单词 | shuttler |
释义 | shuttlern. rare. A weaver. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > one who webber1255 weaver1362 textour1558 loom-flittera1657 loom-worker1659 textilist1855 shuttler1870 1870 J. K. Hunter Life Stud. Char. 155 He was the prettiest shuttler I ever saw. 1897 Ardrossan & Saltcoats Her. 17 Sept. 5 The shuttlers in the employment of Stewart, Moir & Muir..ceased work. Draft additions September 2017 Now chiefly Indian English and South-East Asian. A badminton player. [In this sense perhaps < shuttle (in shuttlecock n. + -er suffix1.] ΚΠ 1934 Medicine Hat (Alberta) News 22 Dec. 4/1 More than fifty young shuttlers sat down to a merry meal. 1976 China Yearbk. 1976 282/2 In competing with seasoned topflight shuttlers from the world over..they won..sixth and seventh places for men's [singles]. 1992 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 31 May The 23-year-old shuttler steered his country to a 3-2 win over Indonesia in the Thomas Cup final. 2010 J. Saravanamuttu Malaysia's Foreign Policy x. 282 The four Malaysian shuttlers were flown to Jakarta to avoid an incident. Draft additions 1993 2. One who habitually travels back and forth between destinations, a commuter; esp. one who uses shuttle flights. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > one who travels to and from work commuter1902 shuttler1962 society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > aircraft passengers > habitual shuttle flight commuter shuttler1962 1962 Punch 11 Apr. 577/1 We might try to displace ‘commuter’, a word that all despise and everybody uses. ‘Shuttler’ might attract—or ‘in-and-outer’. 1963 New Yorker 15 June 113/2 Benny Profane is the hero... Most of his time is spent traveling uselessly back and forth... Herbert Stencil.., too, is a ceaseless shuttler. 1980 Washington Post 9 Mar. h1/1 Each creator..is an extremely successful product of the Broadway theater, an accomplished shuttler between New York and Hollywood. 1986 Sunday Tel. 24 Aug. (Colour Suppl.) 22/1 With the coming of air travel after the Second World War, Lichine was one of the first persistent shuttlers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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