英语词汇“transportation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

transport /trans-pōrtˈ, -pörtˈ, träns-, -z-/

transitive verb

To carry, convey or remove from one place to another

To send overseas to a penal colony (historical)

To carry away by strong emotion

To throw into an ecstasy

To translate (eg a minister)

To put to death (Shakespeare)

Perh to carry off (as by the fairies) (Shakespeare)

noun

Carriage or conveyance of goods or people from one place to another

The management of or arrangements for such conveyance

Means of conveyance for getting from place to place

The conveyance of troops and their equipment

A ship, aircraft, etc, for this purpose

Ecstasy, or any strong emotion

Someone who has been transported or sentenced to transportation (historical)

ORIGIN: L trānsportāre, from portāre to carry

transportabilˈity noun

transportˈable adjective

Able to be transported

(eg of an offence) liable, or rendering liable, to transportation (historical)

transportˈal noun

transportˈance noun (Shakespeare)

Conveyance, transport

transportāˈtion noun

transportˈed adjective

transportˈedly adverb

transportˈedness noun

transportˈer noun

Someone or something that transports, esp a large vehicle for carrying heavy goods

transportˈing noun and adjective

transportˈingly adverb

transportˈive adjective

Tending or having power to transport

transport café noun

A roadside café catering mainly for long-distance lorry drivers

transporter bridge noun

A bridge for transporting vehicles, consisting of a movable platform suspended from a girder

transport rider noun (S Afr; historical)

A carrier transporting goods by wagon

transport ship noun

A ship used for carrying troops, stores, etc