Definition of transport in English:

transport

verb trɑːnˈspɔːttranˈspɔːttrænˈspɔrt

[with object]

1Take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship.
运输，运送，输送
the bulk of freight traffic was transported by lorry
大宗货运货物由卡车运送。
Example sentencesExamples
- About 80 percent of the world's commercial goods are transported by ships.
- He added that more than one person had to be involved in the robbery while another vehicle also had to be used to transport the stolen goods.
- This policy is to be applied vigorously both at the ports and all inland locations where it can be proved that a vehicle was used to transport goods which are liable to seizure.
- No military officials were charged, although reports have stated that military ships were used to transport goods for the smuggling ring.
- He said he was originally from a family that had been fairly rich and he had once owned a truck, hoping to earn money by transporting goods for villagers.
- Businesses pay more to transport their goods and heat their premises, and they pass the extra costs on to customers, many of whom are also paying more for their petrol.
- At the same time, companies which transport goods by ship need to reassure increasingly concerned investors that they are taking green issues in their supply chain seriously.
- Hooker catches one of the lackeys transporting goods and interrogates him.
- Shop owners now prefer the latter as their goods are transported faster.
- Goods are often transported by pack animals or carried by porters over mountain trails.
- He said that it could be as much as 50% cheaper to transport goods by sea rather than road or rail, with obvious environmental benefits.
- Groups of cheerful girls carrying heavy bundles of yarn and cloth move from one building to another, and vehicles are constantly at the ready, to transport the finished goods.
- The vehicles were also used to transport illegal goods, such as alcohol and slot machines for illicit gambling.
- And it would be possible only if communities attain self-sufficiency and do not have to transport goods needed for their needs from far off places.
- He pointed out that fishermen may have to come down to a quay to check their boats and equipment in bad weather, but may not travel in a vehicle transporting goods.
- The roads are choked with traffic, including enormous trucks transporting goods.
- As part of this programme, a series of road checks of vehicles transporting dangerous goods is carried out.
- Their capacity to produce competitively for the national and export markets will depend on being able to transport goods quickly and cheaply.
- The canals were used extensively as a cheap and easy way to transport goods, until the growth of the railway network meant that goods could be transported around the country far quicker.
Synonyms
convey, carry, take, transfer, move, shift, bring, fetch, send, deliver, bear, conduct, haul, lug, cart, run, ship, ferry
1. 1.1historical Send (a convict) to a penal colony.
  〈史〉将（罪犯）流放到流放地
  he was convicted of theft and transported
  Example sentencesExamples
  Later he presents the horrendous death rates for convicts being transported to Australia in the 1790s.
  The media have conferred on him the image of the victimised rebel, who was transported to a penal colony as the price of his principled insubordination.
  In 1843 South Australia transported its first female convict to Tasmania.
  As late as 1864 it was suggested that convicted prisoners should be transported to the Falkland Islands.
  This was achieved by means of barges which came alongside to transport convicts across the half mile of water to a small jetty.
  Convicts had been transported in the past to colonial America but after the revolution America was no longer available.
  Synonyms
  banish, exile, deport, drive away, expatriate, extradite
2. 1.2 Cause (someone) to feel that they are in another place or time.
  〈喻〉使（某人）感觉置身于另一境地（或时间）
  the book transported her to new worlds
  Example sentencesExamples
  All these books transport you to another world, and I will be really interested to compare the film version with the book.
  His experience and popular imagery transport the viewer to another place and time, one which heals and soothes the soul.
  He closes his eyes and transports you to another place, to hear him is truly amazing.
  A book from or about the past can transport us to another era; and that world, though it exists in our mind, takes on its own reality.
  I mean there are a lot of other films out there that will transport you to another place.
  There are very few books which just transport me into the setting and tone right from the first page.
2Overwhelm (someone) with a strong emotion, especially joy.
使（某人）充满强烈情感（尤指快乐）
she was transported with pleasure
她欣喜若狂。
Example sentencesExamples
- I should be glad to know whether you deem every man that is transported with anger, without an adequate cause, to be a madman?
- Your letter having arrived, I was transported with joy.
- While I did find them very good, I wasn't transported with bliss, possibly because I'm not a huge fan of béchamel.
- Voilà, I got the position and was transported with excitement!
- A prince and princess, newly smitten with each other, are so transported with love that they rise into the air.
Synonyms
thrill, delight, ravish, carry away, enrapture, entrance, enchant, enthral, electrify, captivate, bewitch, fascinate, spellbind, charm, overjoy, elate
informal send

