- [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’.