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单词 retransportation
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retransportationn.

Brit. /ˌriːˌtranspəˈteɪʃn/, /ˌriːˌtranspɔːˈteɪʃn/, /ˌriːˌtrɑːnspəˈteɪʃn/, /ˌriːˌtrɑːnspɔːˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /riˌtræn(t)spərˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, transportation n.
Etymology: < re- prefix + transportation n., after retransport v.
The action of being retransported; transportation again or back. Also: an instance of this.
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society > travel > transport > [noun] > back again
recarriage1541
reconveyance1652
back-carriage1657
retransportationc1751
c1751 S. Richardson Corr. (1804) VI. 61 How I missed you, on my re-transportation!
1790 A. Hamilton in Papers 14 Dec. (1963) VII. 310 Whence the transportation and retransportation of the metals are obviated.
1851 H. Melville Present State Austral. 158 Convicts..have been returned to the settled districts, there to commit fresh crimes, and to suffer re-transportation.
1897 Belgravia Aug. 382 Then came a retransportation to Van Dieman's Land, and, with it, a glimmer of good fortune.
1917 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 74 207 A food survey in 1915 showed that of a total annual food bill of $4,200,000..is spent for a riot of transportation and retransportation, handling and rehandling.
1992 Milling & Baking News (Nexis) 14 Apr. 13 The move eliminated the rehandling and re-transportation of the product by General and hence produced major savings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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