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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

班车

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bān chē

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Shuttling/ˈʃʌt.lɪŋ/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"班车在机场和市区之间运送乘客。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To move back and forth between two points.

    "The bus was shuttling passengers between the airport and the city."
  2. 2

    To transport or convey something or someone repeatedly.

    "The company is shuttling supplies to the remote site every week."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'schuttle', meaning a weaving implement, originating from Old English 'scytel' (dart, arrow), linked to 'scēotan' (to shoot). Over time, the rapid, reciprocating back-and-forth motion of a loom's shuttle inspired the extended verb sense of moving continuously between two or more places.

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