▪ I. trans colloq.
(trɑːnz, -æ-)
Also trans. (with point).
[Abbrev.]
1. = translation 2. U.S.
| c 1877 E. Dickinson in Poems (1955) III. 1055 I dare not write until I hear—Intro without my Trans. 1922 H. Crane Let. c 18 June (1965) 91 Physique L'Amour, which I am lately reading in trans. 1955 E. Pound Section: Rock-Drill xciv. 97 No full trans Till 1811. |
2. = trans-continental n. Austral.
| 1937 E. Hill Great Australian Loneliness xxviii. 225 The ‘Trans’ and its people are a little world sufficient to themselves, a remarkable colony of government servants living in progress and contentment in the desert. 1976 K. Thackeray Crownbird v. 85 The next day they got to Kalgoorlie..and changed onto the ‘Trans’, a long, streamlined diesel. |
3. = transmission d.
| 1954 Amer. Speech XXIX. 103 Trans,..transmission. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 30 June 9-d/5 (Advt.), Plymouth Fury II, 440 high performance, (highway patrol), trans out, $300 firm. 1981 Pop. Hot Rodding Feb. 20/3, I own a '68 Datsun pickup and would like to install a 327 Chevy small-block engine with a 350 turbo trans. |
▪ II. trans
obs. form of trance.