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.
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.