Transport Noun Place Transported Carry Strong Goods Verb

trans·port

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\\tran(t)s-ˈpȯrt, ˈtran(t)s-ˌ\\ transitive verb1. to transfer or convey from one place to another
    transporting ions across a living membrane
2. to carry away with strong and often intensely pleasant emotion
3. to send to a penal colony overseas
Synonyms: see
• trans·port·abil·i·ty \\(ˌ)tran(t)s-ˌpȯr-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē\\ noun
• trans·port·able \\tran(t)s-ˈpȯr-tə-bəl\\ adjective

II

\\ˈtran(t)s-ˌpȯrt\\ noun1. an act or process of transporting :

transportation

2. strong or intensely pleasurable emotion
    transports of joy
3.
  a. a ship for carrying soldiers or military equipment
  b. a vehicle (as a truck or airplane) used to transport persons or goods
  c.

transportation

3
4. a transported convict
Synonyms: see

transport
  transport (v.)
  late 14c., from O.Fr. transporter "carry or convey across" (14c.), from L. transportare, from trans- "across" + portare "to carry" (see port (1)). Sense of "carry away with strong feelings" is first recorded 1509. Meaning "to carry away into banishment" is recorded from 1660s. The noun is attested from mid-15c., originally "mental exaltation;" sense of "means of transportation" is recorded from 1690s. Transportation "act of transporting" is recorded from 1530s. In the sense of "means of conveyance" it is first recorded 1853.

☞ transport
trans·port noun / 5trAnspC:t; NAmE -spC:rt /
1. (especially BrE) (NAmE usually trans·por·ta·tion) [U] a system for carrying people or goods from one place to another using vehicles, roads, etc.
   交通运输系统:
    air / freight / road transport
   空运；货运；路运
   the government's transport policy
   政府的交通运输政策
⇨ see also

public transport

2. (BrE) (NAmE trans·por·ta·tion) [U] a vehicle or method of travel
   交通车辆；运输工具；旅行方式:
   Applicants must have their own transport.
   申请人必须有自己的交通工具。
   Transport to and from the airport is included in the price.
   价格中包括往返机场的交通费。
   His bike is his only means of transport.
   自行车是他唯一的代步工具。
3. [U] (especially BrE) (also trans·por·ta·tion NAmE, BrE) the activity or business of carrying goods from one place to another using lorries / trucks, trains, etc.
   运输；运送；输送；搬运:
   The goods were damaged during transport.
   货物在运输期间受损。
   controls on the transport of nuclear waste
   运输核废料的管制措施
4. [C] a ship, plane or lorry / truck used for carrying soldiers, supplies, etc. from one place to another
   (运送部队、给养等的)运输船,运输机,运输卡车
5. transports [pl.] ~ of sth (literary) strong feelings and emotions
   强烈的情感；激情；激动:
   to be in transports of delight
   兴高采烈 verb / trAn5spC:t; NAmE -5spC:rt /
  ▪ [VN , usually +adv. / prep.]
1. to take sth / sb from one place to another in a vehicle
   (用交通工具)运输,运送,输送:
   to transport goods / passengers
   运送货物/旅客
2. to move sth somewhere by means of a natural process
   (以自然方式)运输,输送,传播
   SYN 

carry

:
   The seeds are transported by the wind.
   这些种子是由风传播的。
   Blood transports oxygen around the body.
   血把氧气输送到全身。
3. to make sb feel that they are in a different place, time or situation
   使产生身临其境的感觉:
   The book transports you to another world.
   这本书会把你带到另一个世界。
4. (in the past) to send sb to a far away place as a punishment
   (旧时)流放:
   British convicts were transported to Australia for life.
   英国的囚犯被终生流放到澳大利亚。

transport noun

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transport verb

trans·port
I. \tranzˈpō(ə)rt, traan-, -n(t)ˈsp-, -pȯ(ə)rt, -ōət, -ȯ(ə)t, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷, usu -d.+V\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English transporten, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French transporter, from Latin transportare, from trans- + portare to carry — more at
1. : to transfer or convey from one person or place to another : ,
 < on this vessel he transported a heavy load of ammunition — L.H.Bolander >
 < in the early days copper ore was transported in wagons — American Guide Series: Tennessee >
 < will transport the industry to a better competitive level — T.D.Rice >
 < endeavor to transport ourselves into the position of a contemporary spectator — Roger Fry >
2. : to carry away with strong or intensely pleasurable emotion : ,
 < his anger transports him >
 < the test of greatness in a work of art is … that it transports us — Herbert Read >
 < didn't realize that just a man and a red cloth and a bull could … transport a person — Barnaby Conrad >
3. : to convey or cause to be conveyed into banishment usually to a penal colony
 < was eventually transported for stealing a gentleman's gold watch — Osbert Sitwell >
4. Scotland
 a. : to transfer (a minister) to another charge
 b. : to remove (a parish church) to another part of the parish
Synonyms: see ,
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from transporten to transport
1. obsolete : the conveyance of property :
2.
 a. : 1a
  < the arduous transport … of three and a half tons of stores — British Book News >
  < then came the transport of the huge disk to California — David England >
  < it is maintained that transport in large tanks affects the wine quality — G.G.Weigend >
 b. : 1b
3.
 a. : the state of being moved by strong or intensely pleasurable emotion : , ,
  < in a transport at possessing … a fortune — G.B.Shaw >
  < each expressed … an authentic transport of personal joy — C.E.Montague >
 b. : an instance or fit of such transport
  < transports of delight — T.B.Macaulay >
  < transports of rage — Jane Austen >
  < a bitter cynicism has succeeded to transports of pugnacious hatred — G.B.Shaw >
4.
 a. : a ship used for carrying soldiers or military equipment and stores
  < a fleet of warships sailed with accompanying transports filled with troops >
  < served as a seaman on transports in the Pacific — Current Biography >
  — compare
 b. : a truck, plane, or other vehicle used to carry persons or goods from one place to another
  < impatient drivers will … try to get around long, slow-moving trucks or transports — T.S.Smith >
  < jet prototype that could be used as a bomber or a transport — Horace Sutton >
 c. : 4b
  < the economics of transport will … dictate the kind of vehicle to be used — John Kemp >
  < one must understand the whole picture of transport — N.J.Curry >
 also : a system or organized means of public conveyance or travel :
  < they work in factories and offices, use transport, and live in residential suburbs — Sybille Bedford >
  < this shortage of efficient transport — John Kobler >
5. : a person who is transported or banished as a convict
 < many early American settlers were transports >
6. : an exchange of molecules or other particles together with their kinetic energy and momentum across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid
Synonyms: see
III. noun
: a mechanism for moving magnetic tape past a recording head

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