資料來源 : pyDict
運輸,輸送,交通業
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Transportation \Trans`por*ta"tion\, n. [L. transportatio: cf. F.
transportation.]
1. The act of transporting, or the state of being
transported; carriage from one place to another; removal;
conveyance.
To provide a vessel for their transportation. --Sir
H. Wotton.
2. Transport; ecstasy. [R.] --South.
資料來源 : WordNet®
transportation
n 1: a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary
for the movement of passengers or goods [syn: {transportation
system}, {transit}]
2: the act of transporting something from one location to
another [syn: {transfer}, {transferral}, {conveyance}]
3: the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance [syn: {fare}]
4: the United States federal department that institutes and
coordinates national transportation programs; created in
1966 [syn: {Department of Transportation}, {DoT}]
5: the commercial enterprise of transporting goods and
materials [syn: {shipping}, {transport}]
6: the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men
in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal
colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the
sentence was one of transportation for life" [syn: {exile},
{deportation}, {expatriation}]