noun ˈtrɑːnspɔːtˈtranspɔːtˈtræn(t)spɔrt

1mass noun A system or means of conveying people or goods from place to place.
交通系统，运输工具
many possess their own forms of transport
许多人有他们自己的交通方式。
air transport
空运。
Example sentencesExamples
- Now, we have to have a rational relationship between the railway system, and the air transport system.
- All of the increase in the excise duty goes into the land transport system.
- In fact, I would say they are my favourite form of long-distance transport.
- The policy is expected to impact on the nation's inland transport system in the long term.
- Petrol sales have not collapsed because motor transport in this country is a necessity.
- New England has a well-developed air transport system connecting all its domestic cities, other important cities in America and the world at large.
- Even workers with conditions such as claustrophobia who cannot use public transport are not exempt.
- The story is a family affair against a backdrop of dirty dealings in the underground transport system.
- The position of air transport within the overall system of values and experiences of the public has not remained the same.
- EU transport ministers had apparently agreed on a common position to that effect.
- From this angle at night, you can only really see the lit top deck of buses gliding quietly across the bridge - I've often thought it looks like some highly futuristic transport system.
- Are they saying that people who use public transport are at risk?
- Key rail transport links in the district has been disrupted by floods and will not be restored for days.
- Free competition in road passenger transport promises travellers a better deal.
- We also have a crisis with the air transport system.
- Areas of particular interest will include passenger road transport and aviation.
- The Parish will arrange transport for those wishing to attend.
- Local issues are always important, especially the seats road and rail transport links, and environmentally sensitive developments.
- But, on the other hand, using public transport is that much more difficult.
- Proposed new technology to be implemented includes intelligent transport systems such as message signing, active traffic management techniques and information systems.
Synonyms
conveyance, transportation, transfer, transference, transmission, movement
vehicle, car, carriage, carrier
1. 1.1 The action of transporting something or the state of being transported.
  运输，运送，输送
  the transport of crude oil
  原油运输。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The industrial world is totally and completely dependent upon oil for agriculture and transport.
  He has worked in transport, distribution and logistics for three years previously, and now works as a construction site foreman and travels on the Sandringham line.
  These applications include collection, storage, and transmission or transport of accumulated data, typically in very large sets.
  Duty, transport and distribution are fixed costs, so the more you spend, the more wine you get for your money.
  Removal of crab from seawater causes significant physical and physiological stress on the crab that can lead to mortality during transport and distribution.
  Another role of insulin is to stimulate the active transport of amino acids into cells.
  The next step in this process is malnutrition, since active transport of nutrients become impaired.
  In August, through the generosity of our church and friends, we were able to send money to buy 300 bags of maize and pay for transport and distribution.
  This makes transport and delivery very expensive, he said.
  Bulgaria should have eliminated the state subsidy for the coal mining and begun to implement differentiation in transport and distribution pricing of natural gas.
  There is also large-scale downstream pollution caused by long-distance transport of industrial food.
  Some of this is from the oil cargo evaporating during transport (about 3.7 million tons per year).
  The project is further expected to facilitate the transport of heavy-duty goods to the north.
  The committee must therefore pay the remainder of the cost and all transport costs.
  The transport of oil, kegs and tanks by rail on the four routes will continue as normal.
  British architects, builders, developers and clients for buildings have something else in common with people involved in transport and distribution.
  Synonyms
  transit, transportation, conveyance, traffic, carriage, freight, freightage, shipment, shipping, haulage, delivery, distribution, carrying
2. 1.2count noun A large vehicle, ship, or aircraft used to carry troops or stores.
  （运送部队，补给的）大型机动车辆，运输船，运输机
  the invasion force sailed from Cadiz in twenty-five transports
  Example sentencesExamples
  In 1940 the vessel was renamed President Taylor, and the next year began service as a troop transport.
  Similarly, kissing your husband and watching him climb on board a troop transport and waving goodbye and forcing a smile requires courage as well.
  He was then shipped back to the East Coast, across the US by train, and on board a troop transport in San Francisco to take part in the invasion of Japan.
  Parked around the loading dock were some of the vehicles, mostly civilian but with a variety of military transports, which the militia used as part of their duties.
  Joining this force will be Coast Guard assets and the transports and logistics support ships operated by the U.S. Army.
  There was one where the young lady investigates whether a boat in a Wisconsin lake was used as a troop transport in WWII.
  On 18 May 1565 130 galleys and 50 transports carrying 30,000 troops hove in sight of what is now Valetta.
  The U.S. aircraft industry standard makes it possible today to build military transports with an operational range of 16,000 km.
  My husband, who also served in the Pacific, adored Don; they would go on for hours about assault transports and troop ships.
  Accompanying them are two guided missile cruisers, a destroyer, a nuclear submarine, as well as refueling ships, heavy equipment transports and support vessels.
  In both world wars the merchant ships were requisitioned for troop transports, for hospital ships and for the carriage of cargoes for war service.
  Once the Denivanian defenses were disabled, the slow, bulky troop transports would take their capitol, with escorts to defend from the remnants of the defense fleet.
  The air force, the world's fourth largest, has over 600 combat aircraft and more than 500 transports and helicopters.
  Many of these and the other heavier transports carried smaller landing craft for the actual beach assault - more than fifteen hundred of them.
  The ships were undoubtedly troop transports and were less than six hours away from the planet at mark five.
  It is clear that the Hollerith system was used by the entire Nazi war machine, in contexts ranging from the coordination troop transports, to Luftwaffe raids, to slave labor.
  During the Revolutionary War and Civil War, support ships were used primarily by the army as troop transports and logistical supply ships.
  Their attack helicopters and their troop transports need to be there if we are to have a viable Plan B.
3. 1.3historical count noun A convict who was transported to a penal colony.
  〈史〉流放犯，流放者
  Example sentencesExamples
  But it still seems odd that a transport who was to be landed in New England should be put on board a vessel bound for Philadelphia.
  Refugee transports from the colony were sent in every direction.
2usually transportsAn overwhelmingly strong emotion.
强烈的感情
art can send people into transports of delight
艺术能让人喜不自胜。
Example sentencesExamples
- Like scarlet moss, it carries the reader to ever-higher transports of delight.
- The mastery of each instrument and the cohesion and beauty of the orchestra was a transport of delight for this audience.
- He saw the naked bodies of men and women in postures and transports of passionate love.
- Will other political parties follow suit, in seeking out their own politically symbolic transports of delight?
- I am lost in transports of admiration for your bravery!
- Now Pop is, above all, well-adjusted; it doesn't seek to transfigure the world, offers us no transports of ecstasy or escape.
- She would have been consumed with transports of joy.
- You live in a state of utter seriousness with intermittent transports of rapture.
- There's a floodlit stage and electronic band of ‘gruperos’ in transports of salsa-invoked delirium.
- All told, we're talking about a multitude in transports of joy.
- The words of the budget speech by the Finance Minister would have had the country's poor in transports of joy, but the rhetoric was not matched by equivalent spending commitments.
Synonyms
frenzy, fit, rhapsody
intense feeling, strong emotion, passion, fervour, vehemence
rapture, ecstasy, elation, exaltation, exhilaration, euphoria, bliss, seventh heaven, heaven, paradise, high
informal cloud nine

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French transporter or Latin transportare, from trans- 'across' + portare 'carry'.

