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Teleportation is the imaginary act of moving from one place to another in an instant, with no journey in between — the idea that a person or thing can vanish here and appear there. It is the noun for what 'teleport' does.
Teleportation Teleportation is the imaginary act of moving from one place to another in an instant是一種想像中瞬間從一個地方移動到另一個地方的動作, with no journey in between中間完全沒有經過任何過程 — the idea that a person or thing can vanish here and appear there意思是一個人或東西可以在這裡消失、在那裡出現. It它 is the noun for what 'teleport' does是 'teleport' 這個動詞所做的事情的名詞.
This belongs to science fiction: 'The story is about a machine that makes teleportation possible.' In games it names the way you jump between places on the map. People also use it in half-serious everyday talk when they wish travel were instant: 'Teleportation would solve my commute.' There is one real, technical use that surprises students — talk about 'quantum teleportation', where the state of one tiny particle is transferred to another far away.
This這 belongs to science fiction屬於科幻的範疇: 'The story is about a machine that makes teleportation possible.'「這個故事在講一台能讓 teleportation 實現的機器。」 In games在遊戲裡 it names the way you jump between places on the map指的是你在地圖上瞬間跳到另一個地方的那種方式. People人們 also use it in half-serious everyday talk when they wish travel were instant也會在半開玩笑的日常對話裡用它，當他們希望移動可以是瞬間的時候: 'Teleportation would solve my commute.'「Teleportation 的話我通勤問題就解決了。」 There is一個 one real, technical use真正、技術上的用法 that surprises students會讓學生意外 — physicists物理學家 talk about 'quantum teleportation'會講到 'quantum teleportation'（量子隱形傳態）, where the state of one tiny particle is transferred to another far away指的是一個微小粒子的狀態被傳送到遠方另一個粒子上.
That is a genuine experiment, but it does not move any object, and it certainly cannot move a person. So if you meet the word in a science article, read carefully: it means something much narrower than the film version.
That這 is a genuine experiment是一個真實存在的實驗, but it並不會 does not move any object移動任何物體, and it certainly cannot move a person而且肯定沒辦法移動一個人. So所以 if you meet the word in a science article如果你在科學文章裡看到這個字, read carefully請仔細讀: it它的意思 means something much narrower than the film version遠比電影裡那個版本要窄得多.
Like most -ation words, it is normally uncountable.
Like most -ation words跟大多數 -ation 結尾的字一樣, it它通常 is normally uncountable是不可數名詞.
組成tele- 'far' (from Greek têle) + the '-portation' of 'transportation', from Latin portare 'to carry'. It was invented by the American writer Charles Fort in his 1931 book Lo!, so this is a word with a known birthday — quite rare for English.
同家族的字
- teleportthe verb, cut down from this longer word
- transportationteleportation was built by swapping 'trans-' for 'tele-' in this word
- transportthe shared Latin portare 'carry'
- porterportare again — a person who carries your bags
- telescopethe same tele- 'far'
- telepathytele- 'far' — feeling or knowing at a distance
原始詞典資料1 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。
teleportationnoun
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Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in between and which are often depicted or described as happening instantaneously, and through dematerialization or gateways.
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。