shuttle

«shuttle» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a bus, train or plane that goes back and forth often… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a shuttle, shuttles); verb (shuttle, shuttles, shuttled, shuttling)

meaning for a pupil

1) A shuttle is a bus, train or plane that goes back and forth often between two places, like an airport and a car park. tree →

2) A space shuttle was a spacecraft that could fly into space and land back on Earth like a plane, so it could be used again. tree →

3) In badminton, a shuttle (shuttlecock) is the feathered object you hit over the net. tree →

4) In weaving, a shuttle is the tool that carries the thread across the loom. tree →

5) (verb) To shuttle means to go or carry people back and forth between places many times. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Job compares his days to the shuttle of a weaver, which flies quickly back and forth. It pictures how fast and hopeless life feels. Interpretation: Commentators read it as the shortness of human life, which passes as quickly as the thread is woven. In the primary lessons: In science lessons «the space shuttle» comes up in the story of space travel. In PE, badminton uses a shuttle. In everyday life, families take shuttle buses at airports and theme parks. In stories, «shuttling between» shows someone rushing about, for example a child whose parents live apart. Phrases: «shuttle bus», «space shuttle», «shuttle between», «shuttle diplomacy».

examples

• My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. (Writings JOB.7.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• We caught the shuttle bus from the car park to the airport. tree →
• The space shuttle landed on a long runway. tree →
• I hit the shuttle so high it touched the gym ceiling. tree →
• Mum shuttled us between football and swimming all Saturday. tree →
• The free shuttle runs every ten minutes. tree →
• On the loom, the shuttle flew from side to side. tree →
• My brother shuttles between Mum's house and Dad's house every weekend. tree →
• As the shuttle had run away the girl sat down to sew. tree →

note

Countable noun; as a verb it is regular (shuttled, shuttling). «Shuttlecock» is the full name in badminton; «birdie» is common in North America. A shuttle goes back and forth on the same route, unlike a normal bus that has a long route.

In the corpora

• My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shuttle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.