shunt
v
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(a) [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
move (a railway locomotive, wagons, etc) from one track to another 使(火車頭、 貨車等)轉軌、 調軌
shunting a train into a siding 把火車開到岔軌上.
(b) [I, Ipr, Ip]
(of a train) be shunted (指火車)轉軌, 調軌.
2 (fig infml 比喻, 口)
(a) [Tn.pr, Tn.p]
move sb/sth to a different (often less important) place 將(某人[某事物])轉至另一(常指次要)地方
She's been shunted off to an office in the annexe. 她已調到附屬建筑的辦事處去了.
The luggage was shunted slowly into the lift. 已把行李慢慢移進電梯里.
(b) [Tn.pr] change the direction or course of (sth); divert 改變(某事物)的方向或路線; 轉移
shunt the conversation towards more pleasant topics 轉換話題談些愉快的事.