transport

US: /ˈtɹænspɔɹt/, /tɹænˈspɔɹt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


transport /trænspɔ:t/
  • danh từ
    • sự chuyên chở, sự vận tải
      • the transport of passengers and goods: sự chuyên chở hành khách và hàng hoá
    • phương tiện đi lại, phương tiện vận chuyển
    • tàu chở quân ((cũng) troop-transport)
    • sự cảm kích mạnh mẽ; mối xúc cảm mãnh liệt
      • a transport of delight: sự hết sức vui thích
      • to be in a transport of rage (fury): nổi cơn thịnh nộ
      • to be in transports: hoan hỉ, vui tưng bừng, mừng quýnh lên
    • (pháp lý) người bị đầy, người bị tội phát vãng
    • ngoại động từ
      • chuyên chở, vận tải
      • gây xúc cảm mạnh
        • to be transported with joy: hoan hỉ, tưng bừng vui, mừng quýnh lên
        • to be transported with rage (fury): giận điên lên
      • (pháp lý) đày; kết tội phát vãng

    Advanced English dictionary


    noun, verb
    + noun
    1 (especially BrE) (AmE usually transportation) [U] a system for carrying people or goods from one place to another using vehicles, roads, etc: air / freight / road transport + to travel on / by public transport (= by train, bus, etc.) + the government's transport policy
    2 (BrE) (AmE transportation) [U] a vehicle or method of travel: Applicants must have their own transport. + Transport to and from the airport is included in the price. + His bike is his only means of transport.
    3 [U] (especially BrE) (also transportation AmE, BrE) the activity or business of carrying goods from one place to another using lorries/trucks, trains, etc: The goods were damaged during transport. + controls on the transport of nuclear waste
    4 [C] a ship, plane or lorry/truck used for carrying soldiers, supplies, etc. from one place to another: Several transports were sent to convey them to the camp. + a transport helicopter
    5 (transports) [pl.] ~ of sth (literary) strong feelings and emotions: to be in transports of joy / delight / grief
    + verb
    [prep.]
    1 to take sth/sb from one place to another in a vehicle: to transport goods / passengers / cattle + Most of our luggage was transported by sea.
    2 to move sth somewhere by means of a natural process: The seeds are transported by the wind. + Blood transports oxygen around the body.
    3 to make sb feel that they are in a different place, time or situation: The book transports you to another world.
    4 (in the past) to send sb to a far away place as a punishment: British convicts were transported to Australia for life.

    Thesaurus dictionary


    v.
    1 carry, bear, convey, move, remove, transfer, deliver, fetch, bring, get, take, ship, haul, transmit, send, forward:
    The goods were transported by ship.
    2 exile, banish, deport, send away:
    Australia was settled mainly by people who had been transported from England.
    3 carry away, enrapture, captivate, delight, charm, spellbind, bewitch, fascinate, enchant, entrance, hypnotize, mesmerize, electrify, ravish:
    Flavia's parents were totally transported by her winning the decathlon.
    n.
    4 transportation, carrier, conveyance, shipping, transfer, transferral, shipment, haulage, cartage, carriage, moving:
    Can't you give me any idea of what the transport costs might come to?
    5 Usually, transports. rapture, ecstasy, exaltation, exultation, euphoria, delight, (seventh) heaven, happiness, bliss, elation, exhilaration, thrill, Elysium, paradise; Elysian Fields, Colloq cloud nine:
    Helen succumbed to transports of delight at seeing her son receive such an important award.

    Collocation dictionary


    ADJ.

    cheap, efficient | mass, public
    to travel by/on public transport
    | private | local | city, urban | rural | horse-drawn, motor | air, canal, ground, land, marine, rail, railway, river, road, sea, water | passenger | freight

    VERB + TRANSPORT

    use | arrange | provide | have access to
    people who have no access to private transport

    TRANSPORT + NOUN

    facilities, provision, services | infrastructure, network, system | business, company, group, industry, operator, organization | chairman, chief, executive, manager, officer, official | consultant, planner | project, scheme, strategy | legislation, policy | budget | minister, spokesman | authority/authorities, committee, department, ministry | needs, requirements | market, sector | costs, fares | allowance
    Staff who transfer to a different office will receive a transport allowance.
    | user | worker | links, routes | congestion | police | safety | strike | union

    PREP.

    without ~
    The car broke down, leaving us without transport.

    PHRASES

    a form/means/method/mode of transport, your own transport
    Applicants for the job must have their own telephone and transport.


    Concise English dictionary


    transports|transported|transportingtræn'spɔrt /-pɔːt
    noun
    +something that serves as a means of transportation
    +an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
    +the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
    +a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
    +a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder
    verb
    +move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
    +move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
    +hold spellbound
    +transport commercially
    +send from one person or place to another