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shift/ʃift/ v. & n.●v. 1 intr. & tr. change or move or cause to change or move from one position to another 转移；移动；使转移；使移动 2 tr. Brit. remove, esp. with effort [英] (尤指用力)去除；去掉 washing won't shift the stains 洗涤无法去掉这些污点 3 Brit. slang [英] [俚语]a intr. hurry 赶快；赶紧 we'll have to shift! 我们必须快点 ! b tr. consume (food or drink) hastily or in bulk (快速或大量地)吃；喝 c tr. colloq. sell, esp. quickly, in large quantities, or dishonestly [口] (尤指快速、大量或欺诈地)卖出 4 intr. contrive or manage as best one can 尽力筹划(或运作) 5 N. Amer. [北美]a tr. change (gear) in a vehicle (车辆)换档 b intr. change gear (换档)变速 6 intr. (of cargo) get shaken out of place (货物)位移 7 intr. archaic be evasive or indirect [古义]推托；闪避 ●n. 1a the act or an instance of shifting 转移；移动 b the substitution of one thing for another; a rotation 替换；轮换；轮流 2a a relay of workers 轮班 the night shift 夜班 b the time for which they work 班次的轮值时间 an eight-hour shift 8 小时的班次 3a a device, stratagem, or expedient 手段；应急办法；权宜之计 b a dodge, trick, or evasion 推诿；诡计；逃避 4a a woman's straight unwaisted dress (女式)宽松直筒连衣裙 b archaic a loose-fitting undergarment [古义]宽松内衣 5 a displacement of spectral lines (see also 另见 RED SHIFT) 光谱线的位移 6 (also 亦作 sound shift) a systematic change in pronunciation as a language evolves (随语言发展而发生的)系统性发音变化 7 a key on a keyboard used to switch between lower and upper case etc. (键盘上大小写等的)转换键 8 Bridge 【桥牌】a a change of suit in bidding 改叫花色 b US a change of suit in play [美]改换花色 9 the positioning of successive rows of bricks so that their ends do not coincide (砌砖时的)错缝 10 N. Amer. [北美]a a gear lever in a motor vehicle (机动车的)排挡操纵杆 b a mechanism for this 变速装置 □ make shift manage or contrive; get along somehow 设法对付；想法应付 made shift without it 没有它也设法对付过去了 □ shift for oneself rely on one's own efforts 依靠自己的努力 □ shift one's ground take up a new position in an argument etc. (在争论等中)采取新立场；改变观点 □ shift off get rid of (responsibility etc.) to another 摆脱，推缷(责任等) □ shiftable adj.□ shifter n.[Old English sciftan ‘arrange, divide’, etc., from Germanic] |