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
Where there's smoke, there's fire.
事出必有因，无风不起浪。
I hope the weather there is cold enough.
我希望那儿天气够冷。
The cry had certainly come form one of the chimneys, but as there were so many of them, the fire fighters could not be certain which one it was.
喊叫声肯定是从烟囱里传出来的，然而，因为烟囱太多，消防队员无法确定到底是哪一个。