consignment
英[kən'saɪnm(ə)nt]
美[kən'saɪnmənt]
词态变化
复数: consignments;
助记提示
1、con- "with" + sign- + -ment.
2、字面含义为：sealing with a sign, mark with a sign.
中文词源
consignment 装运货物，运送物来自consign, 交付，交寄。
英文词源
- consignment (n.)
- 1560s, "sealing with a sign," from consign + -ment. Meaning "delivering over" is from 1660s; especially of goods, for the sake of sale or auction, from c. 1700. Meaning "quantity of goods so assigned" is recorded from 1720s.
双语例句
- 1. The first consignment of food has already left Bologna.
- 运送的第一批食品已经离开了博洛尼亚。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. a consignment of medicines
- 运送的一批药物
来自《权威词典》
- 3. This last consignment of hosiery is quite up to standard.
- 这批新到的针织品完全符合规格.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The salesman sorted his new consignment of stockings.
- 推销员把新到的一批长袜清理分类.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. We have to ask you to dispatch the consignment immediately.
- 我们得要求你立即发送该批货物。
来自辞典例句