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a shuttle between A and B
指在两个地点之间往返的运输服务或车辆。
There is a shuttle between the airport and the city center.
机场和市中心之间有穿梭巴士。
往返班车；穿梭巴士；航天飞机
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往返班车；穿梭巴士；航天飞机
A bus, train, or plane that travels regularly between two places; a space shuttle.
There is a shuttle between the airport and the city center.
机场和市中心之间有穿梭巴士。
织布机上在经线之间来回传送纬线的工具。
A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom.
缝纫机中滑动的持线器,将底线穿过面线的线环以形成锁式线迹。
The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.
在两个或多个地点之间往返的运输服务(如公共汽车或火车)。
A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two or more places.
此类运输工具；穿梭巴士；航天飞机。
Such a transport vehicle; a shuttle bus; a space shuttle.
I usually take the shuttle from the airport to the downtown hotel.
我通常乘坐从机场到市区酒店的班车。
The hotel offers a free shuttle to the beach every half hour.
这家酒店每半小时提供一趟免费开往海滩的班车。
A shuttle runs between the two university campuses all day long.
一辆接驳车全天在两个大学校区之间往返运行。
指在两个地点之间往返的运输服务或车辆。
There is a shuttle between the airport and the city center.
机场和市中心之间有穿梭巴士。
take 后接交通工具表示乘坐，shuttle 前可用 the 或限定词。
We took a shuttle to the hotel.
我们乘穿梭巴士去了酒店。
space shuttle 特指可重复使用的航天器。
The space shuttle lifted off at dawn.
航天飞机在黎明时发射升空。
shuttle service 指往返接驳服务，常与 offer 或 provide 搭配。
The hotel offers a free shuttle service to the beach.
这家酒店提供前往海滩的免费班车服务。
Not this
We took shuttle to the airport.
Use this
We took a shuttle to the airport.
shuttle 作“班车”讲时可数名词，单数形式前需要加不定冠词 a（或其他限定词）。少了 a 句子就不完整，加了 a 才符合“乘坐一辆班车”的意思。
Not this
I go to work by a shuttle.
Use this
I go to work by shuttle.
“by + 交通工具”表示交通方式时，名词前不加冠词，如 by bus、by train、by shuttle。这里加 a 是错误的；与 take a shuttle 不同，take 后要加 a，而 by 后不能加。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
航天飞机
The space shuttle carried four astronauts into orbit.
这架航天飞机将四名宇航员送入轨道。
穿梭巴士
A shuttle bus takes passengers from the terminal to the parking lot.
穿梭巴士把乘客从航站楼送到停车场。
往返班车服务
The hotel provides a free shuttle service to the beach.
酒店提供前往海滩的免费班车服务。
穿梭外交
The UN envoy used shuttle diplomacy to negotiate a ceasefire.
联合国特使通过穿梭外交谈判停火。
往返列车
Take the shuttle train from the airport to the main station.
乘坐从机场到火车总站的往返列车。
穿梭外交
The UN envoy engaged in shuttle diplomacy between the two sides to broker a ceasefire.
联合国特使在双方之间进行穿梭外交，以促成停火。
挑战者号航天飞机的机组人员以他们度过一生的方式为我们增了光。
President Ronald Reagan said this in a televised address after the Challenger disaster in 1986.
罗纳德·里根总统在1986年挑战者号航天飞机失事后发表的电视讲话中说了这句话。
Use shuttle naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记 shuttle：shut(关)+tle，班车一关门(shut)就往返穿梭；航天飞机、织布梭子都是来回跑的东西。
语域：neutral 常见场景：airport、hotel、business park 这里指“往返班车/穿梭巴士”。该义项属中性常用表达，通常用于机场、酒店、园区等地的往返接驳，口语和书面语中都自然。
cuttle /ˈkʌtəl/、scuttle /ˈskʌtəl/、subtle /ˈsʌtəl/ 与 shuttle /ˈʃʌtəl/ 押韵；battle /ˈbætəl/、bottle /ˈbɒtəl/、little /ˈlɪtəl/ 拼写相似但不押韵（元音分别为 /æ/、/ɒ/、/ɪ/）。
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