| 释义 |
shift /shift/ transitive verb- To change
- To change the clothes of (archaic or dialect)
- To change the position or direction of
- To remove
- To dislodge
- To transfer
- To evade (obsolete)
- To rid
- To quit
- To swallow, consume (slang)
- To sell, get rid of by selling (slang)
- To put off
intransitive verb- To manage, get on, do as one can
- To change
- To change position or direction
- To fluctuate
- To change one's clothes (archaic or dialect)
- To take appropriate or urgent action
- To move
- To go away
- To move quickly (informal)
- To undergo phonetic change
noun- A group of people who work for a specific period within a working day, alternating with other groups
- The time worked by such a group
- A change
- A change of position or direction
- A change in the direction of the wind (nautical)
- A general or bodily displacement of a series (as of lines in the spectrum, consonant or vowel sounds, faulted strata)
- Displacement of an ordered set of data to the left or right (computing)
- The movement of two or more offensive players at the same time before the snap (American football)
- (in violin-playing) any change of position of the hand on the fingerboard
- A removal
- The gear change in a motor vehicle (chiefly N American)
- An expedient
- An artifice or contrivance
- A woman's undergarment, a smock, chemise or slip (old)
- A loose dress, roughly triangular or oblong
- Provision of clothes or (archaic) other things for use in rotation or substitution
ORIGIN: OE sciftan to divide, allot; ON skipta shiftˈable adjective shiftˈed adjective shiftˈer noun - Someone who or something that shifts, esp a scene-shifter
- Someone who resorts to shifts, tricks, evasions, or sophistry
shifˈtily adverb shiftˈiness noun shiftˈing noun adjective - Moving about
- Unstable
- Shifty
shiftˈless adjective - Without resource or expedient
- Inefficient
- Feckless, aimless
- Without a smock (archaic)
shiftˈlessly adverb shiftˈlessness noun shiftˈy adjective - Evasive, tricky, suggesting trickery
- Dubious, shady, furtive
- Ready with shifts or expedients
shifˈting-boards plural noun Partitioning to prevent shifting of cargo shifting cultivation noun A system of cultivating land, in which an area is cleared and farmed until the fertility of the soil is exhausted, then abandoned for a new area shifting register same as shift register below. shifting spanner noun An adjustable spanner shift key noun A key on a typewriter or computer keyboard used to bring a different set of letters (eg capitals) into use shift register noun (computing) A register (qv) which carries out shifts on data (bits or digits) shift work noun (a system of) working in shifts shift worker noun shift working noun shift about - To move from side to side
- To turn right round to the opposite point
shift down or up (chiefly N American) To change down or up a gear (also figurative) shift for oneself To depend on one's own resources shift one's ground (usu figurative) To change the position one has taken, eg in a discussion |