Betydelse av shunt på svenska

• 0 to move a train or carriage onto a different track in or near a station using a special railway engine designed for this purpose

• 1 to move someone or something from one place to another, usually because that person or thing is not wanted, and without considering any unpleasant effects:

  • I spent most of my childhood being shunted (about) between my parents who had divorced when I was five.

  • He shunts his kids off to a camp every summer.

  • Viewers are sick of their favourite sitcoms being shunted to later times to make way for live sports coverage.

• 2 a hole or passage that allows liquid to move from one part of the body to another, either found naturally in the body or put into the body in an operation:

  • The doctor had trouble finding a vein to insert the shunt.

  • An estimated 50% of all shunts fail within two years, requiring further surgery to replace the shunts.

• 3 a car accident in which one vehicle drives into the back of another:

  • The accident was his second high-speed shunt.

  • He gave me a lift last night because I had a little shunt in my new car.

• 4 to move someone or something to the side or away:

  • Seals can shunt blood away from their skin to maintain body temperature.

  • You can’t just shunt your problems aside.