Shuttle

['ʃʌt(ə)l] or ['ʃʌtl]

解释:

(noun.) bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads.

(noun.) public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points.

(verb.) travel back and forth between two points.

埃西手打--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.

(n.) The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.

(n.) A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.

(v. i.) To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.

编辑:曼纽尔

解释:

n. an instrument used for shooting the thread of the woof between the threads of the warp in weaving.—v.t. and v.i. to move to and fro like a shuttle.—n. Shutt′lecock a rounded cork stuck with feathers driven with a battledore: the game itself.—adv. Shutt′lewise in the manner of a shuttle.—adj. Shutt′le-wit′ted flighty.

录入:温德尔