shunt
verb uk/ʃʌnt/ us/ʃʌnt/
(TRAINS)
[ T ]使（火车或车厢）转轨
to move a train or carriage onto a different track in or near a station using a special railway engine designed for this purpose
(MOVE)
[ T usually + adv/prep ]把…转至，调往（另一地方）
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. 我5岁时父母离异，童年的大部分时间都辗转在离婚的父母之间。
He shunts his kids off to a camp every summer. 他每年夏天都送孩子们去参加夏令营。
Viewers are sick of their favourite sitcoms being shunted to later times to make way for live sports coverage. 因现场直播体育比赛而把深受观众喜欢的情景喜剧往后推迟，许多人对此表示不满。
shunt
noun [ C ] uk/ʃʌnt/ us/ʃʌnt/
(PASSAGE)
medical specialized（身体不同部分之间自然或通过手术开启的可让液体流动的）通路
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.
- More examples
- The neurosurgeon can place a shunt to divert spinal fluid under pressure.
- The man had had a shunt inserted into his head to drain away fluid.
- A total of 63 shunts were performed in 57 patients.