bags, cases, etc. that contain somebody's clothes and things when they are travelling 行李 excess baggage (= weighing more than the limit allowed on a plane) 超重行李（超出乘飞机所允许的重量） baggage handlers (= people employed to load and unload baggage at airports) （机场）行李员 - (North American English)
We loaded our baggage into the car. 我们把行李装上了汽车。
Which Word? baggage / luggage / bagsbaggage / luggage / bags- Luggage is the usual word in British English, but baggage is preferred in the context of the bags and cases that passengers take on a flight. In North American English baggage is usually used.
- In North American English luggage is more formal than baggage and is often used to describe the empty bags themselves:
- (North American English)
I need to buy some new luggage for my vacation next month. 我需要为下个月的假期买些新行李。 - (British English)
I need to buy a new suitcase for my holiday next month. 下个月我需要为我的假期买一个新手提箱。
- (North American English)
- Both these words are uncountable nouns:
两者均为不可数名词： Do you have a lot of luggage? 你的行李多吗？ Two pieces of luggage have gone missing. 有两件行李丢失了。 Never leave baggage unattended. 切勿丢下行李不管。
- Bags are individual pieces of baggage:
You're allowed one checked bag and one carry-on. 你可以带一个托运行李和一个手提行李。 How many bags do you have? 你有几个包？
Collocations Travel and tourismTravel and tourism 旅游和旅游业 Holidays/vacations 假期 - have/take (British English) a holiday/(North American English) a vacation/a break/a day off/(British English) a gap year
休假；短期休假；休一天假；休空缺年假 - go on/be on holiday/vacation/leave/honeymoon/safari/a trip/a tour/a cruise/a pilgrimage
去／在度假／休假／度蜜月／游猎／旅游／观光／乘船游览／朝圣 - go backpacking/camping/hitchhiking/sightseeing
去背包旅行／露营／搭顺风车旅行／观光游览 - plan a trip/a holiday/a vacation/your itinerary
计划旅行／假期／行程 - book accommodation/a hotel room/a flight/tickets
预订住宿／酒店房间／航班／票 - have/make/cancel a reservation/(especially British English) booking
预订；取消预订 - rent a villa/(both British English) a holiday home/a holiday cottage
租一座度假别墅／一个度假住所／一座度假小别墅 - (especially British English) hire/ (especially North American English) rent a car/bicycle/moped
租借一辆汽车／自行车／摩托自行车 - stay in a hotel/a bed and breakfast/a youth hostel/a villa/(both British English) a holiday home/a caravan
住在酒店／提供住宿和早餐的旅馆／青年旅舍／度假别墅／度假住所／旅行拖车里 - cost/charge $100 a/per night for a single/double/twin/standard/(British English) en suite room
单人房／双人房／标间／套房一晚花费／要价 100 美元 - check into/out of a hotel/a motel/your room
入住／结账离开酒店／汽车旅馆／房间 - pack/unpack your suitcase/bags
把东西装进手提箱／旅行包；取出手提箱／旅行包里的东西 - call/order room service
打电话叫／叫客房服务 - cancel/cut short a trip/holiday/vacation
取消／缩短旅程／假期
Foreign travel 出国旅行 - apply for/get/renew a/your passport
申请／拿到／续签护照 - take out/buy/get travel insurance
获得／购买／取得旅游保险 - catch/miss your plane/train/ferry/connecting flight
赶上／错过飞机／火车／渡船／转乘航班 - fly (in)/travel in business/economy class
乘坐商务／经济舱飞行／旅行 - make/have a brief/two-day/twelve-hour stopover/(North American English also) layover in Hong Kong
在香港作短暂的／两天的／十二小时的中途停留 - experience/cause/lead to delays
遇上／引起／导致延误 - check (in)/collect/get/lose (your) (especially British English) luggage/(especially North American English) baggage
托运／取／弄丢行李 - be charged for/pay excess baggage
被收取／支付超重行李费 - board/get on/leave/get off the aircraft/plane/ship/ferry
上／下飞机／船／渡船 - taxi down/leave/approach/hit/overshoot the runway
在跑道上滑行；离开／接近／降落在／冲出跑道 - experience/hit/encounter severe turbulence
遇到强烈的气流 - suffer from/recover from/get over your jet lag/travel sickness
遭受时差反应／晕车；从时差反应／晕车恢复过来；克服时差反应／晕车
The tourist industry 旅游业 - attract/draw/bring tourists/visitors
吸引游客 - encourage/promote/hurt tourism
鼓励／促进／损害旅游业 - promote/develop ecotourism
促进／发展生态旅游 - build/develop/visit a tourist/holiday/(especially British English) seaside/beach/ski resort
建立／开发／参观旅游／假日／海滨／海滩／滑雪胜地 - work for/be operated by a major hotel chain
就职于一家大型连锁酒店；由一家大型连锁酒店经营 - be served by/compete with low-cost/(especially North American English) low-fare/budget airlines
由廉价航空公司提供服务；与廉价航空公司竞争 - book something through/make a booking through/use a travel agent
通过旅行社预订；经旅行社代办 - contact/check with your travel agent/tour operator
联系旅行社；向旅行社咨询 - book/be on/go on a package deal/holiday/tour
预订／进行／去包价旅游 - buy/bring back (tacky/overpriced) souvenirs
购买／带回（低劣的／定价过高的）纪念品
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by aira2At the airport I found that I had 100kg of excess baggage. 在机场我发现行李超重了100公斤。 There is an excess baggage charge of $50. 超重行李加收50元。 I'll just check in my baggage. 我去托运行李。 - (North American English)
Where do we check our baggage? 我们在哪儿办理行李托运手续？ Let's claim our baggage first. 我们先取行李吧。 Please do not leave baggage unattended. 请不要丢下行李不管。 Drugs were found in his baggage. 在他的行李中发现了毒品。 Flights were cancelled because of a strike by baggage handlers. 由于行李搬运工罢工，航班被取消了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- carry-on
- hand
- checked
- …
- piece
- carry
- lug
- go through
- …
- allowance
- screening
- cart
- …
the equipment that an army carries with it 军队随身携带的装备 Extensive baggage trains followed the troops. 部队后面跟着大批辎重。
the beliefs and attitudes that somebody has as a result of their past experiences （因阅历而形成的）信仰，看法 She was carrying a lot of emotional baggage. 她背负着很多感情债。 The party has now jettisoned its traditional ideological baggage. 该党现在已经抛弃了传统的意识形态包袱。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- carry-on
- hand
- checked
- …
- piece
- carry
- lug
- go through
- …
- allowance
- screening
- cart
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French bagage (from baguer ‘tie up’), or bagues ‘bundles’; perhaps related to bag.