shunt

shunt
shunt
tr[ʃʌnt]
transitive verb
1 (train, railway carriage) cambiar de vía
2 SMALLELECTRICITY/SMALL derivar
3 familiar (person) apartar, relegar, trasladar; (object) empujar, mover
he's been shunted off to another branch se lo han quitado de encima mandándolo a otra sucursal
noun
1 (shunting) maniobra, empujón nombre masculino
2 SMALLELECTRICITY/SMALL derivación nombre femenino
3 SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL derivación nombre femenino
4 familiar (crash) choque nombre masculino
shunt ['ʃʌnt] vt
: desviar, cambiar de vía (un tren)
shunt
adj.
derivado, -a adj.
n.
aguja (Medicina) s.f.
cambio de vía s.m.
derivación s.f.
desviación s.f.
v.
derivar v.
deshacerse de v.
desviar v.
maniobrar v.
ʃʌnt
transitive verb
a) (Rail) cambiar de vía
b) (move, divert) (+ adv compl)

they shunted us from one window to another — nos mandaban de una ventanilla a la otra

[ʃʌnt]
1. VT
1) (Rail) cambiar de vía, shuntar
2) (fig)

to shunt sb about — enviar a algn de acá para allá

the form was shunted about between different departments — la solicitud fue enviada de departamento a departamento (sin que nadie la atendiese)

we were shunted about all day — nos tuvieron dando vueltas todo el día

to shunt sb aside — apartar a algn, relegar a algn a un puesto menos importante

he was shunted into retirement — lograron con maña que se jubilase

2.
VI

to shunt to and fro — trajinar de acá para allá

* * *
[ʃʌnt]
transitive verb
a) (Rail) cambiar de vía
b) (move, divert) (+ adv compl)

they shunted us from one window to another — nos mandaban de una ventanilla a la otra


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