[with obj. and adverbial of direction]push or pull (a train or part of a train) from the main line to a siding or from one line of rails to another 使(火车或其一部分)转到岔线;使转轨 their train had been shunted into a siding. 他们的火车已经转到岔线。 ■(常作 be shunted)push or shove (someone or something) 把…推到一边 chairs were being shunted to and fro. 椅子正被来回推动。 ■direct or divert (someone or something) to a less important place or position 闲置;搁置 amateurs were gradually being shunted to filing jobs. 业余人员正渐渐转岗从事文件整理工作。
[withobj.]provide (an electrical current) with a conductor joining two points of a circuit, through which more or less of the current may be diverted 装分流器于;使分流
noun
an act of pushing or shoving something 推 ■(Brit. informal)a motor accident, especially a collision of vehicles travelling one close behind the other (英,非正式)撞车事故(尤指追尾事故)
an electrical conductor joining two points of a circuit, through which more or less of a current may be diverted 分流器 ■(Surgery)an alternative path for the passage of the blood or other body fluid (外科)吻合分流术 [as modifier]shunt surgery. 吻合分流外科手术。
语源
Middle English (in the sense 'move suddenly aside'): perhaps from shun