freight

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/fɹeɪt/

名詞

不可算名詞 通常 可算名詞 比喩的用法 特定用法 略語 別表記

goods carried by ship, train, truck, or plane

日本語の意味

貨物 / 積み荷 / 運送貨物 / 輸送品

英語の意味

goods carried by ship, train, truck, or plane

ラオ語（ラオス語）

ສິນຄ້າທີ່ຂົນສົ່ງ / ຂອງບັນທຸກ / ສິນຄ້າຂົນສົ່ງທາງເຮືອ ລົດໄຟ ລົດບັນທຸກ ຫຼື ເຮືອບິນ

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The port handled so much freight last year that they expanded the docks.

港は昨年大量の貨物を扱ったため、埠頭を拡張しました。

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意味（1）

(uncountable) The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.

[A]fter ſome Conſideration, that the City of Hamburgh might happen to be as good a Market for our Goods as London, we all took Freight with him, and having put my Goods on board, it was moſt natural for me to put my Steward on board to take care of them, […] That is, arranged for the transportation of themselves and their goods.

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意味（2）

(uncountable) Goods or items in transport; cargo, luggage.

The freight shifted and the trailer turned over on the highway.

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意味（3）

(countable) Payment for transportation.

The freight was more expensive for cars than for coal.

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意味（4）

(countable) A burden, a load.

Thus Apple Trees, whoſe Trunks are ſtrong to bear / Their ſpreading Boughs, exert themſelves in Air: / Want no supply, but ſtand ſecure alone, / Not truſting foreign Forces, but their own: / 'Till with the ruddy freight the bending Branches groan.

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意味（5）

(specifically, uncountable) Cultural or emotional associations.

Ideally, those engaged in contributing to that discourse would have some awareness of the emotional forces which may be called into play by the simple appearance in print or a broadcast clip of a phrase built around the word 'freedom'. This may seem to be a quite unrealistic aim, until we note that some contributors to the emotional public sphere – advertising creatives – are very aware of the emotional freight that simple words may carry, and seek to direct that freight to particular destinations (with particular behavioural consequences).

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意味（6）

(countable, originally US, rail transport) Short for freight train.

They shipped it ordinary freight to spare the expense.

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freights （ plural ）