| 单词 | transportation |
| 释义 | transportation (once / 814 pages) n If you spend $60 a month on subway fare, then your monthly transportation cost is $60, meaning it costs you $60 each month to get from one place to another. The noun transportation often is used to describe the process of moving things. You might make transportation arrangements, for example, for shipping a pet across the country. Transportation can also refer to a formal system for moving things from place to place, like a public transportation system like the subway or public bus or a transportation company that specializes in moving goods from coast to coast. WORD FAMILYtransportation: transportations+/transport: transportable, transportation, transported, transporter, transporting, transports/transporter: transporters USAGE EXAMPLESThe state pays for roads with the transportation fund, which is built on gas tax revenue and vehicle registration fees. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) “But our approach to transportation innovation is that we want to be a catalyst for new and interesting technologies.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) They include shelter costs, transportation, groceries, utilities, insurance, minimum loan payments and child care. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the act of moving something from one location to another Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport Berlin airlift airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin transshipment the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment airlift, lifttransportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) connection, connexionshifting from one form of transportation to another bringing, deliverythe act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail) drivethe act of driving a herd of animals overland carrythe act of carrying something lighteragethe transportation of goods on a lighter relocation, resettlementthe transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) teleportationa hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another cattle drivedriving a bovine herd (as cows or bulls or steers) airdropdelivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft consignmentthe delivery of goods for sale or disposal handing over, passagethe act of passing something to another person postthe delivery and collection of letters and packages service, service of process, servingthe act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone backpacking, packingcarrying something in a pack on the back piggybackthe act of carrying something piggyback fireman's carrythe act of carrying a person over your shoulder portagecarrying boats and supplies overland porteragethe transportation of burdens by porters movement the act of changing the location of something 2n the act of expelling a person from their native land the sentence was one of transportation for life Syn|Exp|Hyper deportation, exile, expatriation Babylonian Captivity the deportation of the Jews to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC banishment, proscription rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone 3n a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods Syn|Hypo|Hyper transit, 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 4n the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials Syn|Hypo|Hyper shipping, transport air transport, air transportation transportation by air navigationship traffic hauling, truckage, truckingthe activity of transporting goods by truck freight, freightagetransporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates express, expressagerapid transport of goods ferry, ferryingtransport by boat or aircraft cartage, cartingthe work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects 5n the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance Syn|Hypo|Hyper fare airfare the fare charged for traveling by airplane bus fare, carfarethe fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar cab fare, taxi farethe fare charged for riding in a taxicab train farethe fare charged for traveling by train subway farethe fare charged for riding a subway train charge the price charged for some article or service Transportation (once / 1865 pages) n WORD FAMILY Transportation: Transportations USAGE EXAMPLESBut in the House, Transportation Committee Chairman Charles Busby, R-Pascagoula, never found a proposal that won support. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The Metropolitan Transportation Authority reaches a funding agreement with the federal government to pay for the line. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Second Avenue line – technically a four-stop extension of the Q – is a substantial achievement for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) n the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966 Syn|Hyper Department of Transportation, DoT executive department a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States |
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