If a person or thing is shunted somewhere, they are moved or sent there, usually because someone finds them inconvenient.
例句
He has spent most of his life being shunted between his mother, father and various foster families...他一生中的大部分時間都在他母親、父親及各種各樣的寄養家庭之間輾轉度過。Independent thinkers are shunted into minor jobs or refused promotion.見解獨到的人士要么被調往次要的崗位，要么就不被提升。
VERB
使(火車車皮或車廂)轉軌
When railway engines shunt wagons or carriages, they push or pull them from one railway line to another.
例句
The GM diesel engine shunted the coaches to Platform 4.通用柴油動力火車頭將車廂轉軌到了 4 號月臺。
英漢詞典釋義
vt. & vi.
把(鐵路貨車等)調到另一軌道上;使轉軌
Freight Train 36 has been shunted on to Track 6.36次貨車已調到第六軌道上。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another;
"an arteriovenus shunt"
2. a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
3. implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
Verb
1. transfer to another track, of trains
2. provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt