shuttle
n
1
(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.
However, in recent times the old-age pension has only been paid to the poorest people because there has been an increase in the number of people out of work.189
然而阳近一段时间,老年养老金只付给那些最穷的人,因为失业的人数一直在增长。
Centuries ago, the word beeline was made to describe this thin line of bees flying through the air.