shunt

shunt
verb
  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.
    他们的火车已经转到岔线。
    ■(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。
    ■direct or divert (someone or something) to a less important place or position
    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. [withobj.]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
noun
  1. an act of pushing or shoving something

    ■(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
    ■(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。
语源
  1. Middle English (in the sense 'move suddenly aside'): perhaps from shun
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