最新 人气 评论 赞 踩
Shift
v. t.
3   0   0   0
To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame.
Shift
v. t.
3   0   0   0
To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails.
Shift
v. t.
3   0   0   0
To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to shift the clothes; to shift the scenes.
Shift
v. t.
3   0   0   0
To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.
Shift
v. t.
3   0   0   0
To put off or out of the way by some expedient.
Shiff
v. i.
3   0   0   0
To divide; to distribute.
Shiff
v. i.
3   0   0   0
To make a change or changes; to change position; to move; to veer; to substitute one thing for another; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb.
Shiff
v. i.
3   0   0   0
To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
Shiff
v. i.
3   0   0   0
To practice indirect or evasive methods.
Shiff
v. i.
3   0   0   0
To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted.
Shift
v. t.
3   0   0   0
The act of shifting.
Shift
v. t.
3   0   0   0
The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution.
Shift
v. t.
3   0   0   0
Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise.
Shift
v. t.
3   0   0   0
The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift.
Shift
v. t.
3   0   0   0
In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
Shift
v. t.
3   0   0   0
A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
Shift
v. t.
3   0   0   0
A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin.
Shiftable
a.
3   0   0   0
Admitting of being shifted.
Shifter
n.
3   0   0   0
One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.
Shifter
n.
3   0   0   0
An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
Shifter
n.
3   0   0   0
An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
Shifter
n.
3   0   0   0
A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
Shiftiness
n.
3   0   0   0
The quality or state of being shifty.
Shifting
a.
3   0   0   0
Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles.
Shifting
a.
3   0   0   0
Adapted or used for shifting anything.
Shiftingly
adv.
3   0   0   0
In a shifting manner.
Shiftless
a.
3   0   0   0
Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management.
Shifty
a.
3   0   0   0
Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance.
Shiite
n.
3   0   0   0
Alt. of Shiah
Shiah
n.
3   0   0   0
A member of that branch of the Mohammedans to which the Persians belong. They reject the first three caliphs, and consider Ali as being the first and only rightful successor of Mohammed. They do not acknowledge the Sunna, or body of traditions respecting Mohammed, as any part of the law, and on these accounts are treated as heretics by the Sunnites, or orthodox Mohammedans.