shipping
n [U]
1 ships, esp those of a country or port 船舶(尤指一国或一海港的)
The canal is now open to shipping. 该运河现已通航.
[attrib 作定语]
a shipping office 海运事务所
busy shipping lanes 繁忙的海上航道
the shipping forecast, ie a report on the weather conditions at sea 海洋气象预报.
2 transporting goods by ship 船运; 海运
the shipping of oil from the Middle East 从中东经水路运送石油. `shipping-agent n shipowner's representative at a port 船舶业务代理人.
Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.