a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
a journey usually by ship;"the outward passage took 10 days"
Verb:
make a passage or journey from one place to another;"The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;" "Some travelers pass through the desert"
pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place);"The comet will transit on September 11"
revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
cause or enable to pass through;"The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"
mid-15c., from Latin transitus, past participle of transire "go or cross over" (see transient). Astronomical sense is from 1680s. Related: Transited; transiting.
transit (n.)
mid-15c., "act or fact of passing across or through," from Latin transitus "a going over, passing over, passage," verbal noun from past participle of transire "go or cross over" (see transient). Meaning "a transit of a planet across the sun" is from 1660s. Meaning "public transportation" is attested from 1873.
词态变化
复数 transits;
权威造句
1. Two rapid transit trains collided early this morning in Boston.
今晨早些时候，两辆高速火车在波士顿相撞。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The president wants to improve the nation"s highways and mass transit systems.
总统希望改善该国的公路与公共交通系统。
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3. We cannot be held responsible for goods lost in transit.
我们不能对运送中丢失的货物负责。
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4. They were in transit to Bombay.
他们在去往孟买的途中。
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5. The cost includes transit.
成本中包括运费。
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近反义词
transit network 传输网络
transit lounge 转港休息室
transit visa 过境签证
transit camp 1
rapid transit 高速交通
rapid transit system 快速运输系统...
in transit 在运输中
transit instrument [测]经纬仪
transit line 运输路线
mass transit 公共交通
transit passenger 过境旅客
transit route 中继路线
transit level 经纬水准仪
transit time 中天时刻,通过时间...
transit system [经] 运输系统...
transit dues 转口税,过境税...
pocket transit 袖珍经纬仪
transit duty 通行税
transit port 中转港
transit shed 中转货棚,通栈...
相似短语
in transit 运送中的
in transit to 转运表示货物自卸货港卸下后以陆运工具转运至目的地的转运。例如："shipment from Kaoshiung to New York in transit to Baltimore."(从高雄港
inward transit 内运过境
meniscus transit 弯月形透镜中星仪
meridian transit 子午仪，中天
toll on transit 【法】 通行税
transit agreement 【法】 过境协定
transit bill 【法】 货物税通行证
transit clause 【经】 运送条款
transit goodwn 【经】 中转仓库, 转口仓库
单词分析
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记忆方法
1. trans- "across, over" + ire "go" (see ion) => transire "cross over, pass away, go over".
2. transire => 过去分词：transitus => transit- => transit.
3. => act or fact of passing across or through, public transporation, go or cross over.
