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  • Derivatives : n  shifter ; adj  shiftable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

shift [ʃɪft]
  1. 1. noun [c] (change) 转变
  2. 2. noun (period of work) 轮班
  3. 3. noun (group of workers) 轮班职工
  4. 4. vt. (move) 移动
  5. 5. vt. [+opinion] [ policy] [ emphasis] (change) 改变
  6. 6. vt. [+stain] (remove) 去除
  7. 7. vi. [cargo] [ load+] (move) 移动
  8. 8. vi. [wind+] 转向
  9. 9. vi. [person] [ eyes+] 转移
  10. 10. vi. [opinion] [ policy+] (change) 改变
    to shift gears
    [US] [汽车] 换挡
  11. 11. vi. 英 = change gears
    to shift up/down
    [US] [汽车] 升一挡/降一挡
  12. 12. vi. 英 = change

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

shift [ʃɪft]
  1. 1. vi. 替换交换
  2. 2. vt. 改变变换
  3. 3. vt. 转移移动
  4. 4. vi. 轻微移动稍微挪动
    He shifted in his seat.
    他在椅子里挪了挪。
  5. 5. vt. 转移转变
  6. 6. vi. 改变转变
  7. 7. vt. 与……交换,跟……对调
  8. 8. vi. 跑偏,向旁边行驶,不稳地行驶
  9. 9. vi. 突然移动
  10. 10. vi. 大小写变换键,换挡
    She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case.
    不能使用shift键,以便使所有字母打成小写
  11. 11. vi. [Grammar] 发生音变
    Grimm showed how the consonants shifted.
    格林解释辅音如何产生音变
  12. 12. vi. [American English] 换档变速
    You have to shift when you go down a steep hill.
    在下陡坡必须换挡
  13. 13. verb 放弃,换掉,由……改换
  14. 14. n.[c] 替换更换
  15. 15. n.[c] 变化变换改变
  16. 16. n.[c] 班次工时
  17. 17. n.[c] 交换互换
  18. 18. n.[c] 移动
  19. 19. n.[c] [Geology] 断层
  20. 20. n.[c] 同一班次人员当班一组
  21. 21. n.[c] 字形变换键,大小写变换键
  22. 22. n.[c] 女式无袖衬衣
  23. 23. n.[c] 直筒的宽松连衣裙

Collins English-English Dictionary

shift [ʃɪft]
  1. 1. vb to move or cause to move from one place or position to another
  2. 2. vt. [tr] to change for another or others
  3. 3. vt. to change (gear) in a motor vehicle
  4. 4. vi. [intr] (of a sound or set of sounds) to alter in a systematic way
  5. 5. vi. [intr] to provide for one's needs (esp in the phrase shift for oneself)
  6. 6. vi. [intr] to proceed by indirect or evasive methods
  7. 7. vi. to remove or be removed, esp with difficulty
    no detergent can shift these stains
  8. 8. vi. [intr] [Slang] to move quickly
  9. 9. vt. [tr] [computing] to move (bits held in a store location) to the left or right
  10. 10. n the act or an instance of shifting
  11. 11. n a group of workers who work for a specific period
  12. 12. n the period of time worked by such a group
  13. 13. n an expedient, contrivance, or artifice
  14. 14. n the displacement of rocks, esp layers or seams in mining, at a geological fault
  15. 15. n an underskirt or dress with little shaping
  16. 16. n [Etymology] Old English sciftan; related to Old Norse skipta to divide, Middle Low German schiften, to separate

Examples

If driving a car with a manual transmission,shift up early and shift down late!
如果开的是手动档的车,早点换快挡,晚点换慢挡!
to shift for oneself
自谋生计
shift gear
[US] 换挡
to move {or} shift the goalposts
改变规则
to shift {or} change one's ground
改变立场
to do the night shift
值夜班
to be on night shift
值夜班

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