shunt
UK/ʃʌnt/US
GREC2
Definitions
v.
To push or divert to one side; to redirect a train, fluid, or electrical current to another path.
转移，分流；（使列车）转轨
n.
A device or passage that diverts flow, especially of blood or electric current, to an alternative path.
分流装置；转轨；（医）分流管
Root Breakdown
Native Englishshuntother
=shunt
Common Collocations
- 1.shunt aside推到一边，冷落
- 2.cardiac shunt心脏分流
- 3.shunt traffic分流交通
- 4.[shunt to a siding]将列车转入侧线
Example Sentences
- 1.
The engineer shunted the freight train onto a side track to clear the main line.
- 2.
Doctors inserted a shunt to divert excess fluid away from the patient's brain.
- 3.
The manager shunted the difficult client to a junior colleague without explanation.