The Versatile Term 'Shuttle': From Weaving to Space Exploration
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The Versatile Term 'Shuttle': From Weaving to Space Exploration

June 29, 2023

There are a number of words in the world with the word "shuttle" attached to them. These include the space shuttle, the badminton shuttlecock, the familiar shuttle run for physical fitness, and the shuttle buses often seen at tourist attractions and events.

The word "shuttle" refers to a tool used in weaving. In weaving, the warp and weft yarns are woven alternately to make fabric, and the shuttle is used to thread the weft yarns. The weft is wound around the shuttle and passed back and forth to weave the threads.

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This video will make it easier to understand.

The shuttle is moving back and forth, back and forth. The word "shuttle" comes to mean "something that goes back and forth" because of this movement.

This is the same as "shuttlecock" in badminton.

Nowadays, weaving is seldom done. However, the names of weaving tools are quoted in many words, indicating that weaving was closely related to daily life in the past.

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