Transport is from Latin transportare, from trans- ‘across’ and portare ‘carry’. The word's use to denote ‘a means of transportation’ arose in the use of transport ships to carry soldiers or convicts, and later army supplies. Import (Late Middle English) and export (Late Middle English) are the carrying of goods in and out of the country.

Rhymes

abort, apport, assort, athwart, aught, besought, bethought, bort, bought, brought, caught, cavort, comport, consort, contort, Cort, court, distraught, escort, exhort, export, extort, fort, fought, fraught, import, methought, misreport, mort, naught, nought, Oort, ought, outfought, port, Porte, purport, quart, rort, short, snort, sort, sought, sport, support, swart, taught, taut, thought, thwart, tort, wart, wrought

Definition of transport in US English:

transport

verbtrænˈspɔrttranˈspôrt

[with object]

1Take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship.
运输，运送，输送
the bulk of freight traffic was transported by truck
大宗货运货物由卡车运送。
Example sentencesExamples
- As part of this programme, a series of road checks of vehicles transporting dangerous goods is carried out.
- About 80 percent of the world's commercial goods are transported by ships.
- He said that it could be as much as 50% cheaper to transport goods by sea rather than road or rail, with obvious environmental benefits.
- Their capacity to produce competitively for the national and export markets will depend on being able to transport goods quickly and cheaply.
- The vehicles were also used to transport illegal goods, such as alcohol and slot machines for illicit gambling.
- The roads are choked with traffic, including enormous trucks transporting goods.
- This policy is to be applied vigorously both at the ports and all inland locations where it can be proved that a vehicle was used to transport goods which are liable to seizure.
- Shop owners now prefer the latter as their goods are transported faster.
- Businesses pay more to transport their goods and heat their premises, and they pass the extra costs on to customers, many of whom are also paying more for their petrol.
- He added that more than one person had to be involved in the robbery while another vehicle also had to be used to transport the stolen goods.
- The canals were used extensively as a cheap and easy way to transport goods, until the growth of the railway network meant that goods could be transported around the country far quicker.
- Hooker catches one of the lackeys transporting goods and interrogates him.
- Groups of cheerful girls carrying heavy bundles of yarn and cloth move from one building to another, and vehicles are constantly at the ready, to transport the finished goods.
- He pointed out that fishermen may have to come down to a quay to check their boats and equipment in bad weather, but may not travel in a vehicle transporting goods.
- No military officials were charged, although reports have stated that military ships were used to transport goods for the smuggling ring.
- At the same time, companies which transport goods by ship need to reassure increasingly concerned investors that they are taking green issues in their supply chain seriously.
- Goods are often transported by pack animals or carried by porters over mountain trails.
- And it would be possible only if communities attain self-sufficiency and do not have to transport goods needed for their needs from far off places.
- He said he was originally from a family that had been fairly rich and he had once owned a truck, hoping to earn money by transporting goods for villagers.
Synonyms
convey, carry, take, transfer, move, shift, bring, fetch, send, deliver, bear, conduct, haul, lug, cart, run, ship, ferry
1. 1.1historical Send (a convict) to a penal colony.
  〈史〉将（罪犯）流放到流放地
  Example sentencesExamples
  This was achieved by means of barges which came alongside to transport convicts across the half mile of water to a small jetty.
  Convicts had been transported in the past to colonial America but after the revolution America was no longer available.
  As late as 1864 it was suggested that convicted prisoners should be transported to the Falkland Islands.
  The media have conferred on him the image of the victimised rebel, who was transported to a penal colony as the price of his principled insubordination.
  Later he presents the horrendous death rates for convicts being transported to Australia in the 1790s.
  In 1843 South Australia transported its first female convict to Tasmania.
  Synonyms
  banish, exile, deport, drive away, expatriate, extradite
2. 1.2 Cause (someone) to feel that they are in another place or time.
  〈喻〉使（某人）感觉置身于另一境地（或时间）
  for a moment she was transported to a warm summer garden on the night of a ball
  她一时间觉得自己置身于舞会之夜的温暖夏季花园。
  Example sentencesExamples
  His experience and popular imagery transport the viewer to another place and time, one which heals and soothes the soul.
  He closes his eyes and transports you to another place, to hear him is truly amazing.
  All these books transport you to another world, and I will be really interested to compare the film version with the book.
  A book from or about the past can transport us to another era; and that world, though it exists in our mind, takes on its own reality.
  There are very few books which just transport me into the setting and tone right from the first page.
  I mean there are a lot of other films out there that will transport you to another place.
2Overwhelm (someone) with a strong emotion, especially joy.
使（某人）充满强烈情感（尤指快乐）
she was transported with pleasure
她欣喜若狂。
Example sentencesExamples
- Voilà, I got the position and was transported with excitement!
- While I did find them very good, I wasn't transported with bliss, possibly because I'm not a huge fan of béchamel.
- I should be glad to know whether you deem every man that is transported with anger, without an adequate cause, to be a madman?
- Your letter having arrived, I was transported with joy.
- A prince and princess, newly smitten with each other, are so transported with love that they rise into the air.
Synonyms
thrill, delight, ravish, carry away, enrapture, entrance, enchant, enthral, electrify, captivate, bewitch, fascinate, spellbind, charm, overjoy, elate

