- [uncountable]
the process of being moved or carried from one place to another 运输；运送；搬运；载运 Extra Examplesgoods in transit between factory and store 在工厂和商店之间的运输途中的商品 Your insurance should cover transit by air, sea or rail. 你的保险应该涵盖空运、海运和铁路运输。
Oxford Collocations Dictionarytransit + noun- point
- camp
- lounge
- …
- in transit
- transit between
- transit from
- …
- [uncountable, countable, usually singular]
the act of going through a place on the way to somewhere else 通过；经过；通行；过境；中转 the transit lounge at Vienna airport 维也纳机场中转候机室 a transit visa (= one that allows a person to pass through a country but not to stay there) 过境签证
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by airc1The port has become a transit point in the drug trade. 这个港口成了毒品交易的中转点。 The goods were still in a transit shed on the quay. 货物仍堆在码头的中转库房。 a transit camp for refugees 临时难民营
Oxford Collocations Dictionarytransit + noun- point
- camp
- lounge
- …
- in transit
- transit between
- transit from
- …
- [uncountable] (North American English)
the system of buses, trains, etc. that people use to travel from one place to another 交通运输系统 the city’s mass/public transit system 城市的公共交通运输系统
Extra ExamplesThe New York transit strike is in its second day. 纽约公交工人的罢工进入了第二天。 The city has acquired a light rail transit system. 该市有了轻轨交通系统。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mass
- public
- rapid
- …
- system
- hub
- station
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting passage from one place to another): from Latin transitus, from transire ‘go across’.