Shuttle diplomacy
n. 穿梭外交
📖 牛津释义
shuttle diplomacy
diplomacy that requires the diplomat(s) to travel to and fro between the two groups involved 穿梭外交.
🧩 词语组成解析
shuttle
['ʃʌtl]
n. （织机的）梭子;航天飞机;（缝纫机的）滑梭;短程穿梭运行的飞机（或火车，汽车）;
vt.& vi. 穿梭般来回移动;
vt. 以短程往复方式运送（货物等）;
vi. 以短程往复式运行;
shutt=shoot抛出+le表示做某种动作时所使用的东西 →织布梭
diplomacy
[dɪ'ploməsi]
n. 外交;外交手腕，交际手段;外交使团;处世之道;
pli, ply, plex = fold ,表示”重叠,折叠”#词根助记：di二+plo=折成两层的纸=外交文书=外交
🗣️ 情景例句
What brand do you want?
你想要什么样的颜色？
That's impossible.
那是不可能的。
When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.
最近有个学生看见两个工人在学校门外用风钻干活，马上打电话报告警察，说有两个学生装扮成工人，正在用风钻破坏路面。