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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   shift

   • IPA[SHift]

   美式

   • v.
     move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance；change the position of one's body, especially because one is nervous or uncomfortable
   • n.
     a slight change in position, direction, or tendency；the displacement of spectral lines.

   • verb: shift, 3rd person present: shifts, gerund or present participle: shifting, past tense: shifted, past participle: shifted

   • noun: shift, plural noun: shifts

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance I shift the weight back to the other leg the roof cracked and shifted 同義詞 move, carry, transfer, transport, convey, ... 更多take, bring, bear, lug, cart, haul, fetch, switch, move around, transpose, relocate, reposition, rearrange, displace, move, slide, slip, move around, be displaced
   • ▪ change the position of one's body, especially because one is nervous or uncomfortable he shifted a little in his chair 同義詞 change, alter, adjust, make adjustments to, adapt, ... 更多amend, recast, vary, modify, revise, reverse, retract, do a U-turn on, row back, eat one's words, do an about-turn on反義詞 keep, stick to
   • ▪ change the emphasis, direction, or focus of she's shifting the blame onto me
   • ▪ change in emphasis, direction, or focus the wind had shifted to the east the balance of power shifted abruptly 同義詞 veer, alter, change, back, vary, ... 更多fluctuate, turn, swing, change direction
   • ▪ move (data) one or more places to the right or left in a register the partial remainder is shifted left
   • ▪ press the shift key on a typewriter or computer keyboard.
   • ▪ informal sell (something) a lot of high-priced product you simply don't know how to shift
   • 2. North American change gear in a vehicle she shifted down to fourth
   • 3. archaic be evasive or indirect they know not how to shift and rob as the old ones do
   • 4. Irish informal kiss and engage in sexually stimulating activity with (someone) she had kissed or shifted him three months earlier at a house party

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a slight change in position, direction, or tendency a shift in public opinion a shift of wind took us by surprise 同義詞 movement, move, shifting, transference, transport, ... 更多conveyance, switch, transposition, relocation, repositioning, rearrangement, change, alteration, adjustment, adaptation, amendment, recasting, variation, modification, revision, reversal, retraction, sea change, U-turn, rowback, about-turn
   • ▪ the displacement of spectral lines.
   • ▪ a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard used to switch between two sets of characters or functions, principally between lower- and upper-case letters.
   • ▪ short for sound shift
   • ▪ North American the gearshift or gear-changing mechanism in a motor vehicle.
   • ▪ the positioning of successive rows of bricks so that their ends do not coincide.
   • ▪ a movement of the digits of a word in a register one or more places to left or right, equivalent to multiplying or dividing the corresponding number by a power of whatever number is the base.
   • ▪ a change of position by two or more players before the ball is put into play.
   • 2. one of two or more recurring periods in which different groups of workers do the same jobs in relay the night shift 同義詞 work period, stint, spell of work, stretch
   • ▪ the group of people who work during a particular shift the bus was still waiting there when the day shift went home 同義詞 group, crew, gang, team, squad, ... 更多patrol
   • 3. a woman's straight unwaisted dress.
   • ▪ historical a long, loose-fitting undergarment.
   • 4. archaic an ingenious or devious device or stratagem the thousand shifts and devices of which Hannibal was a master 同義詞 stratagem, scheme, subterfuge, expedient, dodge, ... 更多trick, ruse, wile, artifice, deception, strategy, device, plan
   • 5. Irish informal a period of kissing and engaging in sexually stimulating activity with someone from getting the shift to getting hitched, there is an app for everything these days the stage of a night out where you’re looking for a shift

   片語

   • make shift
   • shift for oneself
   • shift one's ground