nounˈtræn(t)spɔrtˈtran(t)spôrt

1A system or means of conveying people or goods from place to place by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship.
运输，运送，输送
many possess their own forms of transport
许多人有他们自己的交通方式。
air transport
空运。
Example sentencesExamples
- Local issues are always important, especially the seats road and rail transport links, and environmentally sensitive developments.
- Are they saying that people who use public transport are at risk?
- Free competition in road passenger transport promises travellers a better deal.
- Even workers with conditions such as claustrophobia who cannot use public transport are not exempt.
- Now, we have to have a rational relationship between the railway system, and the air transport system.
- The Parish will arrange transport for those wishing to attend.
- Key rail transport links in the district has been disrupted by floods and will not be restored for days.
- We also have a crisis with the air transport system.
- EU transport ministers had apparently agreed on a common position to that effect.
- But, on the other hand, using public transport is that much more difficult.
- Petrol sales have not collapsed because motor transport in this country is a necessity.
- All of the increase in the excise duty goes into the land transport system.
- The policy is expected to impact on the nation's inland transport system in the long term.
- Areas of particular interest will include passenger road transport and aviation.
- The story is a family affair against a backdrop of dirty dealings in the underground transport system.
- From this angle at night, you can only really see the lit top deck of buses gliding quietly across the bridge - I've often thought it looks like some highly futuristic transport system.
- In fact, I would say they are my favourite form of long-distance transport.
- The position of air transport within the overall system of values and experiences of the public has not remained the same.
- New England has a well-developed air transport system connecting all its domestic cities, other important cities in America and the world at large.
- Proposed new technology to be implemented includes intelligent transport systems such as message signing, active traffic management techniques and information systems.
Synonyms
conveyance, transportation, transfer, transference, transmission, movement
1. 1.1 The action of transporting something or the state of being transported.
  运输，运送，输送
  the transport of crude oil
  原油运输。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Another role of insulin is to stimulate the active transport of amino acids into cells.
  The next step in this process is malnutrition, since active transport of nutrients become impaired.
  This makes transport and delivery very expensive, he said.
  British architects, builders, developers and clients for buildings have something else in common with people involved in transport and distribution.
  Some of this is from the oil cargo evaporating during transport (about 3.7 million tons per year).
  Duty, transport and distribution are fixed costs, so the more you spend, the more wine you get for your money.
  The project is further expected to facilitate the transport of heavy-duty goods to the north.
  The transport of oil, kegs and tanks by rail on the four routes will continue as normal.
  The committee must therefore pay the remainder of the cost and all transport costs.
  In August, through the generosity of our church and friends, we were able to send money to buy 300 bags of maize and pay for transport and distribution.
  Bulgaria should have eliminated the state subsidy for the coal mining and begun to implement differentiation in transport and distribution pricing of natural gas.
  The industrial world is totally and completely dependent upon oil for agriculture and transport.
  Removal of crab from seawater causes significant physical and physiological stress on the crab that can lead to mortality during transport and distribution.
  He has worked in transport, distribution and logistics for three years previously, and now works as a construction site foreman and travels on the Sandringham line.
  These applications include collection, storage, and transmission or transport of accumulated data, typically in very large sets.
  There is also large-scale downstream pollution caused by long-distance transport of industrial food.
  Synonyms
  transit, transportation, conveyance, traffic, carriage, freight, freightage, shipment, shipping, haulage, delivery, distribution, carrying
2. 1.2 A large vehicle, ship, or aircraft used to carry troops or stores.
  （运送部队，补给的）大型机动车辆，运输船，运输机
  Example sentencesExamples
  Accompanying them are two guided missile cruisers, a destroyer, a nuclear submarine, as well as refueling ships, heavy equipment transports and support vessels.
  During the Revolutionary War and Civil War, support ships were used primarily by the army as troop transports and logistical supply ships.
  Joining this force will be Coast Guard assets and the transports and logistics support ships operated by the U.S. Army.
  Once the Denivanian defenses were disabled, the slow, bulky troop transports would take their capitol, with escorts to defend from the remnants of the defense fleet.
  On 18 May 1565 130 galleys and 50 transports carrying 30,000 troops hove in sight of what is now Valetta.
  In 1940 the vessel was renamed President Taylor, and the next year began service as a troop transport.
  The ships were undoubtedly troop transports and were less than six hours away from the planet at mark five.
  It is clear that the Hollerith system was used by the entire Nazi war machine, in contexts ranging from the coordination troop transports, to Luftwaffe raids, to slave labor.
  He was then shipped back to the East Coast, across the US by train, and on board a troop transport in San Francisco to take part in the invasion of Japan.
  Parked around the loading dock were some of the vehicles, mostly civilian but with a variety of military transports, which the militia used as part of their duties.
  Similarly, kissing your husband and watching him climb on board a troop transport and waving goodbye and forcing a smile requires courage as well.
  There was one where the young lady investigates whether a boat in a Wisconsin lake was used as a troop transport in WWII.
  The air force, the world's fourth largest, has over 600 combat aircraft and more than 500 transports and helicopters.
  Their attack helicopters and their troop transports need to be there if we are to have a viable Plan B.
  Many of these and the other heavier transports carried smaller landing craft for the actual beach assault - more than fifteen hundred of them.
  In both world wars the merchant ships were requisitioned for troop transports, for hospital ships and for the carriage of cargoes for war service.
  The U.S. aircraft industry standard makes it possible today to build military transports with an operational range of 16,000 km.
  My husband, who also served in the Pacific, adored Don; they would go on for hours about assault transports and troop ships.
3. 1.3historical A convict who was transported to a penal colony.
  〈史〉流放犯，流放者
  Example sentencesExamples
  But it still seems odd that a transport who was to be landed in New England should be put on board a vessel bound for Philadelphia.
  Refugee transports from the colony were sent in every direction.
2usually transportsAn overwhelmingly strong emotion.
强烈的感情
art can send people into transports of delight
艺术能让人喜不自胜。
Example sentencesExamples
- The words of the budget speech by the Finance Minister would have had the country's poor in transports of joy, but the rhetoric was not matched by equivalent spending commitments.
- I am lost in transports of admiration for your bravery!
- He saw the naked bodies of men and women in postures and transports of passionate love.
- You live in a state of utter seriousness with intermittent transports of rapture.
- She would have been consumed with transports of joy.
- The mastery of each instrument and the cohesion and beauty of the orchestra was a transport of delight for this audience.
- All told, we're talking about a multitude in transports of joy.
- Now Pop is, above all, well-adjusted; it doesn't seek to transfigure the world, offers us no transports of ecstasy or escape.
- Like scarlet moss, it carries the reader to ever-higher transports of delight.
- Will other political parties follow suit, in seeking out their own politically symbolic transports of delight?
- There's a floodlit stage and electronic band of ‘gruperos’ in transports of salsa-invoked delirium.
Synonyms
frenzy, fit, rhapsody
rapture, ecstasy, elation, exaltation, exhilaration, euphoria, bliss, seventh heaven, heaven, paradise, high

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French transporter or Latin transportare, from trans- ‘across’ + portare ‘carry’.

