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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8928 COCA: 3810

shuttle
1 shuttle /ˈʃʌtl̟/ noun
plural shuttles
1 shuttle
/ˈʃʌtl̟/
noun
plural shuttles
Learner's definition of SHUTTLE
[count]
1 
: a vehicle that travels back and forth between places往返于两地的交通工具；摆渡车
— often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
2 
: space shuttle
3 
: a pointed tool that is used to weave cloth by pulling a thread from side to side across other threads（织机的）梭子
2 shuttle /ˈʃʌtl̟/ verb
shuttles; shuttled; shuttling
2 shuttle
/ˈʃʌtl̟/
verb
shuttles; shuttled; shuttling
Learner's definition of SHUTTLE
1 
always followed by an adverb or preposition, [no object] : to travel back and forth between places在两地间穿梭；往返于两地
2 
[+ object] : to bring (people) back and forth between places往返运载
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8928 COCA: 3810

shuttle

1 of 2

noun

shut·​tle ˈshə-tᵊl How to pronounce shuttle (audio)
1
a
: a device used in weaving for passing the thread of the weft between the threads of the warp
b
: a spindle-shaped device holding the thread in tatting, knotting, or netting
c
: a sliding thread holder for the lower thread of a sewing machine that carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread to make a stitch
2
: shuttlecock
3
a
: a going back and forth regularly over an often short route by a vehicle
b(1)
: an established route used in a shuttle
(2)
: a vehicle used in a shuttle
a shuttle bus
c
: space shuttle
shuttleless adjective

shuttle

2 of 2

verb

shuttled; shuttling ˈshət-liŋ How to pronounce shuttle (audio)
ˈshə-tᵊl-iŋ

transitive verb

1
: to cause to move or travel back and forth frequently
2
: to transport in, by, or as if by a shuttle
shuttled them to school

intransitive verb

1
: to move or travel back and forth frequently
2
: to move by or as if by a shuttle

Example Sentences

Noun A shuttle takes people from the parking lot to the airport. Verb We shuttled between the city and the country all summer. A bus shuttled people from the parking lot to the dock.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Parking: $20 advance online or $25 on location at South Shores Park, near Sea World, with shuttle to site. Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022 Some shuttle flights scrubbed as many as five times before finally lifting off. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 9 Sep. 2022 Just getting to the rental car counters requires a particularly lengthy shuttle ride. Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 Sequoia Shuttle Avoid parking headaches at Sequoia National Park with an eco-friendly shuttle that departs from most Visalia hotels. Sunset Magazine, 6 Sep. 2022 The shuttle vehicles are either Sprinter vans or 28-passenger buses, most equipped with bike racks. Katie Jackson, Outside Online, 6 Sep. 2022 The space shuttles were powered by engines using liquid hydrogen, as well as liquid oxygen, and the four engines on the SLS were previously used on shuttle flights. Micah Maidenberg, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2022 Two previous shuttle flights each had six scrubs before successful launches on try No. 7. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022 Four people have died and another eight were injured after a shuttle van flipped over the center median of the New Jersey Palisades Interstate Parkway in the early hours of Friday morning, police said. Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2022
Verb
The scientists shuttle the sample back and forth between a small army of laboratory robots. New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022 The aides shuttle the lawmakers between events in the middle of packed schedules. Chad Pergram | Fox News, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2022 Though huge, all these projects would shuttle significantly less water than one proposed in the 1980s: the Peripheral Canal, defeated by voters, which would have had a maximum capacity of 22,000 cubic feet per second. Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022 Many of the Mercedes vans, contracted from around the country, used to shuttle passengers from satellite parking lots, made the same trip. Leigh Montville, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2022 The Alamo Regional Mobility Authority could decide Wednesday whether to pursue one of two proposals — including one from SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s tunneling company — to shuttle visitors between San Antonio International Airport and downtown. Eric Killelea, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Mar. 2022 Several subways, including the E, 6, N, and W, shuttle you downtown, uptown, and east to Queens in a flash. Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 Under Donald Trump, 42 people, including 18 family members, were assigned protection, requiring agents to shuttle among the former president's various properties and accompany the family's adult children on frequent foreign and domestic travel. Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 18 May 2022 Fox also suggests turning on bathroom or kitchen exhaust fans, which can shuttle germy air outside. Liz Szabo, NBC News, 17 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English shittle, shutle, from Old English scutel, scytel dart; akin to Old Norse skutill bolt, Old English scēotan to shoot — more at shoot

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1550, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of shuttle was in the 14th century

Phrases Containing shuttle
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8928 COCA: 3810
shuttle

noun¹

 1plane/bus/train飛機；公共汽車；火車ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHUTTLE | SHUTTLE + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤airport, hotel機場／旅館班車VERB + SHUTTLE➤catch, fly on, get, take趕上班車／班機；乘短途穿梭班機；乘短途穿梭班車SHUTTLE + NOUN➤bus, flight, service, train短程穿梭運行的班車；短程穿梭運行的航班；往返運輸服務；短程穿梭運行的火車◇The supermarket operates a complimentary shuttle service.這家超市提供免費往返購物班車。➤diplomacy (= international talks carried out by sb who travels between two or more countries) 穿梭外交PREPOSITION➤on a/the shuttle在班機上◇We'll fly up on the shuttle.我們要乘班機過去。➤shuttle between往返於⋯之間的班車◇the shuttle between Adrar and Oran往返於阿德拉爾和奧蘭之間的班車➤shuttle from, shuttle to從⋯開出的班機；去往⋯的班機◇I took the shuttle from Washington to New York.我搭乘從華盛頓飛往紐約的班機。
shuttle

noun²

 2spacecraft航天飛機ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHUTTLE | SHUTTLE + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤space航天飛機VERB + SHUTTLE➤fly, launch駕駛航天飛機；發射航天飛機SHUTTLE + NOUN➤craft航天飛機▸➤crew航天飛機機組人員▸➤flight, mission航天飛機飛行任務➤landing航天飛機着陸➤fleet航天飛機機群➤commander, pilot航天飛機指揮官／飛行員PREPOSITION➤aboard the shuttle, on board the shuttle登上航天飛機

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