transit

輸送、公共交通

人や物を場所から場所へ運ぶこと。特にバスや電車による移動。

やさしい英語で： The movement of people or goods between places, especially using buses or trains.

• The goods are still in transit.
• We use public transit every day.
• The city improved its transit system.

使い方： in transit (The package was damaged in transit.)

類義語： transport, transportation

よく使う表現： public transit, in transit, transit system

通過

ある場所や物の中を通ったり、横切ったりすること。

やさしい英語で： The act of going across or through a place or thing.

• They were granted safe transit.
• Transit through the canal took several hours.
• The agreement allows free transit across the border.

使い方： transit through/across something (Transit through the region requires a permit.)

類義語： passage, crossing

よく使う表現： transit through something, safe transit, transit across something

通過、子午線通過

月や惑星、恒星が特定の線や別の天体の見かけの表面を横切ること。

やさしい英語で： The movement of a moon, planet, or star across a particular line or another object's visible surface.

• The telescope recorded a planetary transit.
• We watched the transit of Mercury across the Sun.
• The star’s transit across the meridian occurred at midnight.

使い方： transit across something (The telescope recorded a transit across the star.)

よく使う表現： transit of venus, planetary transit, transit across something

通過する、経由する

ある場所の中を通ったり、端から端へ移動したりすること。

やさしい英語で： To travel across or through a place.

• Ships transit the canal daily.
• We transited through Singapore last week.
• Passengers transiting through this airport need no visa.

使い方： transit through somewhere (We transited through Doha on our way home.); transit something (Large ships transit the canal daily.)

類義語： pass through, cross, traverse

よく使う表現： transit through somewhere, transit the canal, transit across something

公共交通機関を利用する

バスや電車などの公共交通機関で移動すること。

やさしい英語で： To travel by public transport, such as a bus or train.

• I transit to work by bus.
• They transited home after the concert.
• Do you transit to school or drive?

使い方： transit to somewhere (She transits to work by bus.)

類義語： take public transport

よく使う表現： transit to work, transit by bus, transit to school