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- rum-runner (n.)[rum-runner 词源字典]
- "smuggler or transporter of illicit liquor," 1919, from rum (n.) + runner.[rum-runner etymology, rum-runner origin, 英语词源]
- transport (v.)
- late 14c., "convey from one place to another," from Old French transporter "carry or convey across; overwhelm (emotionally)" (14c.) or directly from Latin transportare "carry over, take across, convey, remove," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)). Sense of "carry away with strong feelings" is first recorded c. 1500. Meaning "to carry away into banishment" is recorded from 1660s.