shuttle
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(a) (in a loom) instrument that pulls the thread of weft between the threads of warp (织机的)梭, 梭子.
(b) (in a sewing-machine) holder that carries the lower thread to meet the upper thread to make a stitch (缝纫机的)滑梭, 摆梭.
2 aircraft, bus, etc that travels regularly between two places 穿梭班机、 公共汽车等(定时往返两地的)
I'm flying to Boston on the shuttle. 我将乘穿梭班机去波士顿.
3 (infml 口) = shuttlecock. shuttle, v [I, Tn]
(cause sth to) move or travel backwards and forwards, or to and fro (使某物)穿梭般往返移动.
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.