輸送
解説 Definition
transports は transport（輸送、輸送手段）の複数形です。複数の輸送便、輸送作業、または輸送用の乗り物を指すときに使われます。
The plural of transport when the noun refers to separate acts, operations, shipments, or vehicles involved in carrying people or goods from one place to another. It is used when two or more such instances or means are being counted.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
transport「輸送、輸送便」の規則的な複数形で、語末に -s を加え、発音は /ˈtrænspɔːrts/ のように最後が /s/ になる。trans-「越えて」と port「運ぶ」を意識し、two transports、several transports のように複数の輸送便・輸送作業を数える場面で覚える。
Transports is the regular plural of the noun transport: add -s, pronounced /s/ after the final /t/. Break the base word into trans-, “across,” and the element related to carrying, then picture goods being carried across a distance. Use the plural when separate shipments, transport operations, or transport vehicles are counted, as in two transports were planned or several transports reached the warehouse. In many everyday contexts, transport is uncountable, so the plural sounds most natural when the separate operations or vehicles are clearly identifiable.
例文
The company planned two transports for the machines.
その会社は機械のために2回の輸送を計画しました。
Several transports arrived at the warehouse this morning.
今朝、いくつかの輸送便が倉庫に到着しました。
All transports must be checked before they leave the port.
すべての輸送は港を出る前に確認されなければなりません。
transports の類義語・関連語
類義語
transports の語源・成り立ち Etymology
transports はフランス語経由の transport の複数形で、trans-「越えて」+ port「運ぶ」から成る。ラテン語 portare「運ぶ」が語源で、portable や import と同根なので、「向こう側へ運ぶこと」から輸送の意味になったとわかる。
Transports is the regular plural of transport. Transport entered English through French from Latin transportare, formed from trans-, “across or beyond,” and portare, “to carry.” The noun therefore developed the sense of carrying people or goods from one place to another. English forms the plural simply by adding -s. Words such as portable, import, and export share the Latin carrying element, although their prefixes give them different directions and meanings.
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