[mass noun]goods transported in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft (用车、船或飞机成批运输的)货物 ■a charge for such transport (货运)运费
verb [with obj.]
transport (goods) in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft (成批)运输(货物) the metals had been freighted from the city. 这些金属已经从这个城市运走。 [no obj.]collieries selling produce to ships freighting to Dublin. 卖煤给向都柏林运货的货船的煤矿。 ■(be freighted with)(figurative)be laden or burdened with (喻)使充满;使担负 each word was freighted with anger. 每个词都充满愤怒。
语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'hire of a ship for transporting goods'): from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German vrecht, variant of vracht 'ship's cargo'. Compare with fraught