/ʃɪft ||; ʃɪft/noun1 [C] a shift (in sth) a change in your opinion of or attitude towards sth (看法或态度的)改变: There has been a shift in public opinion away from war. 舆论改变了,不再支持开战。
2 [C] (in a factory, etc) one of the periods that the working day is divided into (工厂等)班,轮班: to work in shifts 轮班工作shift work/workers 轮班的工作╱工人to be on the day/night shift 上日班╱夜班
3 [C] [with.sop] the workers who work a particular shift 轮班职工: The night shift has/have just gone off duty. 上夜班的人刚下班。
4 [U] one of the keys that you use for writing on a computer, etc, that allows you to write a big (capital) letter (计算机等上的)移位键: the shift key 移位键