| 单词 | transit |
| 释义 | transit (once / 310 pages) 1nv 2nv Transit means “journey,” and saying you’re "in transit" means you’re on your way somewhere. Before we had cell phones, one of the upsides of being in transit was that no one could get in touch with you. Transit may be familiar to you from the phrase mass transit. While it sometimes seems like “mass transit” is synonymous with “unreliable, crowded and inefficient,” the phrase just means "public transportation." The first instance of transit being used in this sense was in the 19th century, and people have been complaining ever since. Transit is related to the word transition, which refers to a change from one state or condition to another. WORD FAMILYtransit: transited, transiting, transition, transits+/transition: transitional, transitioned, transitioning, transitions/transitional: transitionally USAGE EXAMPLESTransit police say they don’t suspect foul play was involved. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) That calls for 50 percent commuting by car, 25 percent by transit, 18 percent by cycling and 7 percent by walking. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Transit: Metro’s Gold Line opens downtown L.A. to Pasadena at 3 a.m. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n a journey usually by ship Syn|Hypo|Hyper passage lockage passage through a lock in a canal or waterway journey, journeying the act of traveling from one place to another 2n a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods Syn|Hypo|Hyper transportation, transportation system air transportation system a transportation system for moving passengers or goods by air highway systema transportation system consisting of roads for motor transport public transita public transportation system for moving passengers short linea transportation system that operates over relatively short distances telferage, telpheragea transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity hub-and-spoke, hub-and-spoke systema system of air transportation in which local airports offer air transportation to a central airport where long-distance flights are available mass rapid transit, rapid transitan urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains facility, installation a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry 3v make a passage or journey from one place to another Syn|Hypo|Hyper move through, pass across, pass over, pass through cut pass through or across go across, go through, pass go across or through 4v pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place) The comet will transit on September 11 Hyper go across, go through, pass go across or through 5v cause or enable to pass through 2The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day Syn|Hyper move through, pass across, pass over, pass through make a passage or journey from one place to another bring, convey, take take something or somebody with oneself somewhere 1n a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod Syn|Hypo|Hyper theodolite tacheometer, tachymeter a theodolite designed for rapid measurements surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument an instrument used by surveyors 2v revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction Hyper revolve, roll cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis |
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