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shift

US: /ˈʃɪft/

UK: /ʃˈɪft/

English Vietnamese dictionary

shift /ʃift/

danh từ
- sự thay đổi vị trí, sự thay đổi tính tình; sự thăng trầm; sự luân phiên
  - shift of crops: sự luân canh
  - the shifts and changes of life: sự thăng trầm của cuộc sống
- ca, kíp
  - to work in shift: làm theo ca
- mưu mẹo, phương kế
- lời thoái thác, lời quanh co, lời nước đôi
- (địa lý,địa chất) sự trượt nghiêng; tầng trượt nghiêng
- (ngôn ngữ học) sự thay đổi cách phát âm
- (âm nhạc) sự thay đổi vị trí bàn tay (trên phím đàn pianô)
- (thể dục,thể thao) sự di chuyển vị trí (của hàng hậu vệ bóng đá)
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) sự thay quần áo
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) áo sơ mi nữ
- to be at one's last shift
  - cùng đường
- to live on shifts
  - sống một cách ám muội
- to make [a] shift to
  - tìm phương, tính kế, xoay xở (để làm làm gì)
- to make shift without something
  - đành xoay xở vậy tuy thiếu cái gì

động từ
- đổi chỗ, dời chỗ, di chuyển; thay
  - to shift one's lodging: thay đổi chỗ ở
  - to shift the scene: thay cảnh (trên sân khấu)
  - wind shifts round to the East: gió chuyển hướng về phía đông
- ((thường) + off) trút bỏ, trút lên
  - to shift off the responsibility: trút bỏ trách nhiệm; trút trách nhiệm (cho ai)
- dùng mưu mẹo, dùng mưu kế, xoay xở; xoay xở để kiếm sống
- (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) nó quanh co, nói lập lờ, nói nước đôi
- sang (số) (ô tô)
  - our new car shifts automatically: chiếc xe ô tô mới của chúng tôi sang số tự động
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) thay quần áo
- to shift one's ground
  - thay đổi ý kiến lập trường (trong cuộc thảo luận)
- to shift for oneself
  - tự xoay xở lấy
- to shift and prevaricate
  - nói quanh co lẩn tránh

Advanced English dictionary

verb, noun
+ verb
move
1 ~ (sth) (from ...) (to ...) to move, or move sth, from one position or place to another: [V] The action of the novel shifts from Paris to London. + Lydia shifted uncomfortably in her chair. + I shifted uneasily under his gaze. + [VN] He shifted his gaze from the child to her. + Could you help me shift some furniture? + She shifted her weight from one foot to the other.
2 [V, VN] ~ (yourself) (BrE, informal) to move quickly
Synonym: HURRY
situation / opinion / policy
3 [V] ~ (from ...) (to / towards / toward ...) (of a situation, an opinion, a policy etc.) to change from one state, position, etc. to another: Public attitudes towards marriage have shifted over the past 50 years. + The balance of power shifted away from workers towards employers. + Her sympathies gradually shifted to the side of the protesters.
4 [VN] ~ sth (from ...) (to / towards / toward ...) to change your opinion of or attitude towards sth, or change the way that you do sth: We need to shift the focus of this debate. + The new policy shifted the emphasis away from fighting inflation.
responsibility
5 [VN] ~ responsibility / blame (for sth) (onto sb) to make sb else responsible for sth you should do or sth bad that you have done: He tried to shift the blame for his mistakes onto his colleagues.
remove mark
6 [VN] to remove sth such as a dirty mark: a detergent that shifts even the most stubborn stains
sell goods
7 [VN] to sell goods, especially goods that are difficult to sell: They cut prices drastically to try and shift stock.
in vehicle
8 [V] (AmE) to change the GEARS when you are driving a vehicle: to shift into second gear
Idioms: shift your ground (usually disapproving) to change your opinion about a subject, especially during a discussion
(the) shifting sands (of sth) used to describe a situation that changes so often that it is difficult to understand or deal with it
Phrasal Verbs: shift for yourself (BrE) to do things without help from other people: You're going to have to shift for yourself from now on.
+ noun
change
1 [C] ~ (in sth) a change in position or direction: a gradual shift in the population away from the countryside to the towns + a dramatic shift in public opinion + a shift of emphasis
period of work
2 [C] a period of time worked by a group of workers who start work as another group finishes: to be on the day / night shift at the factory + to work an eight-hour shift + working in shifts + shift workers / work
See also - SWING SHIFT
3 [C+sing./pl. v.] the workers who work a particular shift: The night shift has / have just come off duty.
on computer
4 [U] the mechanism on a TYPEWRITER or computer keyboard that allows capital letters or a different set of characters to be typed: a shift key
clothing
5 [C] a woman's simple straight dress
6 [C] a simple straight piece of clothing worn by women in the past as underwear

