shuttle

shuttle
1. noun
1) (in loom, sewing machine) Schiffchen, das
2) (Transport) (service) Pendelverkehr, der; (bus) Pendelbus, der; (aircraft) Pendelmaschine, die; (train) Pendelzug, der; see also academic.ru/69147/space_shuttle">space shuttle
2. transitive verb

shuttle something backwards and forwards — etwas hin und her schicken

shuttle passengers about — Passagiere hin und her fahren

3. intransitive verb
pendeln
* * *
noun
1) (in weaving, a piece of equipment for carrying the thread backwards and forwards across the other threads.) das Weberschiffchen
2) (a piece of machinery for making loops in the lower thread in a sewing-machine.) das Schiffchen
3) (an air, train or other transport service etc which operates constantly backwards and forwards between two places: an airline shuttle between London and Edinburgh; space shuttle (= a craft travelling between space stations).) die Pendelverbindung
- shuttlecock
* * *
shut·tle
[ˈʃʌtl̩, AM ˈʃʌt̬l̩]
I. n
1. (train) Pendelzug m; (plane) Pendelmaschine f
air \shuttle [service] Shuttleflug m
space \shuttle Raumfähre f
2. (weaving bobbin) Weberschiffchen nt; (sewing-machine bobbin) Schiffchen nt
3. (fam) Federball m
II. vt
to \shuttle sb jdn hin- und zurückbefördern
passengers were \shuttled by bus from the bus stop to the airport die Passagiere wurden mit dem Bus von der Bushaltestelle zum Flughafen gebracht
III. vi hin- und zurückfahren
there are trains which \shuttle from the airport to the city centre zwischen dem Flughafen und der Innenstadt verkehren Züge
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['ʃʌtl]
1. n
1) (of loom, sewing machine) Schiffchen nt
2) (= shuttle service) Pendelverkehr m; (= plane/train etc) Pendelflugzeug nt/-zug m etc; (= space shuttle) Raumtransporter m, Spaceshuttle m
3) (= shuttlecock) Federball m
2. vt
passengers, goods hin- und hertransportieren

to shuttle sb around —

the form was shuttled around between different departments — das Formular wurde in den verschiedenen Abteilungen herumgereicht

3. vi
(people) pendeln; (goods) hin- und hertransportiert werden; (forms) herumgereicht werden
* * *
shuttle [ˈʃʌtl]
A s
1. TECH
a) Weberschiff(chen) n, (Web)Schütze(n) m
b) Schiffchen n (der Nähmaschine)
2. TECH Schützentor n (einer Schleuse)
3. shuttle bus, shuttle train
4. a) shuttle service
b) Pendelroute f
5. (Raum) Fähre f
6. shuttlecock A
B v/t (schnell) hin- und herbewegen oder -befördern
C v/i
1. sich (schnell) hin- und herbewegen
2. hin- und herfahren oder -eilen etc, BAHN etc pendeln (between zwischen dat)
* * *
1. noun
1) (in loom, sewing machine) Schiffchen, das
2) (Transport) (service) Pendelverkehr, der; (bus) Pendelbus, der; (aircraft) Pendelmaschine, die; (train) Pendelzug, der; see also space shuttle
2. transitive verb

shuttle something backwards and forwards — etwas hin und her schicken

shuttle passengers about — Passagiere hin und her fahren

3. intransitive verb
pendeln
* * *
(weaving) n.
Schiffchen n.
Weberschiffchen n. v.
pendeln v.

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