trans·por·ta·tion /ˌtræn(t)spɚ/
運輸,輸送,交通業
transportation
傳送 運輸
Trans·por·ta·tion n.
1. The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.
To provide a vessel for their transportation. --Sir H. Wotton.
2. Transport; ecstasy. [R.]
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transportation
n 1: a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary
for the movement of passengers or goods [syn: transportation
system, transit]
2: the act of transporting something from one location to
another [syn: transfer, transferral, conveyance]
3: the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance [syn: fare]
4: the United States federal department that institutes and
coordinates national transportation programs; created in
1966 [syn: Department of Transportation, DoT]
5: the commercial enterprise of transporting goods and
materials [syn: shipping, transport]
6: the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men
in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal
colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the
sentence was one of transportation for life" [syn: exile,
deportation, expatriation]