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运输,输送,交通业

资料来源 : 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.

资料来源 : 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}]