shunt
[ʃʌnt] verb
TRAINS 火车
transitive
■to move a train or carriage onto a different track in or near a station using a special railway engine designed for this purpose 使（火车或车厢）转辙
[ʃʌnt] verb
MOVE 移动
transitive usually + adverb or preposition
■to move someone or something from one place to another, usually because they are not wanted and without considering any unpleasant effects 把…转至，调往（另一地方）•I spent most of my childhood being shunted (about) between my parents who had divorced when I was five.我五岁时父母离异，童年的大部分时间都辗转徘徊在离婚的父母之间。 •He shunts his kids off to a camp every summer.他每年夏天都送孩子们去参加夏令营。 •Viewers are fed up with their favourite sitcoms being shunted to later times to make way for live football coverage.因现场直播足球比赛而把深受观众喜爱的情景喜剧往后顺延，许多人对此表示不满。 |