5 VERB If you say that you are transported to another place or time, you mean that something causes you to feel that you are living in the other place or at the other time. [mainly LITERARY ] □ [be V -ed prep/adv] Dr Drummond felt that he had been transported into a world that rivalled the Arabian Nights. □ [V n prep/adv] This delightful musical comedy transports the audience to the innocent days of 1950s America.
trans|por|ta|tion /træ nspɔː r te I ʃ ə n/
1 N‑UNCOUNT Transportation refers to any type of vehicle that you can travel in or carry goods in. [mainly AM ] □ The company will provide transportation. in BRIT, usually use transport 2 N‑UNCOUNT Transportation is a system for taking people or goods from one place to another, for example using buses or trains. [mainly AM ] □ Campuses are usually accessible by public transportation. in BRIT, usually use transport 3 N‑UNCOUNT Transportation is the activity of taking goods or people from one place to another in a vehicle. [mainly AM ] □ [+ of ] Oxfam may also help with the transportation of refugees. in BRIT, usually use transport
trans|port|er /trænspɔː r tə r / (transporters ) N‑COUNT A transporter is a large vehicle or an aeroplane that is used for carrying very large or heavy objects, for example cars. [mainly BRIT ]
trans|pose /trænspoʊ z/ (transposes , transposing , transposed )
1 VERB If you transpose something from one place or situation to another, you move it there. □ [V n to n] He has taken the idea of skiing, and transposed it to a Cornish beach, with surfing. [Also V n] ● trans|po|si|tion /træ nspəz I ʃ ə n/ (transpositions ) N‑VAR □ [+ of ] …a transposition of 'Macbeth' to third century BC China.
2 VERB If you transpose two things, you reverse them or put them in each other's place. □ [V n] Many people inadvertently transpose digits of the ZIP code. ● trans|po|si|tion N‑VAR □ [+ of ] His pen name represented the transposition of his initials and his middle name.
trans|put|er /trænspju ːtə r / (transputers ) N‑COUNT A transputer is a type of fast powerful microchip. [COMPUTING ]
trans|sex|ual /træ nse kʃuəl/ (transsexuals ) N‑COUNT A transsexual is a person who has decided that they want to live as a person of the opposite sex, and so has changed their name and appearance in order to do this. Transsexuals sometimes have an operation to change their sex.
trans|verse /trænzvɜː r s/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Transverse is used to describe something that is at right angles to something else.
trans|ves|tism /trænzve st I zəm/ N‑UNCOUNT Transvestism is the practice of wearing clothes normally worn by a person of the opposite sex, usually for pleasure.
trans|ves|tite /trænzve sta I t/ (transvestites ) N‑COUNT A transvestite is a person, usually a man, who enjoys wearing clothes normally worn by people of the opposite sex.
trap ◆◇◇ /træ p/ (traps , trapping , trapped )
1 N‑COUNT A trap is a device which is placed somewhere or a hole which is dug somewhere in order to catch animals or birds.
2 VERB If a person traps animals or birds, he or she catches them using traps. □ [V n] The locals were encouraged to trap and kill the birds.
3 N‑COUNT A trap is a trick that is intended to catch or deceive someone. □ He was trying to decide whether the question was some sort of a trap.
4 VERB If you trap someone into doing or saying something, you trick them so that they do or say it, although they did not want to. □ [V n + into ] Were you just trying to trap her into making some admission? □ [V n] She had trapped him so neatly that he wanted to slap her.
5 VERB To trap someone, especially a criminal, means to capture them. [JOURNALISM ] □ [V n] The police knew that to trap the killer they had to play him at his own game.
6 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A trap is an unpleasant situation that you cannot easily escape from. □ The Government has found it's caught in a trap of its own making.
7 VERB If you are trapped somewhere, something falls onto you or blocks your way and prevents you from moving or escaping. □ [be V -ed] The train was trapped underground by a fire. □ [V n] The light aircraft then cartwheeled, trapping both men. □ [V -ed] He saw trapped wagons and animals.
8 VERB When something traps gas, water, or energy, it prevents it from escaping. □ [V n] Wool traps your body heat, keeping the chill at bay. □ [V -ed] The volume of gas trapped on these surfaces can be considerable.
9 → see also booby-trap , death trap , poverty trap , trapped
10 PHRASE If someone falls into the trap of doing something, they think or behave in a way which is not wise or sensible. □ He never fell into the trap of making friends with his employees.