Definition
A shuttle is a vehicle or service that goes back and forth between two places on a regular route. In weaving, it is a tool that carries thread across a loom.
Etymology
“Shuttle” comes from Old English “scytel,” meaning a dart or missile, related to “shoot.” It came to mean the weaving tool that shoots back and forth across the threads. Modern transport shuttles are named by analogy with this repeated back-and-forth motion.
Kelly Says
The space shuttle, airport shuttle, and a loom’s shuttle all share the same motion: back-and-forth, back-and-forth. Once you picture the weaving tool zipping across the loom, every modern ‘shuttle bus’ suddenly has a vivid image behind it. It’s technology borrowing vocabulary from ancient crafts.
Translations
AFAfrikaans
pendeltuig
pendeltuig
BGБългарски
совалка
совалка
CACatalà
llançadora
llançadora
CSČeština
kyvadlová doprava
kyvadlová-doprava
ELΕλληνικά
λεωφορείο
λεωφορείο
ESEspañol
lanzadera
lanzadera
EUEuskara
txalupa
txalupa
FRFrançais
navette
navette
GLGalego
lanzadeira
lanzadeira
HUMagyar
ingajárás
ingajárás
IDBahasa Indonesia
pesawat ulang-alik
pesawat-ulang-alik
ITItaliano
navetta
navetta
LTLietuvių
pendulinis
pendulinis
LVLatviešu
šķērslis
šķērslis
MSBahasa Melayu
ulang-alik
ulang-alik
MYမြန်မာ
ခရီးသည်တင်
ခရီးသည်တင်
NLNederlands
pendel
pendel
PLPolski
wahadłowiec
wahadłowiec
PTPortuguês
vaivém
vaivém
SKSlovenčina
kyvadlová doprava
kyvadlová-doprava
SLSlovenščina
ladja
ladja
SVSvenska
skyttel
skyttel
SWKiswahili
garimoshi
garimoshi
TAதமிழ்
விண்வெளி விமானம்
விண்வெளி-விமானம்
VITiếng Việt
xe đưa đón
xe-đưa-đón