1
- with obj. and adverbial of direction push or pull (a train or part of a train) from the main line to a siding or from one line of rails to another使（火车或其一部分）转到岔线; 使转轨：
their train had been shunted into a siding.
他们的火车已被转到岔线上。
1.1
- （常作be shunted）push or shove (someone or something)把…推到一边：
chairs were being shunted to and fro.
椅子正被来回推动。
1.2
- direct or divert (someone or something) to a less important place or position把…撇在一边; 闲置; 搁置：
amateurs were gradually being shunted to filing jobs.
业余人员正渐渐转岗从事文件整理工作。
2
- with obj. provide (an electrical current) with a conductor joining two points of a circuit, through which more or less of the current may be diverted装分流器于; 使分流。
1
- an act of pushing or shoving something推。
1.1
- Brit. informal a motor accident, especially a collision of vehicles travelling one close behind the other〈英, 非正式〉撞车事故（尤指追尾事故）。
2
- an electrical conductor joining two points of a circuit, through which more or less of a current may be diverted分流器。
2.1
- Surgery an alternative path for the passage of the blood or other body fluid【外科】吻合分流术：
as modifier shunt surgery.吻合分流外科手术。
词源
Middle English （in the sense 'move suddenly aside'）： perhaps from SHUN.