| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_to-move-someone-or-something-from-one-place-to-another |
| 释义 | to move someone or something from one place to anotherThese words all describe moving someone or something from one place usually to another place. One of the most common words for this is carry. Carry can be used with words like down, up, along, and away to describe movement in a particular direction. These rail cars carry coal. The helicopter was carrying four passengers, all of whom were lost when the copter crashed. The boat was carried down the river. If you haul someone or something, you take them or it from one place to another place usually with some effort or force. When haul is used to talk about moving people, it is more informal than when haul is used to talk about moving things. He grew up hauling coal out of the mines six days a week. I have to haul the twins to the doctor's this afternoon. You can also use cart to talk about taking someone or something from one place to another with effort or force. The suspects were carted away by police. We'll cart the logs down the road and then cut them up. Lug is an informal word you can use to say you are moving something from one place to another with great effort, sometimes dragging it, because it is very heavy. I have to lug the shopping in from the car by myself! We lugged our suitcases up the stairs. In informal language, you hump something to a place. Hump is used when you have to carry or lift something with difficulty. He humped the mattress up to his third-floor flat by himself. In informal US English, you schlep something or yourself to a place usually with difficulty. I need to schlep the trash to the curb. Fine, fine – I'll schlep to the gym first thing tomorrow morning. Some words are used to describe the business or general activity of moving people or things from one place to another. Transport is used to describe moving goods or people. Convey is used to describe moving things to a specific place. Convey is slightly more formal than transport. Ferry is used to describe moving people or goods using a vehicle, often and regularly. It is less formal than transport and convey. Finally, in US English, haul is used to describe moving goods from one place to another by road. The ship was not certified to transport dangerous cargo in intenational waters. The city's public transit network can transport up to three million passengers a week. The parts are conveyed to the manufacturing plants where they are assembled. The flight ferries passengers between London and Glasgow twice a day. She spent most of her formative years being ferried to and from her brother's lacrosse tournaments. He's a truck driver who hauls citrus from Florida to northern states. |
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