"shaft" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

shaft sustantivo

sustantivo + shaft
Kolokacji: 48
elevator shaft • mine shaft • propeller shaft • drive shaft • shaft of sunlight • ventilation shaft • air shaft • shaft of light • spear shaft • ...
shaft + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 11
shaft drive • shaft horsepower • shaft wall • shaft tomb • shaft grave • ...
shaft + verbo
Kolokacji: 38
shaft pierces • shaft strikes • shaft falls • shaft leading • shaft goes • ...
(1) pierce, penetrate
Kolokacji: 2
1. shaft pierces = trzonek przebija shaft pierces
  • I felt as if a shaft of light had pierced my mind.
  • A shaft of light pierced the darkness and revealed an empty platform.
  • I felt as if a shaft had pierced my heart.
  • A shaft of sunlight pierced her, as though she were a glass vase.
  • We hurried home; a shaft of bright light and hope had finally pierced the dark clouds over us.
  • A shaft of evening sunshine pierced through where the curtains met.
  • She had barely gotten the words out when a shaft of green fury pierced the air between them.
  • A shaft of light from the back room pierced the late-afternoon shadows within.
  • The light grew before them; great shafts pierced the roof.
  • Her first shaft pierced the neck of the leading horse.
2. shaft penetrates = trzonek przebija shaft penetrates
(4) protrude, stick
Kolokacji: 2
(6) open, snap, begin
Kolokacji: 3
(7) rotate, spin
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + shaft
Kolokacji: 7
drive a shaft • shaft is sunk • shaft is made • consist of a shaft • turn the shaft • ...
adjetivo + shaft
Kolokacji: 60
vertical shaft • long shaft • wooden shaft • main shaft • central shaft • ...
preposición + shaft
Kolokacji: 11
with shafts • into the shaft • through the shaft • on the shaft • of the shaft • ...

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