shuttle
gb/ʃˈʌtəl/ us/ʃˈʌtəl/
B1
Inglês
~ 7100
ingajárat, transzferbusz, transzferjárat, ingázik, oda-vissza szállít, űrsikló, vetélő
SUBSTANTIVO
B1
1
Padrão de uso:
to take [a/the] shuttle between [place] and [place]
The hotel runs a free shuttle from the airport every 30 minutes.
A szálloda félóránként ingyenes transzferjáratot indít a repülőtérről.
We took the airport shuttle to the car rental center.
A repülőtéri transzferjárattal mentünk az autókölcsönző központba.
A shuttle bus connects the two terminals so you don’t have to walk.
There’s a courtesy shuttle that takes guests to the nearby shopping mall.
Commuters rely on the station shuttle during the morning rush hour.
Exemplos para estudantes
We took a shuttle from the airport to our hotel.
A repülőtérről transzferjárattal mentünk a szállodánkba.
The shuttle bus comes every fifteen minutes.
A transzferbusz tizenöt percenként jön.
Our company pays for a shuttle between the office and the train station.
You can catch a free shuttle outside the main door.
They are waiting for the hotel shuttle on the corner.
Erro comum:
Learners sometimes think "shuttle" only means a spacecraft because of the phrase "space shuttle." In daily life, however, it more often means a bus or other vehicle that goes back and forth between two places, especially around airports and hotels.
Significado
vehicle making regular short trips
Colocações
airport shuttle
|shuttle bus
|hotel shuttle
|shuttle service
|free shuttle
|courtesy shuttle
Sinônimos
transfer (Often used for transport arranged between an airport or station and a hotel; less specific about being a regular, repeated service.)
Temas
travel
|transport
|daily life
|transportation
Definição
A bus, van, train, or plane that goes again and again between two places, often on a fixed timetable.
A vehicle or organized transport service that makes frequent short trips back and forth between two fixed places, especially between transport centers and nearby locations.
VERBO
B2
2
ingázik
B1
Padrão de uso:
to shuttle [someone/something] between [place] and [place]
She shuttles between London and Paris every week for work.
Munka miatt hetente ingázik London és Párizs között.
Volunteers spent the day shuttling food and water to the flooded neighborhoods.
Az önkéntesek egész nap folyamatosan élelmet és vizet szállítottak az elöntött városrészekbe.
A small boat shuttles tourists back and forth to the island.
Buses will shuttle fans from the parking lot to the stadium.
For years he shuttled his children between his house and his ex‑partner’s.
Exemplos para estudantes
He shuttles between his home and the office every day.
Mindennap ingázik az otthona és az irodája között.
Cars shuttled people from the airport to the city center.
Autók szállították folyamatosan az embereket a repülőtérről a városközpontba.
Boats shuttle tourists to the small island.
Workers shuttled boxes from the truck to the store.
Helicopters shuttled injured people to the hospital.
Erro comum:
Learners sometimes confuse "shuttle" with "shuffle" because they look similar. "Shuttle" is about moving between places, while "shuffle" is usually about moving feet slowly or mixing cards. Learners also sometimes forget to use "between" when talking about the places, e.g. say "shuttle people the airport and the hotel" instead of "shuttle people between the airport and the hotel."
Significado
travel or carry things back and forth
Colocações
shuttle back and forth
|shuttle passengers
|shuttle workers
|shuttle goods
|shuttle people between cities
|shuttle supplies to [a place]
Sinônimos
ferry (Very close in meaning when talking about regularly moving people or goods; "ferry" is often used for water transport but can also be general.)
Antônimos
stay (To stay means not to move from one place to another, the opposite of traveling back and forth.)
Temas
travel
|transport
|work
|transportation
Definição
To go between two places many times, or to carry people or things between them many times.
To travel, or to repeatedly move people or things, back and forth between two or more places, often on a regular basis.
SUBSTANTIVO
B1
3
űrsikló
B1
The space shuttle Discovery completed 39 missions before it was retired.
A Discovery űrsikló 39 küldetést teljesített, mielőtt kivonták a szolgálatból.
Crowds gathered along the coast to watch the shuttle launch.
Tömegek gyűltek össze a tengerparton, hogy megnézzék az űrsikló kilövését.
The shuttle program changed how people thought about long‑term space travel.
Astronauts trained for months before their first shuttle mission.
Debris from the shuttle was found across several states after the accident.
Exemplos para estudantes
The space shuttle flew into space many times.
Az űrsikló sokszor repült az űrbe.
We watched a video of a shuttle launch in science class.
Természettudomány-órán megnéztünk egy videót egy űrsikló kilövéséről.
The shuttle carried seven astronauts into orbit.
The country ended its shuttle program after thirty years.
A model of the space shuttle is in the museum.
Erro comum:
Learners sometimes think "shuttle" by itself always means a spacecraft, but in everyday contexts it is more often a bus or other short‑route vehicle. When talking about space, the full phrase "space shuttle" is more common.
Significado
reusable spacecraft for repeated missions
Colocações
space shuttle
|shuttle launch
|shuttle mission
|shuttle crew
|shuttle program
|shuttle disaster
Sinônimos
spacecraft (A general word for any vehicle used in space; it does not necessarily suggest that the vehicle is reusable like a shuttle.)
Temas
science
|space
|technology
Definição
A spaceship that can go from Earth to space and back many times, not just once.
A spacecraft designed to be reused for many trips between Earth and space, especially the NASA space shuttles used from 1981 to 2011.
SUBSTANTIVO
C1
TECHNICAL
4
vetélő
C1
The weaver caught the shuttle and sent it flying back across the loom.
A takács elkapta a vetélőt, majd visszaröpítette a szövőszéken át.
