goods that are transported by ships, planes, trains or lorries; the system of transporting goods in this way (海運、空運或陸運的)貨物;貨運 to send goods by air freight 空運貨物 a freight business 貨運公司 passenger and freight transportation services 客貨運業務
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by bus and trainc1All vehicles carrying freight need a special permit. 所有運貨車輛都要有專門執照。 The freight was transferred to a train at Rotterdam. 貨物在鹿特丹轉成鐵路運輸。 The train's freight wagons can carry a fully-laden lorry. 火車的貨運車廂能裝下滿載貨物的卡車。 Local freight charges can be extremely high. 當地運費可能非常高。 She runs a freight business in southern Germany. 她在德國南部經營一家貨運公司。 The new road will be open to freight traffic only. 這條新路將只對貨運開放。 The total amount of freight transported on roads has risen by 150% in the past decade. 在過去的十年裏,公路運輸的貨物總量增長了150%。 The trains were designed specifically to haul freight. 這些火車是專爲運貨設計的。 Their ships carry freight between Dunkirk and Dover. 他們的船在敦刻爾克和多佛之間運送貨物。 We tend to use air freight for lighter goods. 比較輕的貨物我們往往會空運。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
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Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘hire of a ship for transporting goods’): from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German vrecht, variant of vracht ‘ship's cargo’. Compare with fraught.