shuttle /'ʃʌtl/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points
• (n.) bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads
• (v.) travel back and forth between two points

Chinese translation

• n. 穿梭, 梭子, 往返移动之物
• v. (使)穿梭移动, 往返运送

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/'ʃʌtl/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 3.9 · Super Rare

Word forms

shuttling, shuttled, shuttles

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