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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, shoot1]
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shuttle
Past participle: shuttled
Gerund: shuttling
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Noun | 1. | 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 مكوكيَّهمَكّوكمَكُّوكوَشيعَة
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 araçmasura mekiğimekikmekik 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 navetteshuttle 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.
2. a piece of machinery for making loops in the lower thread in a sewing-machine.
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).
ˈshuttlecock noun a rounded cork etc, with feathers etc fixed in it, used in the game of badminton.
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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