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transport
noun UK [ˈtræn.spɔːt] US [-spɔːrt]
GOODS/PEOPLE 货物／人
ESSENTIAL uncountable
■when people or goods are moved from one place to another 运输，运送，输送•the transport of live animals活体动物的运输 •The company will arrange transport from the airport.公司将安排从机场起的运输。 ESSENTIAL uncountable UK (US transportation)
■a system of vehicles, such as buses, trains, aircraft, etc. for getting from one place to another 交通工具•the Department of Transport交通部 •investment in public transport (= buses, trains, etc. available for everyone to use)对公共交通的投资 •Do you have your own transport (= vehicle) ?你自己有车吗？ •Bicycles are a cheap and efficient form of transport.脚踏车是一种便宜而高效的交通工具。 Common Learner Errors transportTransport does not have a plural form and cannot be used with a or an.To talk about transport in general, do not say 'transports', say transport
✗ Public transports were not frequent in the evenings.Public transport was not frequent in the evenings.To talk about transport in the singular, do not say 'a transport', say a form/means/mode of transport :
✗ The bicycle is a convenient transport.The bicycle is a convenient means of transport.
noun UK [ˈtræn.spɔːt] US [-spɔːrt]
FEELING 感觉
in transports (of delight) literary
■extremely pleased or happy 欣喜若狂
verb transitive UK [trænˈspɔːt] US [-spɔːrt]
GOODS/PEOPLE 货物／人
ADVANCED
■to take goods or people from one place to another 运输，运送，输送•The pipeline was constructed to transport oil across Alaska to ports on the coast.建设这条输油管道是为了使石油能够穿越阿拉斯加输送到各沿海港口。 •Such heavy items are expensive to transport (by plane).这样重的物品（用飞机）运输很贵。 ■(in the past) to send a criminal to a country far away, to live, as a punishment （旧时）流放，放逐•162 000 convicts were transported to Australia from 1788 to 1868.从1788年到1868年，有16.2万名犯人被流放到澳大利亚。
verb transitive UK [trænˈspɔːt] US [-spɔːrt]
FEELING 感觉 literary
■If something transports you to a different time or place, it makes you feel as if you are in it 使产生身临其境的感觉•The film transported us back to the New York of the 1950s.这部电影将我们带回到20世纪50年代的纽约。 |