a carriage driven or drawn by steam (a) on a railroad or tramway, (b) on common roads.
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| 释义 | society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers (79) steam-carriage1788 a carriage driven or drawn by steam (a) on a railroad or tramway, (b) on common roads. railway carriage1824 carriage1825 Any of the separate sections of a train in which passengers travel; a railway carriage. railroad carriage1826 railroad car1829 railroad coach1829 rail carriage1831 (a) a railway carriage, a railcar; (b) transportation by rail. coach1832 A railway carriage: in U.S. used esp. of one that is not a sleeping car (see quots.). passenger car1832 steam-car1833 a car driven or drawn by steam, e.g. a motor car worked by steam instead of petrol; U.S. a railway-carriage. passenger carriage1838 passenger coach1841 (a) a railway carriage; (b) a comfortably equipped bus. day coach1869 Originally and chiefly North American. A standard railway passenger carriage, esp. as distinguished from a sleeper (sleeper, n. 5a). Cf. day car n.… bogie1919 Indian English. A railway carriage. clockwork orange1978 (A humorous name for) a carriage or train on the Glasgow Subway; (hence also) the underground railway system of Glasgow. Subcategories:— parts of (4) — device to communicate with driver or guard (2) — coach intended to be detached (1) — car with sleeping and dining accommodation (1) — dining car (8) — sleeping car (12) — smoking or non-smoking car or compartment (6) — other types of passenger carriage (24) — compartment (6) |
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