英语词汇“transit”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	transit
释义	tran·sit I. \ˈtran(t)sə̇t, ˈtraan-, -nzə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin transitus, from transitus, past participle of transire to go across, pass — more at transient 1. a. : an act, process, or instance of passing or journeying across, through, or over : journey, passage < the transit of so vast a body through Roman territory could not but be dangerous — J.A.Froude > < the transit of radio signals from the earth to the moon and back — J.W.Townsend > < a fine case study of the transit of ideas from Europe to America — R.E.Riegel > < our transit across the little span of life — W.L.Sullivan > b. : passage across : change, transition < to bolster morale … in the transit from war to peace — Dixon Wecter > < the transit from fall to winter, from this life to the next > c. (1) : the conveyance or carriage of persons or things from one place to another < pigeons were used to provide the fastest transit for written messages — W.G.East > < there were also commissions … on communications and transit — C.E.Black & E.C.Helmreich > < uses all modes of transit to ship his products > (2) : the transportation especially of people by means of bus, subway train, or other usually local system of public conveyance < the problems of urban transit are complex > — compare rapid transit; also : the system, vehicles, or facilities engaged in such transportation < within easy reach are … schools, shopping centers, and transit — advt > < 85 out of 100 shoppers … arrived there by transit, as against nine out of 100 by auto — Sam Stavisky > 2. : the passing of a planet across or through any special point or place on the zodiac 3. a. : the passage of a celestial body over the meridian of a place or through the field of a telescope — called also culmination b. : the passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger (as of Venus or Mercury across the sun's disk) 4. or transit compass : a variety of theodolite with the telescope mounted so that it can be transited — called also transit theodolite • - in transit II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *intransitive verb* 1. : to go over or through : pass < ships use the canal to transit to the west > < to steer to a destination through which the line transited — David Beaty > 2. : to make a transit across a meridian, a celestial body, or the field of view of a telescope < expects the planet to transit shortly after midnight > *transitive verb* 1. a. : to pass over or through : cross, traverse < transited La Perouse strait on the surface at night — E.L.Beach > < from San Juan to Guantánamo Bay you transit the windward passage — Lee Rogow > b. : to cause to pass over or through : convey < the canal … can be operated around the clock to transit a total of 36 ships daily — Ships and the Sea > 2. : to pass across (a meridian, a celestial body, or the field of view of a telescope) 3. : to turn (a telescope) over about its horizontal transverse axis in surveying
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