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1 sidetrack
transitive verb* * *verb (to turn (a person) aside from what he was about to do: I intended to write letters this evening, but was sidetracked into going to the pictures instead.) ablenken* * *ˈside·trackI. vt1. (distract)▪ to \sidetrack sb jdn ablenkenI'm sorry I'm late — I got \sidetracked entschuldige die Verspätung — ich wurde aufgehalten2. (put on ice)to \sidetrack an issue/a plan eine Angelegenheit/einen Plan auf Eis legen3. RAILto \sidetrack a train einen Zug rangierenII. n* * *A s1. → academic.ru/67161/siding">siding 12. fig totes GleisB v/t2. umga) etwas abbiegenb) jemanden ablenkenc) jemanden kaltstellenC v/i (von Thema) ablenken* * *transitive verb* * *(railway) n.Rangiergleis n. -
2 shunt
transitive verb(Railw.) rangierenshunt [off] — (fig.) abschieben
* * *[ʃʌnt]I. vt1. RAIL▪ to \shunt sth etw verschiebento \shunt a train/carriages einen Zug/Waggons rangieren▪ to \shunt sth etw abschiebenI spent most of my childhood being \shunted between my parents den größten Teil meiner Kindheit wurde ich von einem Elternteil zum anderen geschobento be \shunted to later times auf einen späteren Zeitpunkt verschoben werdenII. nto give a train/carriage a \shunt einen Zug/Waggon verschieben* * *[ʃʌnt]1. nStoß m; (inf = car crash) Crash m (sl)they gave the wagon a shunt into the siding — sie schoben or rangierten den Waggon auf das Abstellgleis
to give sth a shunt — etw anstoßen, einer Sache (dat) einen Stoß geben
2. vt1) (RAIL) rangieren, verschiebenour department then has to shunt the papers back for signing — unsere Abteilung muss die Papiere dann zur Unterschrift zurückverfrachten (inf)
they shunted him off to boarding school — sie schoben ihn ins Internat ab
3. vi (RAILtrain) rangiert or verschoben werden; (person) rangieren* * *shunt [ʃʌnt]A v/t1. beiseiteschieben2. fig etwas aufschieben, zurückstellen3. jemanden nicht zum Zuge kommen lassen, kaltstellen4. ELEK shunten, nebenschließen5. BAHN einen Zug etc rangieren, verschieben6. abzweigenB v/i1. BAHN rangierenC s1. ELEKa) Nebenschluss mb) Shunt m, Nebenwiderstand m:shunt capacitor Parallelkondensator m;shunt current Nebenschlussstrom m;shunt-fed parallelgespeist;shunt switch Umgehungsschalter m;shunt-wound motor Nebenschlussmotor m2. BAHNa) Rangieren nb) besonders Br Weiche f* * *transitive verb(Railw.) rangierenshunt [off] — (fig.) abschieben
* * *n.Nebenschluss ¨-e m. v.parallel schalten ausdr.rangieren v.
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