Transport



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. / n. 运输; 狂喜
• ［英］ v. / n. 运输; 狂喜 ( great joy)
• ［记］ trans（转移）+port（搬运） -> 搬运转移 -> 运输

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French transporter, from Latin transportare, from trans- + portare to carry — more at fare
• Date: 14th century
• 1. to transfer or convey from one place to another <transporting ions across a living membrane>
• 2. to carry away with strong and often intensely pleasant emotion
• 3. to send to a penal colony overseas
• Synonyms: see banish
• ? transportability noun
• ? transportable adjective

II. noun

• Date: 1611
• 1. an act or process of transporting ; transportation
• 2. strong or intensely pleasurable emotion <transports of joy>
• 3.
  • a. a ship for carrying soldiers or military equipment
  • b. a vehicle (as a truck or airplane) used to transport persons or goods
  • c. transportation 3
• 4. a transported convict
• Synonyms: see ecstasy

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