| 单词 | shuttle service |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshuttle service shuttle service n. a service of shuttle-trains; more widely, any transport service in which vehicles or aircraft travel to and fro between fixed points at frequent intervals. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > operation of railways > specific type of service shuttle service1892 rail link1910 underground service1926 Motorail1968 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > by vehicles regularly plying on a route > to and fro shuttle service1892 Metrolink1983 1892 Q. Rev. Oct. 486 The South-Eastern used, twenty years back, to run a ‘shuttle’ service every ten minutes between Charing Cross and Cannon St. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 3 July 6/3 This ‘shuttle’ service of electric trains. 1933 Times 28 Feb. 9/4 Shuttle services from the outer districts connecting with the trunk and City routes can be substituted for through services from the suburbs to the City. 1944 A. Jacob Traveller's War xxviii. 419 It is the same kind of non-stop bombing shuttle service with which Conyngham, the A.O.C. Western Desert, achieved such great results in Africa. 1961 Wall St. Jrnl. 20 Mar. 2/3 Eastern Airlines said it wants to start a low-cost air ‘shuttle’ service between Boston, New York and Washington. 1966 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Company I've Kept viii. 189 About..the..date of my birthday, Biggar Post Office had to run what was virtually a shuttle-service several times a day to deliver the masses of mail. 1969 Guardian 18 Jan. 1/4 We can expect to see a permanent Russian space station in orbit.., probably with a shuttle service of Russian scientists from earth. 1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. d. 16/3 It is more a commercial than a resort hotel, but it has a pool and runs a daily shuttle service to nearby public beaches for guests. < as lemmas |
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