freight

noun · verb · adjectiveB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

freights

1.
(uncountable, usually)The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.
2.
(uncountable, usually)Goods or items in transport; cargo, luggage.
The freight shifted and the trailer turned over on the highway.
3.
(countable, usually)Payment for transportation.
The freight was more expensive for cars than for coal.
4.
(countable, figuratively, usually)A burden, a load.
5.
(figuratively, specifically, uncountable, usually)Cultural or emotional associations.
6.
(abbreviation, alt of, countable, ellipsis, usually)(countable, originally US, rail transport) Ellipsis of freight train.
They shipped it ordinary freight to spare the expense.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

freights

V_ing/Gerund

freighting

V_ed/pp

freightedno-table-tags

1.
(transitive)To load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers.
2.
(transitive)To transport (goods).
3.
(broadly, transitive)To load or store (goods, etc.).
4.
(figuratively, transitive)To carry (something) as if it is a burden or load.
5.
(US, also, figuratively, intransitive)(intransitive, US, also figuratively) Chiefly followed by up: to carry as part of a cargo.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more freight

Superlative

most freight

1.
(obsolete)Freighted; laden.

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Đồng nghĩa

cargo luggage lading

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Late Middle English freight, freght, freyght, a variant of fraught, fraght, from Middle Dutch vracht, vrecht, and vrecht (cargo, freight; transportation fee), from frāht, frēht, from *fra- (from Proto-Germanic *fra-) + *aihti (from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz (possessions, property), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (to come into possession of, obtain; to own, possess)).