dispatch

Compared meaning: sending goods or things out (noun).

比较义项：发送、运出（把货物或东西送出）（名词）。

• shipment

  Shipment is a noun only and refers to goods being sent via a shipping or delivery service, common in commercial and logistics contexts; it cannot be used as a verb.

  shipment 只能作名词，指货物通过运输或快递方式被送出，常用于商业和物流语境，不能用作动词。

  The company delayed the shipment of winter coats until next week.

  公司把这批冬季大衣的装运推迟到了下周。

• dispatch 本词

  Dispatch stresses sending something off promptly and often officially; it is more formal, can apply to goods, messages, or people, and works as both a noun and a verb.

  dispatch 强调迅速且往往正式地把某物送出，语气更正式，可用于货物、消息或人员，并且既可作名词也可作动词。

  The company will dispatch the package as soon as the order is confirmed.

  订单一经确认，公司就会立即把这件包裹发出。

Shipment and dispatch both mean sending something out. Shipment is a noun only, for goods sent by a delivery service. Dispatch is more formal, stressing quick, prompt sending of goods, people, or messages, and works as noun or verb. Other dispatch senses are not compared.

两词都能表示“发送”这一动作，但 shipment 专指以运输方式发出货物，属于商业物流用语，且只用作名词；dispatch 语气更正式，强调迅速、及时地把东西送出，对象不限于货物，还可以是人员或消息，并且可以直接用作动词。这里不比较 shipment 表示“一批被运送的货物”本身的用法，也不比较 dispatch 作动词表示“派遣人员”“处决”或作名词表示“电讯、急件”的用法。