shippingとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English schipping, schyppynge, from schippen, schipen (“to take ship, navigate”), from 古期英語 scipian (“to take ship; put in order, equip, man a ship”), equivalent to ship +‎ -ing.

名詞

shipping (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 shippings)

1. The transportation of goods.
   • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

     From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. […]   But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.

2. The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry.
3. Passage or transport on a ship.
4. The cost of sending an item or package via postal services.

   The shipping is included in the quoted price.

5. Navigation.
   • c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:

     God send 'em good shipping.

派生語

• shipping lane
• short-sea shipping