/'trænzɪt, -sɪt; `trænzɪt, -sɪt/
n
1 [U] process of going or being taken or transported from one place to another 搬运; 载运; 运输
*goods delayed or lost in transit 在运输中延误或遗失的货物
* [attrib 作定语] an urban rapid-transit system 城市高速运输系统.
2 [C, U] (astronomy 天) movement of one object in space (eg a planet) between another and an observer, so that the first seems to pass across the surface of the second 宇宙中一天体（如一行星）运行到另一天体与观察者之间, 使前者如同经过後者之表面; 凌日
*observe the transit of Venus, eg across the sun 观测金星之凌日.

n[U]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: transitus, from transire; TRANSIENT¹]
the process of moving goods or people from one place to another
　baggage that is lost or damaged in transit (=while it is being moved)
　transit by air or sea
a system for moving people from place to place
British Equivalent: transportAmerican Equivalent: transportation
　rapid transit networks
public transit
AmE (=buses, trains etc)
　promises to improve public transit
>transitv [I]