| 单词 | shifting |
| 释义 | shifting (once / 658 pages) adjn The word shifting describes something that is taking a new direction either physically or in thought. If you’ve recently decided that the earth may be round, you are shifting from a flat-Earth viewpoint to a round-Earth one. Shifting can be used in several senses, but the constant in all of them is change and movement. For example, shifting can describe moving earth: it is usually a bad idea to build your house on a plot of shifting land. The word can also refer to something that is regularly changing: Your friend whose favorite music regularly alternates from heavy metal to jazz to Chinese opera? She has a shifting taste in music. WORD FAMILYshifting: shiftingly, shiftings+/shift: shifted, shifter, shifting, shiftless, shifts, shifty/shifter: shifters/shiftless: shiftlesser, shiftlessly, shiftlessness/shifty: shiftier, shiftiest, shiftily, shiftiness USAGE EXAMPLESThe riot was sparked by a clash between two gangs in the prison and reflects shifting allegiances among Brazil’s powerful narco-trafficking groups, authorities said. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) But the ground under the issue may be shifting. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) “Historical data shows that shifting travel patterns should be anticipated as political and economic climates settle,” he says. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj changing position or direction he drifted into the shifting crowd their nervous shifting glances Syn shifty unsteady subject to change or variation 2adj continuously varying taffeta with shifting colors Syn variable liable to or capable of change 3adj (of soil) unstable shifting sands Syn unfirm loose not compact or dense in structure or arrangement 4n the act of moving from one place to another his constant shifting disrupted the class Syn|Hyper shift motion, move, movement the act of changing location from one place to another |
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