shift
- IPA[SHift]
美式
- 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
- 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
- 釋義
- 片語
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
- ▪ change the position of one's body, especially because one is nervous or uncomfortable he shifted a little in his chair 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ 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
- ▪ 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
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
- ▪ 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
- ▪ 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
- 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
- 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
