送交這個動作
視線從「那批東西」移到「交出去」這個行為本身。
act of sending goods · noun · B2
The act of sending or delivering something to a place or person.
託運／交運
核心畫面
Picture goods handed over to be carried somewhere and sold — packed, labelled, and now in someone else's hands for a while. The word can point at the load itself, at the act of sending it, or at the particular arrangement where the shop only pays the owner once the goods actually sell.
可以想成：一批貨被交出去，運到別的地方去賣——打包好、貼上標籤，接下來有一段時間在別人手上。這個字可以指那批貨本身、…更多收起
可以想成：一批貨被交出去，運到別的地方去賣——打包好、貼上標籤，接下來有一段時間在別人手上。這個字可以指那批貨本身、指「送出去」這個動作，也可以指一種特定的安排：店家先擺著賣，賣掉了才跟貨主結帳。From the picture
賣掉才結帳的安排
同樣是把貨交出去，但這一層特別指交出去的條件：所有權還在貨主手上，店家賣掉之後才拆帳。
on consignment · noun · B2
Used in the phrase on consignment: goods sold for the owner by a shop or seller, who keeps a share of the money.
寄售
Also in this word
batch of goods sent · noun · B1
An amount of goods sent somewhere together, usually to be sold.
一批貨
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
consignmentnoun/kənˈsaɪnmənt/
- 1
A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent.
- To E. M. McVicker and Co., Southampton, England. "We undertake no guarantee for goods damaged in transit. As soon as the consignment was taken on board we drew your captain's attention to the fact that the vessel was unsuitable for the transport of Robots, and we are therefore not responsible for spoiled freight. We beg to remain for Rossum's Universal Robots. Yours truly."
- In order to provide for a large measure of rail participation in countrywide collection and delivery of small consignments—a task they were never particularly well suited to do, and which they did only because the horse and cart were worse—the railways sacrificed their main advantages.
- 2
The act of consigning.
- 3
The sale of one's own goods (clothing, furniture, etc.) through a third-party vendor, in exchange for a portion of the sale price, and with the consigner retaining ownership of the goods until they are sold or abandoned.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。