Word · Frequency #8928
shuttles
往返班车；穿梭巴士；航天飞机
shuttles is the plural of shuttle.
A bus, train, or plane that travels regularly between two places; a space shuttle.
- 1.
A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom.
织布机上在经线之间来回传送纬线的工具。
- 2.
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.
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。
- 3.
A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two or more places.
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)。
- 4.
Such a transport vehicle; a shuttle bus; a space shuttle.
此类运输工具；穿梭巴士；航天飞机。
- 5.
Any other item that moves repeatedly back and forth between two positions, possibly transporting something else with it between those points (such as, in chemistry, a molecular shuttle).
任何在两个位置之间反复来回移动的物品,可能同时携带其他物体(如化学中的分子穿梭机)。
- 6.
A shuttlecock.
羽毛球。
- 7.
A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
用于金属熔液通道的闸门。
羽毛球；梭子；梭芯；穿梭物；往复移动的装置；（金属熔液通道的）闸门；织布机上在经线之间来回传送纬线的工具。
In use
I usually take the shuttle from the airport to the downtown hotel.
The hotel offers a free shuttle to the beach every half hour.
A shuttle runs between the two university campuses all day long.
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。
take a shuttle (to/from somewhere)
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
space shuttle 特指可重复使用的航天器。
Connections
Collocations
- space shuttle
- 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。
- shuttle bus
- 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。
- shuttle service
- 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。
- shuttle diplomacy
- 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。
- shuttle train
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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/）。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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