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he shuttled the Atlantic many times

  • 1 shuttle

    1) (in weaving, a piece of equipment for carrying the thread backwards and forwards across the other threads.) čolniček
    2) (a piece of machinery for making loops in the lower thread in a sewing-machine.) čolniček
    3) (an air, train or other transport service etc which operates constantly backwards and forwards between two places: an airline shuttle between London and Edinburgh; space shuttle (= a craft travelling between space stations).) vozilo, plovilo
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    * * *
    [šʌtl]
    1.
    noun
    čolniček v šivalnem stroju; suvalnica, tkalski čolniček; technical prestavljiva vrata na zatvornici; vlak (avtobus, letalo itd.), ki vozi na stalni progi sem in tja; American (= shuttle train) lokalni vlak
    shuttle bus — avtobus, ki vozi na stalni progi sem in tja;
    2.
    transitive verb & intransitive verb
    (hitro) sem in tja (se) premikati; prečkati; voziti (se), potovati sem in tja; figuratively omahovati, kolebati
    he shuttled the Atlantic many times — mnogokrat je prečkal, prevozil Atlantik

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