transit
n
1 [U] process of going or being taken or transported from one place to another 搬运; 载运; 运输
goods delayed or lost in transit 在运输中延误或遗失的货物
[attrib 作定语]
an urban rapid-transit system 城市高速运输系统.
2 [C, U] (astronomy 天) movement of one object in space (eg a planet) between another and an observer, so that the first seems to pass across the surface of the second 宇宙中一天体(如一行星)运行到另一天体与观察者之间, 使前者如同经过後者之表面; 凌日
observe the transit of Venus, eg across the sun 观测金星之凌日.
Bison were killed for their meat, while their fur provided warm clothing during cold winters.
他们杀野牛,吃野牛肉,用野牛毛皮制成冬季御寒的衣服。
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.