόγια; διαστημικό λεωφορείο servicio regular süstik (transpordivahend) اتوبوس فضايي avaruussukkula navette לִנסוֹע בְּקַו קָבוּע निरंतर यात्रा सेवा svemirski taksi, raketoplan ingajárat alat transportasi yang berdinas pulang pergi farartæki í tíðum áætlunarferðum milli tveggja staða; (geim)skutla navetta 往復便 정기 왕복 교통기관, 우주왕복선 reguliari transporto linija, reguliarus reisas regulāra transporta līnija; regulāri reisi perkhidmatan bas, kapal terbang dan lain-lain yang berulang-alik pendeldienst fly (osv.) i skytteltrafikk środek transportu w systemie wahadłowym دسرويس vaivém navetă челночное движение kyvadlová doprava vozilo, plovilo šatl pendeltåg, matarbuss พาหนะขนส่งสาธารณะ mekik servisi 區間往返的交通工具 маршрутний літак, автобус, потяг; космічний корабель багаторазового використання محدود فاصلے تک آنے جانے والی پھیری دار بس یا ٹرین hệ thống giao thông vận tải tuyến đường ngắn 区间往返的运行工具(火车、飞机等),航天飞机
ˈshuttlecock noun a rounded cork etc, with feathers etc fixed in it, used in the game of badminton. veer, pluim كُرةٌ مُرَيَّشَه хилка за бадмингтон volante péřák der Federball fjerbold φτερωτό μπαλάκι του μπάντμιντον (ομδικό παιχνίδι) volante sulgpall توپ بدمينتون sulkapallo volant כַּדוּר-נוֹצָה बैडिमिन्टन की चिड़िया lopta za badminton tollaslabda kock, bola bulu tangkis fjaðrabolti volano 羽根 셔틀콕 plunksninukas (badmintona) volāns, bumbiņa bulu tangkis shuttle badminton-/fjærball lotka بڼكى والاګينډ (توپ)، يو ډول پنډوسكه چې بڼې پكښې چوخوي(دبېډ منټن توپ volante fluturaş (de badminton) волан bedmintonový košík perjanica loptica za badminton badmintonboll ลูกขนไก่ badminton topu 羽毛球 волан بیڈمنٹن کی چڑیا quả cầu lông 羽毛球
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shuttle
→ مَكُّوك raketoplán pendulrute Pendelfahrzeug λεωφορείο γραμμής lanzadera sukkula navette šatl navetta 定期往復便 근거리 왕복 ruimteveer pendlertransport transport wahadłowy ônibus espacial , vaivém космический корабль многоразового использования skyttel กระสวย karşılıklı sefer yapan araç xe con thoi 航天飞机Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009