单词	transport
释义	Definition of transport in English: transport verb trɑːnˈspɔːttranˈspɔːttrænˈspɔrt [with object] 1Take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship. 运输，运送，输送 the bulk of freight traffic was transported by lorry 大宗货运货物由卡车运送。 Example sentencesExamples About 80 percent of the world's commercial goods are transported by ships. He added that more than one person had to be involved in the robbery while another vehicle also had to be used to transport the stolen goods. This policy is to be applied vigorously both at the ports and all inland locations where it can be proved that a vehicle was used to transport goods which are liable to seizure. No military officials were charged, although reports have stated that military ships were used to transport goods for the smuggling ring. He said he was originally from a family that had been fairly rich and he had once owned a truck, hoping to earn money by transporting goods for villagers. Businesses pay more to transport their goods and heat their premises, and they pass the extra costs on to customers, many of whom are also paying more for their petrol. At the same time, companies which transport goods by ship need to reassure increasingly concerned investors that they are taking green issues in their supply chain seriously. Hooker catches one of the lackeys transporting goods and interrogates him. Shop owners now prefer the latter as their goods are transported faster. Goods are often transported by pack animals or carried by porters over mountain trails. He said that it could be as much as 50% cheaper to transport goods by sea rather than road or rail, with obvious environmental benefits. Groups of cheerful girls carrying heavy bundles of yarn and cloth move from one building to another, and vehicles are constantly at the ready, to transport the finished goods. The vehicles were also used to transport illegal goods, such as alcohol and slot machines for illicit gambling. And it would be possible only if communities attain self-sufficiency and do not have to transport goods needed for their needs from far off places. He pointed out that fishermen may have to come down to a quay to check their boats and equipment in bad weather, but may not travel in a vehicle transporting goods. The roads are choked with traffic, including enormous trucks transporting goods. As part of this programme, a series of road checks of vehicles transporting dangerous goods is carried out. Their capacity to produce competitively for the national and export markets will depend on being able to transport goods quickly and cheaply. The canals were used extensively as a cheap and easy way to transport goods, until the growth of the railway network meant that goods could be transported around the country far quicker. Synonyms convey, carry, take, transfer, move, shift, bring, fetch, send, deliver, bear, conduct, haul, lug, cart, run, ship, ferry 1.1historical Send (a convict) to a penal colony. 〈史〉将（罪犯）流放到流放地 he was convicted of theft and transported Example sentencesExamples Later he presents the horrendous death rates for convicts being transported to Australia in the 1790s. The media have conferred on him the image of the victimised rebel, who was transported to a penal colony as the price of his principled insubordination. In 1843 South Australia transported its first female convict to Tasmania. As late as 1864 it was suggested that convicted prisoners should be transported to the Falkland Islands. This was achieved by means of barges which came alongside to transport convicts across the half mile of water to a small jetty. Convicts had been transported in the past to colonial America but after the revolution America was no longer available. Synonyms banish, exile, deport, drive away, expatriate, extradite 1.2 Cause (someone) to feel that they are in another place or time. 〈喻〉使（某人）感觉置身于另一境地（或时间） the book transported her to new worlds Example sentencesExamples All these books transport you to another world, and I will be really interested to compare the film version with the book. His experience and popular imagery transport the viewer to another place and time, one which heals and soothes the soul. He closes his eyes and transports you to another place, to hear him is truly amazing. A book from or about the past can transport us to another era; and that world, though it exists in our mind, takes on its own reality. I mean there are a lot of other films out there that will transport you to another place. There are very few books which just transport me into the setting and tone right from the first page. 2Overwhelm (someone) with a strong emotion, especially joy. 使（某人）充满强烈情感（尤指快乐） she was transported with pleasure 她欣喜若狂。 Example sentencesExamples I should be glad to know whether you deem every man that is transported with anger, without an adequate cause, to be a madman? Your letter having arrived, I was transported with joy. While I did find them very good, I wasn't transported with bliss, possibly because I'm not a huge fan of béchamel. Voilà, I got the position and was transported with excitement! A prince and princess, newly smitten with each other, are so transported with love that they rise into the air. Synonyms thrill, delight, ravish, carry away, enrapture, entrance, enchant, enthral, electrify, captivate, bewitch, fascinate, spellbind, charm, overjoy, elate informal send noun ˈtrɑːnspɔːtˈtranspɔːtˈtræn(t)spɔrt 1mass noun A system or means of conveying people or goods from place to place. 交通系统，运输工具 many possess their own forms of transport 许多人有他们自己的交通方式。 air transport 空运。 Example sentencesExamples Now, we have to have a rational relationship between the railway system, and the air transport system. All of the increase in the excise duty goes into the land transport system. In fact, I would say they are my favourite form of long-distance transport. The policy is expected to impact on the nation's inland transport system in the long term. Petrol sales have not collapsed because motor transport in this country is a necessity. New England has a well-developed air transport system connecting all its domestic cities, other important cities in America and the world at large. Even workers with conditions such as claustrophobia who cannot use public transport are not exempt. The story is a family affair against a backdrop of dirty dealings in the underground transport system. The position of air transport within the overall system of values and experiences of the public has not remained the same. EU transport ministers had apparently agreed on a common position to that effect. From this angle at night, you can only really see the lit top deck of buses gliding quietly across the bridge - I've often thought it looks like some highly futuristic transport system. Are they saying that people who use public transport are at risk? Key rail transport links in the district has been disrupted by floods and will not be restored for days. Free competition in road passenger transport promises travellers a better deal. We also have a crisis with the air transport system. Areas of particular interest will include passenger road transport and aviation. The Parish will arrange transport for those wishing to attend. Local issues are always important, especially the seats road and rail transport links, and environmentally sensitive developments. But, on the other hand, using public transport is that much more difficult. Proposed new technology to be implemented includes intelligent transport systems such as message signing, active traffic management techniques and information systems. Synonyms conveyance, transportation, transfer, transference, transmission, movement vehicle, car, carriage, carrier 1.1 The action of transporting something or the state of being transported. 