shuttle

navette

Bus, train ou autre service qui transporte régulièrement des voyageurs entre des lieux précis.

En anglais simple : A bus, train, or other service that repeatedly takes people between particular places.

• The shuttle leaves every ten minutes.
• We took the airport shuttle to our hotel.
• Is there a free shuttle between the terminals?

Comment l'utiliser : a shuttle between A and B (There is a shuttle between the hotel and the airport.); a shuttle to somewhere (We took a shuttle to the station.)

Synonymes : shuttle service

Expressions courantes : shuttle bus, airport shuttle, free shuttle, shuttle service

navette

Outil qui fait passer un fil entre les autres fils, d’un côté à l’autre, pour fabriquer du tissu.

En anglais simple : A tool that carries thread from side to side through other threads when cloth is being made.

• She passed the shuttle through the threads.
• The wooden shuttle holds a small roll of yarn.
• He made two shuttles for his new loom.

Expressions courantes : weaving shuttle, wooden shuttle, loom shuttle

faire la navette

Se déplacer régulièrement entre deux lieux, ou faire circuler quelque chose entre eux.

En anglais simple : To move, or send something, repeatedly between two places.

• He shuttles between home and work.
• We shuttled documents between the offices all afternoon.
• She spent years shuttling back and forth between two cities.

Comment l'utiliser : shuttle between A and B (She shuttles between London and Paris for work.); shuttle something between A and B (They shuttle files between the two offices.)

Synonymes : go back and forth

Expressions courantes : shuttle between places, shuttle back, shuttle documents between offices

transporter, acheminer

Transporter des personnes entre des lieux avec un bus régulier ou un service semblable.

En anglais simple : To take people between places using a regular bus or similar transport service.

• They shuttle guests to the airport.
• Small buses shuttled passengers between the terminals.
• Will the hotel shuttle us back after dinner?

Comment l'utiliser : shuttle someone to/from somewhere (A bus shuttles visitors to the museum.); shuttle someone between A and B (Drivers shuttle guests between the hotel and the beach.)

Synonymes : transport, ferry

Expressions courantes : shuttle guests, shuttle people around, shuttle passengers between terminals