1.
means of transport; transport system
The vehicles and systems—trucks, ships, trains, planes—used to move goods or people from one place to another.
輸送機関が止まる。
Transport services come to a halt.
大量の荷物を運ぶには輸送機関が必要だ。
Moving a large amount of cargo requires a transport system.
災害のときは輸送機関が乱れて、物資が届きにくくなる。
During a disaster, transport systems are disrupted and supplies become hard to deliver.
Written 輸送 (transportation of goods) + 機関 (engine; organ; system). Tends to emphasize moving cargo and freight.
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 交通機関: means of transportation — emphasizes moving people (trains, buses) rather than goods
- 輸送: transport, conveyance — the act of transporting, not the system itself