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单词 transport
释义 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 fare
1. : to transfer or convey from one person or place to another : carry, move
 < 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 : inflame, enrapture
 < 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 banish, carry
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from transporten to transport
1. obsolete : the conveyance of property : transfer
2.
 a. : transportation 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. : transportation 1b
3.
 a. : the state of being moved by strong or intensely pleasurable emotion : frenzy, ecstasy, rapture
  < 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 freighter
 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. : transportation 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 : transit
  < 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 ecstasy
III. noun
: a mechanism for moving magnetic tape past a recording head
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