1 to take sth/sb from one
place to another in a vehicle ( is£h irii: to transport goods/
passengers 2 to move sth somewhere by
means
of a natural process f II Jl ji, ft ft nn carry
The seeds are
transported by the wind. jAiiftl J! & Mftlt [fj 0
o Blood
transports oxygen around the body, 3 to make sb
feel
that they are in a different place, time or situation The book transports you to another
world. 4 (in the
past)
to send sb to a far away place as a punishment ( IB N- ) MM : British convicts were transported
to
trans-port-able /traen’spoitabl; NAmE -'spoirt-/
adj. [not usually
before noun] that
can be carried or moved from one place to another, especially by a vehicle nf § ;
trans
por ta tion 0-w /.trasnspoi'teijn; NAmE-poir't-/ noun [U]
1 (especially NAmE) = transport : the transportation industry 0 public transportation (~ the system of
buses,
trains, etc. provided for people to travel from one place to another) Jg j® It o The city is
providing
free transportation to the stadium from downtown. o the
transportation
of heavy loads o
transportation
costs jg|| 2 (in the past) the act
of sending criminals to a place that is far away as a form of punishment ( |H
m) mm
'transport cafe noun (BrE) a cafe at the side of a
main road that serves cheap food and is used mainly by lorry/truck drivers ( tt
— compare truck stop
trans-port-er /traen'spoita(r); NAmE -'spoirt-/ noun a large vehicle used
for carrying heavy objects, for example other vehicles a car transporter igjf .
trans-pose /traen'spauz; NAmE -'spouz/
verb [VN] [often passive]
1 (formal) to change the order of
two or more things ft (111 If PCT71 reverse 2 (formal) to move or change sth to a different place or
environment or into a different form ftftH; ftj&ft; EXE]
trans
fer : The director transposes
Shakespeare’s play from 16th century
it)
to write or play a piece of music or a series of notes in a different key ft (
ft ) ^ i)nj, trans-pos
ition /.traenspa'zijn/ noun [C,
U] trans sex ual (also tran-sex-ual) /traenz'sekjual;
traens-/ (also informal tranny) noun a person who feels
emotionally that they want to live, dress, etc. as a member of the opposite
sex, especially one who has a medical operation to change their sexual organs H
tf ®%;
(M ) »A tran-sub-stan-ti-ation /.traensab.staenji'eijn/
noun [u] the belief that the
bread and wine of the Communion
service
become the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ after they have been blessed, even though they still
look like bread and wine ( ft ffi
RgTWfitt
fm>
trans-verse /'traenzv3is; 'traens-; NAmE -V3irs/ adj. [usually
before noun] (technical Aifi) placed across sth ( f»J ) ; ItWrW; BOH diagonal : A trans
verse
bar joins the two posts. fflflftjifftlfWffl Aft0 .transverse 'wave noun (technical Aft) a wave that vibrates at 90° to the direction in which it is moving jfM —
compare longitudinal wave trans-vest-ite /traenz'vestait;
traens-/ (also informal tranny) noun a person,
especially a man, who enjoys dressing as a member of the opposite sex WA, ( AftJI# ) ►trans-vest-ism /traenz-
'vestizam; traens-/ noun [U] trap Otw /traep/ noun, verb ■ noun
►
FOR ANIMALS id,j$j 1 a piece of equipment
for catching animals ( ) feW, .&m, A, afox
with
its leg in a trap M A7AftMf$flim O A trap was
| 2151 trapezium
laid,
with fresh bait. Pg i£ g , 37 f$ M 7 §r ft ft o
—
see also mousetrap
►
TRICK if | 2a clever plan designed
to trick sb, either
by
capturing them or by making them do or say sth that they did not mean to do or
say Off; it if: She had set a trap for him and he had walked straight into it.m%4fei&TM, o —seealso
BOOBY TRAP(2), RADAR TRAP, SAND TRAP, TOURIST TRAP
►
BAD SITUATION M. 3 [usually sing.] an unpleasant
situation
from which it is hard to escape ( 1$. HI
W
) “%■%-. the unemployment trap Aik Eft 0
Some
women see marriage as a trap. fffii #3 ft fEiff [0 ff 0! j$0
— see also death trap, poverty trap
►
CARRIAGE 3, 1 4 a light carriage with two wheels,
pulled by a horse a pony and trap — E
►
MOUTH HU 5 (slang) mouth If ; P SE] gob : Shut
your
trap!
(= a rude way of telling sb to be quiet) if] ± # SiJ JL f ! 0 to keep your trap shut (= to not tell a
secret)
f ±W^EHJL
►
FOR RACING DOG 1% fu] 6 a cage
from which a greyhound (= a type
of dog) is let out at the start of a race
mm ()
►
IN GOLF M -f A If 7 (NAmE) = bunker n.(3)
n>T?7l to fall into/avoid the trap of doing
sth to
do/
avoid
doing sth that is a mistake but which seems at first to be a good idea
f^jft/JSIAf^j&Pgp#: Parents often fall into the trap of trying to do everything for their
children. £ t - ft 1f K ftp A 7 ft
—
more at spring v.
■
verb (-pp-)
[VN]
►
IN DANGEROUS/BAD SITUATION -Pt/B A 1 [often
passive] to keep sb in a dangerous place or bad
situation that they want to get out of but cannot ft^lAPt^; -vft Pg Help! I’m trapped! ##W! $cin ISft 7 ! <>
They
were trapped in the burning building. /Ml ME ft M ftIWf llo
o We became
trapped by the rising floodwater. iff] M ± A ® ft 7 o 0 He was trapped
in an
unhappy marriage. <>
I
feel trapped in my job. Miff
lift To
►
PART OF BODY/CLOTHING # W / A U f.v 2 [usually +adv./prep.] to have part of your body, your
clothing, etc. held in a place so tightly that you cannot remove it and it may
be injured or damaged 7f±; Aft; ft; lift: I trapped my
coat in the car door. W ft A M A 7 H Aft 7 o 0 The pain was caused by a trapped nerve.
►
CATCH ft 3 to catch or keep sth
in a place and
prevent
it from escaping, especially so that you can use it i&H; fj&ift: Solar panels trap energy from the
sun. A
ratifeflfelMtBtAPBffeo 4 to force sb/sth into a
place or situation that they cannot escape from, especially in order to catch
them itft--i£A (
JEA
) : The escaped
prisoners were eventually trapped in an underground garage and recaptured.
5
to catch an animal in a trap ) : Raccoons
used
to be trapped for their fur. AfH jl A ^ # ft A ,
►
TRICK if ii 6 ~ sb (into sth/into
doing sth) to trick sb
into
sth ft pg A IS 3*; ftftif; He felt he had
been
trapped into accepting the terms of the contract, fife
trap-door
/'traepdoi(r)/ noun a
small door in a floor or
ceiling
JfettjTI; ' ( ) fgftH, iiMfl,
A®
trap
eze /tra'piiz; NAmE trae-/
noun a wooden or
metal bar hanging from two pieces of rope high above the ground, used
especially by circus performers (
Aft 3, , a trapeze artist
tra
pez ium /tra'piiziam/
noun (pi. tra-pez-iums or trapezia /tra'piizia/) (geometry /USf) 1 (BrE) (NAmE trap-ez- oid) a flat shape with four
straight sides, one pair of opposite sides being parallel and the other pair
not parallel 2 (NAmE) = trapezoid(I) —picture on next page