transit
英 ['trænsɪt; 'trɑːns-; -nz-]
美 ['træzɪt]
助記提示
1. trans- "across, over" + ire "go" (see ion) => transire "cross over, pass away, go over".
2. transire => 過去分詞：transitus => transit- => transit.
3. => act or fact of passing across or through, public transporation, go or cross over.
中文詞源
transit 中轉，過渡，通過，經過來自拉丁語 transitus,中轉的，通過的，來自 transire 的過去分詞格，來自 trans-,轉移，ire,走， 詞源同 exit,itinerary.
英文詞源
- transit (v.)
- mid-15c., from Latin transitus, past participle of transire "go or cross over" (see transient). Astronomical sense is from 1680s. Related: Transited; transiting.
- transit (n.)
- mid-15c., "act or fact of passing across or through," from Latin transitus "a going over, passing over, passage," verbal noun from past participle of transire "go or cross over" (see transient). Meaning "a transit of a planet across the sun" is from 1660s. Meaning "public transportation" is attested from 1873.
雙語例句
- 1. Two rapid transit trains collided early this morning in Boston.
- 今晨早些時候，兩輛高速火車在波士頓相撞。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The president wants to improve the nation's highways and mass transit systems.
- 總統希望改善該國的公路與公共交通係統。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. We cannot be held responsible for goods lost in transit.
- 我們不能對運送中丟失的貨物負責。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. They were in transit to Bombay.
- 他們在去往孟買的途中。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The cost includes transit.
- 成本中包括運費。
來自《權威詞典》