She loaded the shuttle with blue thread before starting the pattern.
A minta elkezdése előtt kék fonalat tett a vetélőbe.
On traditional looms, the shuttle is passed quickly from hand to hand.
The old wooden shuttle was worn smooth from years of use.
Modern machines can move the shuttle much faster than a human weaver.
Exemplos para estudantes
The shuttle moves across the loom again and again.
A vetélő újra meg újra áthalad a szövőszéken.
He put new thread into the shuttle before he started to weave.
Új fonalat tett a vetélőbe, mielőtt elkezdett szőni.
In the video, the shuttle goes from left to right very fast.
She showed us how to hold the shuttle in one hand.
This loom needs a special shuttle for thick thread.
Significado
tool carrying thread on a loom
Colocações
loom shuttle
|throw the shuttle
|wooden shuttle
|threaded shuttle
|shuttle flies across the loom
Sinônimos
bobbin (A bobbin is a small reel that holds thread in sewing or weaving; unlike a shuttle, it does not necessarily move back and forth across the loom.)
Temas
crafts
|technology
|arts_entertainment
|work
Definição
A tool used in weaving that holds thread and moves from side to side across the machine to make cloth.
A boat‑shaped or cylindrical tool used in weaving that holds the weft thread and is passed back and forth across the loom to form cloth.
Gramática
Forma no dicionário
shuttle
AFI
GB/ʃˈʌtəl/
US/ʃˈʌtəl/
Sílabas e tonicidade
shuttle (1 sílaba)
Stress on 1st syllable (shuttle)
Formas da palavra
Noun
- Base: shuttle
- Plural: shuttles
Verb
- Base: shuttle
- 3rd Person Singular: shuttles
- Present Participle: shuttling
- Past: shuttled
Família de palavras
Forms
shuttles
noun
shuttling
verb
shuttled
verb
Related words
shuttlecock
noun
Expressões
courtesy shuttle
1/kˈɚtəsi ʃˈʌtəl/
fixed phrase
free shuttle service for customers
A free bus or van that a company or hotel gives to customers to help them travel between that place and another place.
Exemplos
- The car rental company offers a courtesy shuttle from the airport.
- A courtesy shuttle runs every half hour to the convention center.
- We used the courtesy shuttle to get from the parking lot to the terminal.
hotel shuttle
1/hoʊtˈɛl ʃˈʌtəl/
fixed phrase
hotel vehicle for guest transfers
A bus or van from a hotel that takes guests to places like the airport or the city center and brings them back.
Exemplos
- The hotel shuttle will pick you up in front of the arrivals hall.
- We missed the hotel shuttle and had to wait for the next one.
- Guests can reserve the hotel shuttle at the front desk.
shuttle back and forth
1/ʃˈʌtəl bˈæk ˈænd fˈɔɹθ/
fixed phrase
travel repeatedly between two places
To go from one place to another and then back again many times, usually in a short time.
Exemplos
- He spent the whole week shuttling back and forth between the office and the factory.
- Ambulances shuttled back and forth, carrying the injured to the hospital.
- All afternoon, she shuttled back and forth between meetings.
shuttle bus
1/ʃˈʌtəl bˈʌs/
fixed phrase
bus running a short regular route
A bus that goes many times each day between two places, usually over a short distance.
Exemplos
- There’s a shuttle bus from the airport to the city center every fifteen minutes.
- We waited outside the terminal for the hotel’s shuttle bus.
- A free shuttle bus connects the parking lot with the main building.
shuttle service
1/ʃˈʌtəl sˈɚvɪs/
fixed phrase
regular back‑and‑forth transport service
A planned transport service that moves people or things many times between two or more places.
Exemplos
- The company provides a shuttle service for employees who live outside the city.
- During the festival, a shuttle service will connect the train station and the venue.
- They run a shuttle service between the airport terminals.
space shuttle
1/spˈeɪs ʃˈʌtəl/
fixed phrase
NASA’s reusable spacecraft type
A kind of spaceship that can fly from Earth to space and back many times, used especially by NASA in the past.
Exemplos
- The space shuttle Atlantis made its final flight in 2011.
- We visited a retired space shuttle at the science museum.
- Many children dream of flying on a space shuttle when they learn about space.
airport shuttle
1/ˈɛɹpˌɔɹt ʃˈʌtəl/
fixed phrase
Transport to or from an airport
A bus or van that takes people between an airport and hotels or other places.
Exemplos
- The hotel offers a free airport shuttle.
- The airport shuttle drops passengers at all major downtown hotels.
- We took the airport shuttle to our hotel.
- We booked seats on the airport shuttle instead of taking a taxi.
- An airport shuttle runs 24 hours a day between the terminal and the long‑stay parking.
shuttle diplomacy
1/ʃˈʌtəl dɪplˈoʊməsi/
fixed phrase
formal
mediation by traveling between sides
A way of trying to make peace or an agreement, where one person or team flies or drives many times between two groups that do not meet directly.
Exemplos
- The foreign minister engaged in shuttle diplomacy to try to end the conflict.
- After weeks of shuttle diplomacy, the two sides finally agreed to a ceasefire.
- His shuttle diplomacy between the rival parties helped restart the talks.
shuttle diplomacy
2/ʃˈʌtəl dɪplˈoʊməsi/
fixed phrase
mediator traveling between parties
diplomatic talks where a person or group flies or travels back and forth between sides that do not meet together, to help them make an agreement
Exemplos
- After weeks of shuttle diplomacy, the envoy finally secured a ceasefire between the warring sides.
- Regional leaders began shuttle diplomacy between the two capitals in an effort to restart peace talks.
- Her shuttle diplomacy among company branches helped settle the dispute over the merger.