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Collins English-English Dictionary
- freight [freɪt]
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1.
n
commercial transport that is slower and cheaper than express
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2.
n
the price charged for such transport
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3.
n
goods transported by this means
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4.
n
(as modifier)
- freight transport
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5.
n
[chiefly Brit]
a ship's cargo or part of it
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6.
vt.
[tr]
to load with goods for transport
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7.
vt.
[chiefly US and Canadian]
to convey commercially as or by freight
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8.
vt.
to load or burden; charge
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9.
vt.
[Etymology]
C16: from Middle Dutch vrecht; related to French fret, Spanish flete, Portuguese frete
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1.
n
commercial transport that is slower and cheaper than express
Examples
- by air/sea freight
- 通过空/海运 → freight
- freight transport → freight
- freight is charged at £40 per ton of 1 cubic metre → ton
- 增加货车班次
- increase the number of runs of freight trains → 班次
- 两车皮货物
- two freight cars of goods → 车皮
- 货物运输量将达到四千万吨。
- The volume of freight handled will amount to 40 million tons. → 达到
- 往返运费
- freight out and home → 往返
- 到付运费
- freight payable at destination → 运费
- 运费表
- freight list → 运费
- 运能和运量的矛盾
- gap between transport capacity and the freight volume → 运量
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