shaft
Anglais
Étymologie
Nom commun
shaft
| Singulier | Pluriel |
|---|---|
| shaft \ʃɑːft\ |
shafts \ʃɑːfts\ |
- Bâton, gaule, perche, barre, barreau.
- A shaft is the long narrow body of a spear or arrow
- Rachis d'une plume.
- A shaft is the main axis of a feather
- I had no idea that they removed the feathers’ shafts to make the pillows softer!
- Puits de mine.
- A shaft is a long narrow passage sunk into the earth, for mining etc; a mineshaft.
- Your grandfather used to work with a crane hauling ore out of the gold mine's shafts.
- Cage, gaine d'ascenseur.
- A shaft is a vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.
- Darn it, my keys fell through the gap and into the elevator shaft.
- Conduit d'aération.
- A shaft is a ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.
- (Argot) Escroquerie
- A shaft is a malicious act, as in “to give someone the shaft”
- That guy at work gave me the shaft, he ratted me out to the boss for being late!
- Modèle:vulg Bite.
- Brancard (de charrette).
Dérivés
- (Mécanique) crankshaft (vilebrequin d'un moteur)
Verbe
| Temps | Forme |
|---|---|
| Infinitif | to shaft \ʃɑːft\ |
| Présent simple, 3e pers. sing. |
shafts \ʃɑːfts\ |
| Prétérit | shafted \ʃɑːft.ɪd\ |
| Participe passé | shafted \ʃɑːft.ɪd\ |
| Participe présent | shafting \ʃɑːft.ɪŋ\ |
| voir conjugaison anglaise | |
shaft transitif
- (Familier) (Populaire) Tricher, escroquer.
- I trusted him and he really shafted me.
- Modèle:vulg (Argot) Baiser.
- Creuser un puits de mine.
Prononciation
- États-Unis : [ʃæft]
- (Australie) : écouter « shaft [Prononciation ?] »
Voir aussi
- shaft sur l’encyclopédie Wikipédia (en anglais)
