transit /'trænsit/

Meaning

English definition

• (v.) make a passage or journey from one place to another
• (v.) pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)
• (v.) revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction

Chinese translation

• n. 经过, 通行, 运输, 运输线, 转变
• vt. 运送, 使通过, 经过
• vi. 通过

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/'trænsit/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

CET-6 · TOEFL · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 4.2 · Rare

Word forms

transiting, transitted, transited, transits

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