undershift

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unfitted undergarment that covers the torso.
    — The statement of Abeng and Tucdaden that when they buried the cadaver, this only had on an undershift and drawers (camiseta-calsoncillo), without uniform, nor boots, nor cap, nor other pieces of adornment, which is duly confirmed by the testimonies of the other witnesses and by the reports of the war correspondents who where present in the battle.
  2. The strategy or act of positioning defensive players extra far toward the offense's weak side.
    — Do they employ an undershift? Overshift? If they do undershift or overshift the line, is it a half-man or full-man over- shift or undershift?
  3. The amount of displacement in the layers in a crystal lattice that places the layers too close together.
    — The protruding basal oxygens are themselves displaced slightly in the x-direction so that the shift required is either 0.4 + δÅ (overshift) or 0.4 -δ Å (undershift).
  4. A misalignment resulting from failure to shift gears far enough.
    — Briefly, in the invention, the shift mechanism is incorporated into the handlebar stem, a positive push-pull type cam mechanism is provided for actuating the rear derailleur, undershift and overshift is prevented to eliminate chain "jump off", and the device can be shifted with the bicycle standing still.
  5. A change that results in something being not being moved far enough or too few things being moved.
  6. An underhang caused by seismic shift.
    — The forming of shifts and undershifts is activated by frequent quakes.
动词 v.
  1. To position defensive players too far in a particular direction.
    — If they are in doubt just where they should go, they should always overshift rather than undershift.
  2. To undershoot when changing gears.
    — Since it is easy to undershift or overshift, each lever must be adjusted manually to its optimal position on the cog or chainring.
  3. To move too small an amount or not to move something far enough.
    — The use of the incorrect factor resulted in an undershift to ERAF.
  4. To raise the price to consumers by less than an underlying cost increase that results from rising taxes.
    — Concavity of demand leads to undershifting and sufficient convexity to overshifting.

词形变化

undershifts plural undershifts present,singular,third-person undershifting participle,present undershifted participle,past undershifted past

词源

词源 1
From under- + shift.
词源 2
From under- + shift.
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