লক্ষ্য করুন: এই এন্ট্রির অনুবাদ বর্তমানে মান পর্যালোচনার অধীনে রয়েছে, তাই কিছু বিষয়বস্তু সাময়িকভাবে শুধুমাত্র ইংরেজিতে প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে।
এই এন্ট্রিটি এখনও আপনার ভাষায় অনুবাদ করা হয়নি, তাই নিচে মূল লেখাটি দেখানো হচ্ছে।
shunt
This term evokes the image of a diversion or a bypass, shifting something from a primary path to a secondary one. In professional or corporate settings, it often carries a negative connotation of marginalization, suggesting that a person or project is being pushed aside or relegated to a less significant role to remove an obstacle.
In technical fields like medicine, electronics, and rail transport, the word is neutral and precise. It describes the physical act of rerouting flow—whether it be electricity, cerebrospinal fluid, or train carriages—to maintain system stability or prevent overload.
Meanings
To move someone or something from one place, path, or position to another, often to a less important one or to clear a way.
The company decided to shunt the problematic project to a different department.
To move a railway train or carriage from one track to another using a switching mechanism.
To divert an electrical current from its normal path through a low-resistance connection.
To create an artificial passage in the body to divert the flow of a fluid, such as blood or cerebrospinal fluid, from one area to another.
An artificial channel or bypass created in the body to divert the flow of a fluid, such as blood or cerebrospinal fluid.
An electrical connection that allows current to pass around a particular part of a circuit.
Examples
The yardmaster ordered the engineer to shunt the freight cars to the siding.
I cannot believe they shunted me to the basement office after ten years of service.
The surgeon had to shunt the excess fluid from the brain to the abdomen.
Wait, did the current shunt through the resistor or bypass it entirely?
He tried to shunt the conversation away from his failed project.
The patient requires a permanent shunt to manage the pressure in their skull.
Just shunt those old files into the archive folder for now.
Phrasal Verbs
shunt off
to move someone or something to a less important position or location
shunt aside
to push something or someone out of the way or ignore them in favor of something else