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語源

From transport +‎ -ation.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /tɹænspɔːˈteɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA: /tɹænspɚˈteɪʃən/
• ハイフネーション: trans‧por‧ta‧tion
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

transportation (usually uncountable, plural transportations)

1. (chiefly US) The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.

   We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation.

2. (historical) Deportation to a penal colony.

   Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.

   • 1957 February, Michael Robbins, “The Redpath Frauds on the Great Northern Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 132:

     Redpath was sentenced to transportation for life, and his assets, amounting to over £25,000, went to reduce the sum that the Great Northern had to find.

3. (US) A means of conveyance.

   Nice transportation, dude, but your brake lights are busted.

4. (US) A ticket or fare.
   • 1898, Willa Cather, The Westbound Train:

     Sybil: [..] That reminds me, I haven't got my passes yet! Have you the transportation here from Cheyenne to San Francisco for Mrs. S. Johnston?"
     (Agent looks grave, goes back and fumbles at the papers on his desk, returns to the window with a slip of paper in his hand.)
     Agent: "We had transportation here made out for such a person, but it was called for several hours ago."

派生語