transit

transit
noun
  1. [mass noun]the carrying of people, goods, or materials from one place to another
    运送，运输，运载
    a painting was damaged in transit.
    一幅画在运送中受损。
    ■[count noun]an act of passing through or across a place
    通过，经过
    the first west-to-east transit of the Northwest Passage.
    西北航道的首次由西向东穿越航行。
    [as modifier]a transit airline passenger.
    一位转机乘客。
    ■(N. Amer.)the conveyance of passengers on public transport
    (北美)公共交通客运
    ■(Astronomy)the passage of an inferior planet across the face of the sun, or of a moon or its shadow across the face of a planet
    (天文)凌日
    ■(Astronomy)the apparent passage of a celestial body across the meridian of a place
    (天文)中天
    ■(Astrology)the passage of a celestial body through a specified sign, house, or area of a chart
    (占星)凌
(transited, transiting)
  1. [with obj.]pass across or through (an area)
    经过，穿过（某一地区）
    the new large ships will be too big to transit the Panama Canal.
    这些新巨轮太大了，过不了巴拿马运河。
    ■(Astronomy)(of a planet or other celestial body) pass across (the face of another body, or a meridian)
    (天文)（行星等天体）经过（另一天体，子午线）
    ■(Astrology)(of a celestial body) pass across (a specified sign, house, or area of a chart)
    (占星)（天体）经过（黄道十二宫之一、住宅或星图区域）
语源
  1. late Middle English (denoting passage from one place to another): from Latin transitus, from transire 'go across'
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