transmat

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A teleporter; a fictional device that transfers/transmits matter from one location to another without the object traversing the intervening distance as itself. UK
    — One of these days.., they'll invent a Transmat that'll set you down anywhere.
动词 v.
  1. To teleport; to (cause to) travel via transmat device. UK,ambitransitive
    — It wasn't far enough away to think about transmatting and besides, that was no longer a viable option, what with vandals having wrecked some of the booths in the area.

词形变化

transmats plural trans-mat alternative transmats present,singular,third-person transmatting participle,present transmatted participle,past transmatted past trans-mat alternative

词源

词源 1
Attested since the 1950s, from transmit or transfer and matter; perhaps popularized by the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
词源 2
Attested since the 1950s, from transmit or transfer and matter; perhaps popularized by the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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