shifting

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

the act of moving from one place to another
- his constant shifting disrupted the class
• Syn:
shift
• Derivationally related forms:
shift, shifty (for: shift), shift (for: shift)
• Hypernyms:
motion, movement, move

II - adjective

1. continuously varying (Freq. 2)
- taffeta with shifting colors
• Similar to:
variable
2. changing position or direction
- he drifted into the shifting crowd
- their nervous shifting glances
- shifty winds
• Syn:
shifty
• Similar to:
unsteady
• Derivationally related forms:
shiftiness (for: shifty), shift (for: shifty)
3. (of soil) unstable
- shifting sands
- unfirm earth
• Syn:
unfirm
• Similar to:
loose

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  chemise, sack, shimmy, slip, teddy, shift key, fault, faulting, geological fault, fracture, break, shifting, switch, switching, work shift, duty period, transformation, transmutation, displacement, change, lurch, pitch, careen, wobble, tilt, stir, budge, agitate, transfer, dislodge, r