shuttle

シャトルバス、送迎バス

決まった場所の間を繰り返し走り、人を運ぶバスなどの交通サービス。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： 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.)

類義語： shuttle service

よく使う表現： shuttle bus, airport shuttle, free shuttle, shuttle service

杼、シャトル

布を織るとき、他の糸の間に糸を左右に通す道具。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： weaving shuttle, wooden shuttle, loom shuttle

往復する、行き来する

二つの場所の間を繰り返し行き来する、または物を往復させる。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： 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.)

類義語： go back and forth

よく使う表現： shuttle between places, shuttle back, shuttle documents between offices

送迎する、輸送する

定期的なバスなどを使って、人を場所から場所へ運ぶ。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： 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.)

類義語： transport, ferry

よく使う表現： shuttle guests, shuttle people around, shuttle passengers between terminals