shuttle (redirected from shuttle system)

shut·tle  (shtl)

n.

1. A device used in weaving to carry the woof thread back and forth between the warp threads.

2. A device for holding the thread in tatting and netting and in a sewing machine.

3.

a. Regular travel back and forth over an established, often short route by a vehicle.

b. A vehicle used in such travel: took the shuttle across town.

c. A route used by a vehicle in such travel: the Washington-New York air shuttle.

4. A space shuttle.

5. Travel between disputing parties by a diplomatic intermediary.

v. shut·tled, shut·tling, shut·tles

v.intr.

To go, move, or travel back and forth by or as if by a shuttle: business people who shuttle between European capitals.

v.tr.

1. To cause to move back and forth frequently.

2. To transport by or as if by a shuttle: shuttle a scientific payload to an orbiting space station.

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[Middle English shutille, from Old English scytel, dart; see skeud- in Indo-European roots.]

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shuttler n.

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shuttle

Noun

1. a bus, train, or aircraft that makes frequent journeys between two places which are fairly near to each other

2. a bobbin-like device used in weaving to pass the weft thread between the warp threads

3. a small bobbin-like device used to hold the thread in a sewing machine

Verb

[-tling, -tled]

to travel back and forth [Old English scytel dart, arrow]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shuttle - badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers shuttlecock, birdie, bird badminton equipment - equipment for playing the game of badminton
	2.	shuttle - public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points public transport - conveyance for passengers or mail or freight shuttle bus - shuttle consisting of a bus that travels between two points
	3.	shuttle - bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads bobbin, spool, reel - a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
Verb	1.	shuttle - travel back and forth between two points go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

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shuttle

verb go back and forth, commute, go to and fro, alternate, ply, shunt, seesaw

Translations

shuttle [ˈʃʌtl] n → lanzadera;

(also: shuttle service) (AVIAT) → puente m aéreo

vi [vehicle, person] → ir y venir

vt [+ passengers] → transportar, trasladar

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shuttle [ˈʃʌtl] n → navette f;

(also: shuttle service) → (service m de) navette f

vi [vehicle, person] → faire la navette

vt [+ passengers] → transporter par un système de navette

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shuttle [ˈʃʌtl] n (plane) → Pendelflugzeug nt;

(train) → Pendelzug m;

(also: space shuttle) → Raumtransporter m;

(also: shuttle service) → Pendelverkehr m;

(for weaving) → Schiffchen nt

vi to shuttle to and fro → pendeln;

to shuttle between → pendeln zwischen vt (passengers) → transportieren

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shuttle [ˈʃʌtl] n → spola, navetta;

(also: shuttle service) → servizio m navetta inv

vi [vehicle, person] → fare la spola

vt (to and fro) [+ passengers]; portare (avanti e indietro)