transportation

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /tɹænspɔːˈteɪʃən/    美 /tɹænspɚˈteɪʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc. US,uncountable,usually
    — We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation.
  2. Deportation to a penal colony. historical,uncountable,usually
    — Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.
  3. A means of conveyance. US,uncountable,usually
    — Nice transportation, dude, but your brake lights are busted.
  4. A ticket or fare. US,uncountable,usually
    — Sybil: [..] That reminds me, I haven't got my passes yet! Have you the transportation here from Cheyenne to San Francisco for Mrs. S. Johnston?" (Agent looks grave, goes back and fumbles at the papers on his desk, returns to the window with a slip of paper in his hand.) Agent: "We had transportation here made out for such a person, but it was called for several hours ago."

词形变化

transportations plural

词汇关系

衍生词
antitransportation biotransportation cotransportation evapotransportation hydrotransportation intelligent transportation system mass transportation means of transportation nontransportation pretransportation public transportation teleportation teletransportation transportational transportation car transportation network transportation network vehicle service transportation safety board

词源

Etymology tree
English transport
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English transportation
From transport + -ation.
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