transit

• n. 輸送; 通過
• vt.輸送する
• vi. 通り抜ける

ラテン語のtransitus, transit, through, transireの過去分詞、trans-, transfer, ire, goから、語源はexit,ineraryと同じ。

transit (v.)

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.

1. Two rapid transit trains collided early this morning in Boston.

今朝、2台の高速列車がボストンで衝突した。

2.The president wants to improve the nation 's highways and mass transit systems.

大統領は同国の道路と公共交通システムの改善を望んでいる。

3.We cannot be held responsible for goods lost in transit .

輸送中に失われた貨物に責任を負うことはできません。

4.They were in transit to Bombay.

彼らはムンバイへ行く途中だった。

5.The cost includes transit .

コストには送料が含まれています。