[N-COUNT 可数名词]同space shuttle A shuttle is the same as a space shuttle .
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]往来于两地之间的航班(或班车、火车) A shuttle is a plane, bus, or train which makes frequent journeys between two places.
[oft N n]
...the BA shuttle to Glasgow.
飞往格拉斯哥的英国航空公司的航班
...shuttle flights between London and Manchester.
往返于伦敦和曼彻斯特的航班
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)频繁往来于(两地之间) If someone or something shuttles or is shuttled from one place to another place, they frequently go from one place to the other.
[V prep/adv]
[be V-ed prep/adv]
[Also V n prep/adv]
He and colleagues have shuttled back and forth between the three capitals...
他和同事们在这3个首都之间往来穿梭。
Machine parts were also being shuttled across the border without authorisation.
机器零部件也在未经批准的情况下出入边境。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](织布用的)梭 A shuttle is a piece of equipment used in weaving. It takes a thread backwards and forwards over the other threads in order to make a piece of cloth.
Oxford
shut·tle/ˈʃʌtl; NAmEˈʃʌtl/
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verb
shuttleshuttlesshuttledshuttlingnoun1a plane, bus or train that travels regularly between two places 来往于两地之间的航班(或班车、火车)◆a shuttle service between London and Edinburgh往返于伦敦和爱丁堡之间的航班2=
space shuttle
3a pointed tool used in making cloth to pull a thread backwards and forwards over the other threads that pass along the length of the cloth 梭;梭子4the Shuttle[singular ]a train service that takes cars and their passengers through the Channel Tunnel between England and France (英法之间英吉利海峡隧道的)穿梭火车verb1[intransitive ]shuttle(between A and B) to travel between two places frequently 频繁往来(于甲地和乙地之间)◆Her childhood was spent shuttling between her mother and father.她的童年是在父母之间穿梭往来中度过的。2[transitive ]shuttlesb (+ adv./prep.) to carry people between two places that are close, making regular journeys between the two places (在较近的两地之间定时)往返运送◆A bus shuttles passengers back and forth from the station to the terminal.一辆公共汽车在火车站和公共汽车终点站之间往返运送旅客。shut·tle/ˈʃʌtl; NAmEˈʃʌtl/
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shuttle1 noun
shuttle2 verb
shuttleshut‧tle1 /ˈʃʌtl/ ●○○ noun [countable]
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1a space shuttle2a plane, bus, or train that makes regular short journeys between two places: He took the Washington–New York shuttle. A shuttle bus operates to and from the beach of San Benedetto. There’s a shuttle service from the city center to the airport.3a pointed tool used in weaving, to pass a thread over and under the threads that form the cloth
shuttle1 noun
shuttle2 verb
shuttleshuttle2 verb
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1[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to travel frequently between two placesSYN commuteshuttle between/back and forth Susan shuttles between Rotterdam and London for her job.2[transitive] to move people from one place to another place that is fairly nearSYN transport: The passengers were shuttled to the hotel by bus.
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