运输，运送，输送 the transport of crude oil 原油运输。 Example sentencesExamples The industrial world is totally and completely dependent upon oil for agriculture and transport. He has worked in transport, distribution and logistics for three years previously, and now works as a construction site foreman and travels on the Sandringham line. These applications include collection, storage, and transmission or transport of accumulated data, typically in very large sets. Duty, transport and distribution are fixed costs, so the more you spend, the more wine you get for your money. Removal of crab from seawater causes significant physical and physiological stress on the crab that can lead to mortality during transport and distribution. Another role of insulin is to stimulate the active transport of amino acids into cells. The next step in this process is malnutrition, since active transport of nutrients become impaired. In August, through the generosity of our church and friends, we were able to send money to buy 300 bags of maize and pay for transport and distribution. This makes transport and delivery very expensive, he said. Bulgaria should have eliminated the state subsidy for the coal mining and begun to implement differentiation in transport and distribution pricing of natural gas. There is also large-scale downstream pollution caused by long-distance transport of industrial food. Some of this is from the oil cargo evaporating during transport (about 3.7 million tons per year). The project is further expected to facilitate the transport of heavy-duty goods to the north. The committee must therefore pay the remainder of the cost and all transport costs. The transport of oil, kegs and tanks by rail on the four routes will continue as normal. British architects, builders, developers and clients for buildings have something else in common with people involved in transport and distribution. Synonyms transit, transportation, conveyance, traffic, carriage, freight, freightage, shipment, shipping, haulage, delivery, distribution, carrying 1.2count noun A large vehicle, ship, or aircraft used to carry troops or stores. （运送部队，补给的）大型机动车辆，运输船，运输机 the invasion force sailed from Cadiz in twenty-five transports Example sentencesExamples In 1940 the vessel was renamed President Taylor, and the next year began service as a troop transport. Similarly, kissing your husband and watching him climb on board a troop transport and waving goodbye and forcing a smile requires courage as well. He was then shipped back to the East Coast, across the US by train, and on board a troop transport in San Francisco to take part in the invasion of Japan. Parked around the loading dock were some of the vehicles, mostly civilian but with a variety of military transports, which the militia used as part of their duties. Joining this force will be Coast Guard assets and the transports and logistics support ships operated by the U.S. Army. There was one where the young lady investigates whether a boat in a Wisconsin lake was used as a troop transport in WWII. On 18 May 1565 130 galleys and 50 transports carrying 30,000 troops hove in sight of what is now Valetta. The U.S. aircraft industry standard makes it possible today to build military transports with an operational range of 16,000 km. My husband, who also served in the Pacific, adored Don; they would go on for hours about assault transports and troop ships. Accompanying them are two guided missile cruisers, a destroyer, a nuclear submarine, as well as refueling ships, heavy equipment transports and support vessels. In both world wars the merchant ships were requisitioned for troop transports, for hospital ships and for the carriage of cargoes for war service. Once the Denivanian defenses were disabled, the slow, bulky troop transports would take their capitol, with escorts to defend from the remnants of the defense fleet. The air force, the world's fourth largest, has over 600 combat aircraft and more than 500 transports and helicopters. Many of these and the other heavier transports carried smaller landing craft for the actual beach assault - more than fifteen hundred of them. The ships were undoubtedly troop transports and were less than six hours away from the planet at mark five. It is clear that the Hollerith system was used by the entire Nazi war machine, in contexts ranging from the coordination troop transports, to Luftwaffe raids, to slave labor. During the Revolutionary War and Civil War, support ships were used primarily by the army as troop transports and logistical supply ships. Their attack helicopters and their troop transports need to be there if we are to have a viable Plan B. 1.3historical count noun A convict who was transported to a penal colony. 〈史〉流放犯，流放者 Example sentencesExamples But it still seems odd that a transport who was to be landed in New England should be put on board a vessel bound for Philadelphia. Refugee transports from the colony were sent in every direction. 2usually transportsAn overwhelmingly strong emotion. 强烈的感情 art can send people into transports of delight 艺术能让人喜不自胜。 Example sentencesExamples Like scarlet moss, it carries the reader to ever-higher transports of delight. The mastery of each instrument and the cohesion and beauty of the orchestra was a transport of delight for this audience. He saw the naked bodies of men and women in postures and transports of passionate love. Will other political parties follow suit, in seeking out their own politically symbolic transports of delight? I am lost in transports of admiration for your bravery! Now Pop is, above all, well-adjusted; it doesn't seek to transfigure the world, offers us no transports of ecstasy or escape. She would have been consumed with transports of joy. You live in a state of utter seriousness with intermittent transports of rapture. There's a floodlit stage and electronic band of ‘gruperos’ in transports of salsa-invoked delirium. All told, we're talking about a multitude in transports of joy. The words of the budget speech by the Finance Minister would have had the country's poor in transports of joy, but the rhetoric was not matched by equivalent spending commitments. Synonyms frenzy, fit, rhapsody intense feeling, strong emotion, passion, fervour, vehemence rapture, ecstasy, elation, exaltation, exhilaration, euphoria, bliss, seventh heaven, heaven, paradise, high informal cloud nine Origin Late Middle English: from Old French transporter or Latin transportare, from trans- 'across' + portare 'carry'. Transport is from Latin transportare, from trans- ‘across’ and portare ‘carry’. The word's use to denote ‘a means of transportation’ arose in the use of transport ships to carry soldiers or convicts, and later army supplies. Import (Late Middle English) and export (Late Middle English) are the carrying of goods in and out of the country. Rhymes abort, apport, assort, athwart, aught, besought, bethought, bort, bought, brought, caught, cavort, comport, consort, contort, Cort, court, distraught, escort, exhort, export, extort, fort, fought, fraught, import, methought, misreport, mort, naught, nought, Oort, ought, outfought, port, Porte, purport, quart, rort, short, snort, sort, sought, sport, support, swart, taught, taut, thought, thwart, tort, wart, wrought Definition of transport in US English: transport verbtrænˈspɔrttranˈspôrt [with object] 1Take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship. 