shunt

/ʃʌnt/

Thân thiện

A surgeon carefully places a shunt to drain excess fluid.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A medical implant for fluid drainage: A shunt is a tube, typically made of plastic or rubber, surgically placed in the body to drain excess fluid from one area to another.
   • An electrical bypass: In electrical engineering, a shunt is a conductor connected in parallel with a device to divert a portion of the electric current.
   • A biological passage: A shunt is a naturally occurring or surgically created passage that diverts a bodily fluid, such as blood, from its normal channel.
   • A railway siding: A shunt is a short, secondary railway track used for moving trains off the main line.

2. Verb:

   • To divert or bypass: To shunt means to move or redirect something, such as fluid or electricity, to an alternative path.
   • To move a train: To shunt means to move a railway train or cars from one track to another, typically onto a siding.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The patient received a shunt to relieve pressure on her brain.
  • An ammeter uses a shunt to measure high currents.
  • The doctor explained the function of the arteriovenous shunt.
  • The freight train was parked on the shunt.

• Verb:

  • The engineer had to shunt the locomotive to a different track.
  • The system is designed to shunt excess power to the backup battery.

Advanced Usage

• "to shunt aside": to push someone or something out of the way or to a less important position.

  • He felt his ideas were constantly being shunted aside in meetings.

• "to shunt off": to send someone or something away, often dismissively.

  • The difficult problem was shunted off to a junior committee.

Variants and Related Words

• Shunter (n): A small locomotive used for moving trains within a yard; a person who performs this job.
  • The shunter moved the carriages into position.

Synonyms

• Divert: To change the direction or course of something.
• Redirect: To send something to a different place or direction.
• Sideline: To remove from active participation.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Shunt around: To move someone or something repeatedly from one place or person to another.
  • The paperwork was shunted around various departments for weeks.

Related Idioms

• To be/get shunted into a siding: To be moved into a position of little importance or activity; to be sidelined.
  • After the merger, the old management team was shunted into a siding.

Học thuật

Noun

1. implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
2. a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
3. a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
   • an arteriovenus shunt

Verb

1. provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
2. transfer to another track, of trains

Từ đồng nghĩa

• electrical shunt
• bypass