英语单词 | freight |
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英美音标 | [freit] |
中文释义 | n.货物,船货,运费,货运 vt.装货,使充满,运送 |
vocab简明 | Like many nouns that can mean an action as well as an actual thing, freight refers to either the sending of goods or the goods themselves. It can also mean the charge for sending goods. You pay freight for the freight of your freight. |
vocab扩展 | Freight can also be used as a verb. If you freight a train with goods, you load it up with items to be shipped, and if you freight your furniture to your new home in another state, you send it there. Use freight like this only if you are sending your things a long distance. If you your new apartment is only across town, you would say that you're moving your things to your new place. |
真题原句 | Next year, after a series of mergers is completed, just four railroads will control well over 90 percent of all the freight moved by major rail carriers. |
柯林斯星级 | ★★☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]货运 Freight is the movement of goods by lorries, trains, ships, or aeroplanes.
2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](货运)货物 Freight is goods that are transported by lorries, trains, ships, or aeroplanes.
3 [VERB 动词]以货运运输 When goods are freighted, they are transported in large quantities over a long distance. [ [usu passive]
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来源 | 2003.3 |
Tags: 单词::2003, 单词::阅读词库
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