单词 | transit |
释义 | Word Frequency transit(ˈtrænsɪt, ˈtrænz-) noun 1. a. the passage or conveyance of goods or people b. (as modifier) a transit visa 2. a change or transition 3. a route 4. astronomy a. the passage of a celestial body or satellite across the face of a relatively larger body as seen from the earth b. the apparent passage of a celestial body across the meridian, caused by the earth's diurnal rotation 5. astrology the passage of a planet across some special point on the zodiac 6. in transit verb 7. to make a transit through or over (something) 8. astronomy to make a transit across (a celestial body or the meridian) 9. to cause (the telescope of a surveying instrument) to turn over or (of such a telescope) to be turned over in a vertical plane so that it points in the opposite direction Derived forms transitable (ˈtransitable) adjective Word origin C15: from Latin transitus a going over, from transīre to pass over; see transient |
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