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The character 梭, denoting a weaving shuttle, is structurally composed of the semantic component 木, indicating wood, and the phonetic element 夋, which historically guided its pronunciation. This phono-semantic construction aligns with its original meaning as a wooden tool used to carry the weft thread rapidly back and forth across a loom. Over time, while its written form persisted without major alteration, its semantic application broadened from the concrete object to describe any similar reciprocating motion, such as in the compound 穿梭, which conveys the idea of moving swiftly to and fro through a space, thus extending its lexical utility while preserving the core concept of repetitive traversal.
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奶奶用梭子织毛衣。
他在人群中穿梭。
蜜蜂在花丛中穿梭。
梭鱼是一种凶猛的鱼。
地铁在城市地下穿梭。
子弹像梭子一样飞过。
织布工人熟练地操纵梭子来回穿梭。
在古老的纺织机上，梭子快速地穿梭于经纬线之间。