运输，运送，输送 the bulk of freight traffic was transported by truck 大宗货运货物由卡车运送。 Example sentencesExamples As part of this programme, a series of road checks of vehicles transporting dangerous goods is carried out. About 80 percent of the world's commercial goods are transported by ships. He said that it could be as much as 50% cheaper to transport goods by sea rather than road or rail, with obvious environmental benefits. Their capacity to produce competitively for the national and export markets will depend on being able to transport goods quickly and cheaply. The vehicles were also used to transport illegal goods, such as alcohol and slot machines for illicit gambling. The roads are choked with traffic, including enormous trucks transporting goods. This policy is to be applied vigorously both at the ports and all inland locations where it can be proved that a vehicle was used to transport goods which are liable to seizure. Shop owners now prefer the latter as their goods are transported faster. Businesses pay more to transport their goods and heat their premises, and they pass the extra costs on to customers, many of whom are also paying more for their petrol. He added that more than one person had to be involved in the robbery while another vehicle also had to be used to transport the stolen goods. The canals were used extensively as a cheap and easy way to transport goods, until the growth of the railway network meant that goods could be transported around the country far quicker. Hooker catches one of the lackeys transporting goods and interrogates him. Groups of cheerful girls carrying heavy bundles of yarn and cloth move from one building to another, and vehicles are constantly at the ready, to transport the finished goods. He pointed out that fishermen may have to come down to a quay to check their boats and equipment in bad weather, but may not travel in a vehicle transporting goods. No military officials were charged, although reports have stated that military ships were used to transport goods for the smuggling ring. At the same time, companies which transport goods by ship need to reassure increasingly concerned investors that they are taking green issues in their supply chain seriously. Goods are often transported by pack animals or carried by porters over mountain trails. And it would be possible only if communities attain self-sufficiency and do not have to transport goods needed for their needs from far off places. He said he was originally from a family that had been fairly rich and he had once owned a truck, hoping to earn money by transporting goods for villagers. Synonyms convey, carry, take, transfer, move, shift, bring, fetch, send, deliver, bear, conduct, haul, lug, cart, run, ship, ferry 1.1historical Send (a convict) to a penal colony. 〈史〉将（罪犯）流放到流放地 Example sentencesExamples This was achieved by means of barges which came alongside to transport convicts across the half mile of water to a small jetty. Convicts had been transported in the past to colonial America but after the revolution America was no longer available. As late as 1864 it was suggested that convicted prisoners should be transported to the Falkland Islands. The media have conferred on him the image of the victimised rebel, who was transported to a penal colony as the price of his principled insubordination. Later he presents the horrendous death rates for convicts being transported to Australia in the 1790s. In 1843 South Australia transported its first female convict to Tasmania. Synonyms banish, exile, deport, drive away, expatriate, extradite 1.2 Cause (someone) to feel that they are in another place or time. 〈喻〉使（某人）感觉置身于另一境地（或时间） for a moment she was transported to a warm summer garden on the night of a ball 她一时间觉得自己置身于舞会之夜的温暖夏季花园。 Example sentencesExamples His experience and popular imagery transport the viewer to another place and time, one which heals and soothes the soul. He closes his eyes and transports you to another place, to hear him is truly amazing. All these books transport you to another world, and I will be really interested to compare the film version with the book. A book from or about the past can transport us to another era; and that world, though it exists in our mind, takes on its own reality. There are very few books which just transport me into the setting and tone right from the first page. I mean there are a lot of other films out there that will transport you to another place. 2Overwhelm (someone) with a strong emotion, especially joy. 使（某人）充满强烈情感（尤指快乐） she was transported with pleasure 她欣喜若狂。 Example sentencesExamples Voilà, I got the position and was transported with excitement! While I did find them very good, I wasn't transported with bliss, possibly because I'm not a huge fan of béchamel. I should be glad to know whether you deem every man that is transported with anger, without an adequate cause, to be a madman? Your letter having arrived, I was transported with joy. A prince and princess, newly smitten with each other, are so transported with love that they rise into the air. Synonyms thrill, delight, ravish, carry away, enrapture, entrance, enchant, enthral, electrify, captivate, bewitch, fascinate, spellbind, charm, overjoy, elate nounˈtræn(t)spɔrtˈtran(t)spôrt 1A system or means of conveying people or goods from place to place by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship. 运输，运送，输送 many possess their own forms of transport 许多人有他们自己的交通方式。 air transport 空运。 Example sentencesExamples Local issues are always important, especially the seats road and rail transport links, and environmentally sensitive developments. Are they saying that people who use public transport are at risk? Free competition in road passenger transport promises travellers a better deal. Even workers with conditions such as claustrophobia who cannot use public transport are not exempt. Now, we have to have a rational relationship between the railway system, and the air transport system. The Parish will arrange transport for those wishing to attend. Key rail transport links in the district has been disrupted by floods and will not be restored for days. We also have a crisis with the air transport system. EU transport ministers had apparently agreed on a common position to that effect. But, on the other hand, using public transport is that much more difficult. Petrol sales have not collapsed because motor transport in this country is a necessity. All of the increase in the excise duty goes into the land transport system. The policy is expected to impact on the nation's inland transport system in the long term. Areas of particular interest will include passenger road transport and aviation. The story is a family affair against a backdrop of dirty dealings in the underground transport system. From this angle at night, you can only really see the lit top deck of buses gliding quietly across the bridge - I've often thought it looks like some highly futuristic transport system. In fact, I would say they are my favourite form of long-distance transport. The position of air transport within the overall system of values and experiences of the public has not remained the same. New England has a well-developed air transport system connecting all its domestic cities, other important cities in America and the world at large. Proposed new technology to be implemented includes intelligent transport systems such as message signing, active traffic management techniques and information systems. Synonyms conveyance, transportation, transfer, transference, transmission, movement 1.1 The action of transporting something or the state of being transported. 