shipment

Definitions

ship (the vessel; to load onto a vessel) + -ment (act or result) = 'the act of putting goods on a ship,' and by extension the goods themselves. The word now covers sending by any means — a shipment can arrive by truck or plane — but the metaphor is still the loaded boat.

Common Collocations

• 1.receive a shipment收到一批货物
• 2.shipment of goods一批货物
• 3.delay a shipment延误发货
• 4.track a shipment追踪货物运输

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The shipment of medical supplies arrived two days late.

• 2.

  We track every shipment from the warehouse to your door.

• 3.

  Bad weather delayed the shipment of fresh produce.