return empty; return trip without cargo or passengers
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to return empty; to travel back without cargo or passengers
formalA technical term used primarily in logistics, transportation, and business contexts to describe vehicles or vessels on their return journey with no load. It emphasizes the inefficiency of the return trip.
Zhè这
liàng辆
huò货
chē车
sòng送
wán完
huò货
hòu后
zhǐ只
néng能
huí回
kōng空
。
This truck had to return empty after delivering its cargo.
Wèi为
le了
jié节
shěng省
chéng成
běn本
，
gōng公
sī司
jǐn尽
liàng量
ān安
pái排
jiǎn减
shǎo少
huí回
kōng空
de的
bān班
cì次
。
To save costs, the company tries to arrange fewer return trips without cargo.
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Huí回
kōng空
de的
chuán船
kě可
yǐ以
dā搭
zài载
yī一
xiē些
shùn顺
lù路
de的
huò货
wù物
。
The ship returning empty can pick up some cargo along the way.