运输，运送，输送 the transport of crude oil 原油运输。 Example sentencesExamples Another role of insulin is to stimulate the active transport of amino acids into cells. The next step in this process is malnutrition, since active transport of nutrients become impaired. This makes transport and delivery very expensive, he said. British architects, builders, developers and clients for buildings have something else in common with people involved in transport and distribution. Some of this is from the oil cargo evaporating during transport (about 3.7 million tons per year). Duty, transport and distribution are fixed costs, so the more you spend, the more wine you get for your money. The project is further expected to facilitate the transport of heavy-duty goods to the north. The transport of oil, kegs and tanks by rail on the four routes will continue as normal. The committee must therefore pay the remainder of the cost and all transport costs. In August, through the generosity of our church and friends, we were able to send money to buy 300 bags of maize and pay for transport and distribution. Bulgaria should have eliminated the state subsidy for the coal mining and begun to implement differentiation in transport and distribution pricing of natural gas. The industrial world is totally and completely dependent upon oil for agriculture and transport. Removal of crab from seawater causes significant physical and physiological stress on the crab that can lead to mortality during transport and distribution. He has worked in transport, distribution and logistics for three years previously, and now works as a construction site foreman and travels on the Sandringham line. These applications include collection, storage, and transmission or transport of accumulated data, typically in very large sets. There is also large-scale downstream pollution caused by long-distance transport of industrial food. Synonyms transit, transportation, conveyance, traffic, carriage, freight, freightage, shipment, shipping, haulage, delivery, distribution, carrying 1.2 A large vehicle, ship, or aircraft used to carry troops or stores. （运送部队，补给的）大型机动车辆，运输船，运输机 Example sentencesExamples Accompanying them are two guided missile cruisers, a destroyer, a nuclear submarine, as well as refueling ships, heavy equipment transports and support vessels. During the Revolutionary War and Civil War, support ships were used primarily by the army as troop transports and logistical supply ships. Joining this force will be Coast Guard assets and the transports and logistics support ships operated by the U.S. Army. Once the Denivanian defenses were disabled, the slow, bulky troop transports would take their capitol, with escorts to defend from the remnants of the defense fleet. On 18 May 1565 130 galleys and 50 transports carrying 30,000 troops hove in sight of what is now Valetta. In 1940 the vessel was renamed President Taylor, and the next year began service as a troop transport. The ships were undoubtedly troop transports and were less than six hours away from the planet at mark five. It is clear that the Hollerith system was used by the entire Nazi war machine, in contexts ranging from the coordination troop transports, to Luftwaffe raids, to slave labor. He was then shipped back to the East Coast, across the US by train, and on board a troop transport in San Francisco to take part in the invasion of Japan. Parked around the loading dock were some of the vehicles, mostly civilian but with a variety of military transports, which the militia used as part of their duties. Similarly, kissing your husband and watching him climb on board a troop transport and waving goodbye and forcing a smile requires courage as well. There was one where the young lady investigates whether a boat in a Wisconsin lake was used as a troop transport in WWII. The air force, the world's fourth largest, has over 600 combat aircraft and more than 500 transports and helicopters. Their attack helicopters and their troop transports need to be there if we are to have a viable Plan B. Many of these and the other heavier transports carried smaller landing craft for the actual beach assault - more than fifteen hundred of them. In both world wars the merchant ships were requisitioned for troop transports, for hospital ships and for the carriage of cargoes for war service. The U.S. aircraft industry standard makes it possible today to build military transports with an operational range of 16,000 km. My husband, who also served in the Pacific, adored Don; they would go on for hours about assault transports and troop ships. 1.3historical A convict who was transported to a penal colony. 〈史〉流放犯，流放者 Example sentencesExamples But it still seems odd that a transport who was to be landed in New England should be put on board a vessel bound for Philadelphia. Refugee transports from the colony were sent in every direction. 2usually transportsAn overwhelmingly strong emotion. 强烈的感情 art can send people into transports of delight 艺术能让人喜不自胜。 Example sentencesExamples The words of the budget speech by the Finance Minister would have had the country's poor in transports of joy, but the rhetoric was not matched by equivalent spending commitments. I am lost in transports of admiration for your bravery! He saw the naked bodies of men and women in postures and transports of passionate love. You live in a state of utter seriousness with intermittent transports of rapture. She would have been consumed with transports of joy. The mastery of each instrument and the cohesion and beauty of the orchestra was a transport of delight for this audience. All told, we're talking about a multitude in transports of joy. Now Pop is, above all, well-adjusted; it doesn't seek to transfigure the world, offers us no transports of ecstasy or escape. Like scarlet moss, it carries the reader to ever-higher transports of delight. Will other political parties follow suit, in seeking out their own politically symbolic transports of delight? There's a floodlit stage and electronic band of ‘gruperos’ in transports of salsa-invoked delirium. Synonyms frenzy, fit, rhapsody rapture, ecstasy, elation, exaltation, exhilaration, euphoria, bliss, seventh heaven, heaven, paradise, high Origin Late Middle English: from Old French transporter or Latin transportare, from trans- ‘across’ + portare ‘carry’.
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