Thesaurus dictionary

1 move, change position; edge, budge, relocate, rearrange, transpose, switch:

Shift the picture slightly to the left. Marla shifted over closer to me on the bench. I almost broke my leg because you shifted the chair as I was about to sit on it.

2 Usually, shift for (oneself). manage, succeed, make do, look after, take care of, get or scrape by or along, fend for (oneself), make it, paddle one's own canoe:

Cyril prefers to live alone and shift for himself.

3 sell, market, move:

The object of advertising is to shift merchandise.

4 hours, stint, schedule; workforce, relay, crew, cadre, staff, workers, squad, team, corps, group, party, gang:

I prefer to work the morning shift. The night shift comes on at 1600

5 change, movement, switch, transfer, swerve, deflection, veer:

Owing to a wind shift, it became impossible to manoeuvre among the rocks

6 smock, chemise, muu-muu; caftan or kaftan:

A light cotton shift is the most comfortable thing to wear in such scorching weather.

Collocation dictionary

¹ change

ADJ.

VERB + SHIFT

be, represent

These proposals represent a dramatic shift in policy.

| bring about, cause, lead to, produce, result in | mark, see

The moment marked a significant shift in attitudes to the war.

| detect

I detected a subtle shift towards our point of view.

| explain

one factor which may explain the president's policy shift

SHIFT + VERB

occur, take place

These climate shifts occurred over less than a decade.

PREP.

~ between

the many shifts between verse and prose that occur in Shakespeare

| ~ (away) from

the shift away from direct taxation

| ~ in

a shift in public opinion

| ~ to

a sudden shift to the right in British politics

| ~ towards

a shift towards part-time farming

² division of the working day

ADJ.

double, long, split

I agreed to work double shifts for a few weeks.

| day, early, late, night | eight-hour, ten-hour, etc. | afternoon, evening, morning, weekend

VERB + SHIFT

be/come/go on, do, work (in) ~s

I'm doing the early shift this week. I didn't realize that I'd have to work shifts. The clinic is staffed by ten doctors who work in shifts.

| change (your) ~s

It was 8.00 a.m. and the nurses were changing shifts. My husband has changed his shifts, from the afternoon shift to the night one.

| be/go/come off

SHIFT + NOUN

work | supervisor, manager, worker | pattern, system

They'd altered his shift pattern twice in the past fortnight.

PREP.

on a/the ~

a decision for the chief nurse on each shift

¹ move

ADV.

slightly

Julie shifted her position slightly and smiled.

| impatiently, restlessly, uncomfortably, uneasily

She shifted uncomfortably in her chair.

| away

PREP.

from

She shifted her gaze away from the group of tourists.

| onto

He shifted his weight onto his left foot.

| to

Her eyes shifted to his face.

PHRASES

shift from foot to foot

² change

ADV.

dramatically, markedly

The emphasis has shifted markedly in recent years.

| slightly | effectively | simply

We cannot simply shift the responsibility onto someone else.

| gradually, slowly | rapidly | suddenly | constantly, continually

constantly shifting alliances

VERB + SHIFT

attempt to, try to

trying to shift the blame onto the government

| tend to | begin to

PREP.

(away) from

I felt the advantage had suddenly shifted away from us.

| onto, to

His sympathies rapidly shifted to the side of the workers.

| towards

These changes will shift the balance in higher education more towards science subjects.

Concise English dictionary

shifts|shifted|shiftingʃɪft
noun
+an event in which something is displaced without rotation
+a qualitative change
+the time period during which you are at work
+the act of changing one thing or position for another
+the act of moving from one place to another
+(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
+a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
+the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
+a woman's sleeveless undergarment
+a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
verb
+make a shift in or exchange of
+change place or direction
+move around
+move very slightly
+move from one setting or context to another
+change in quality
+move and exchange for another
+move sideways or in an unsteady way
+move abruptly
+use a shift key on a keyboard
+change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
+change gears
+lay aside, abandon, or leave for another