Amtrakn.

Brit.

/ˈamtrak/, U.S.

/ˈæmˌtræk/

Forms: 1900s– Amtrack (irregular), 1900s– Amtrak.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: American adj., English trak , track n.

Etymology: < Am- (in American adj.) + trak, phonetic respelling of track n.

A proprietary name for: a government-owned railway corporation providing intercity passenger service in the United States.Amtrak was initially called Railpax; it is more formally known as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.

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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > under one management > specific

GW1839

Vicinal1895

L.M.S.1923

L.N.E.R.1923

S.R.1923

British Railways1947

B.R.1949

S.N.C.F.1949

British Rail1964

Amtrak1973

1973 Amer. Speech 1969 44 243 With the recent creation of Railpax, commonly know as Amtrak, a vital and picturesque aspect of American English will inevitably become a part of the past.

1976 New Yorker 5 Jan. 20/3 The winner of a Hudson Valley Railroad society fund-raising raffle..won an all-expense-paid Amtrak trip to Montreal.

1989 T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger vii. 115 Often in the evening they'd catch the distant sight of the double-deck cars of an Amtrak train heading east to Denver.

2006 Kalamazoo (Mich.) Gaz. (Nexis) 4 Dec. He worked as an Engineer and Road Foreman for the railroad for 47 years until his retirement from Amtrak in 1988.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amtrak
释义	Amtrakn. Brit. /ˈamtrak/, U.S. /ˈæmˌtræk/ Forms: 1900s– Amtrack (irregular), 1900s– Amtrak. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: American adj., English trak , track n. Etymology: < Am- (in American adj.) + trak, phonetic respelling of track n. A proprietary name for: a government-owned railway corporation providing intercity passenger service in the United States.Amtrak was initially called Railpax; it is more formally known as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > under one management > specific GW1839 Vicinal1895 L.M.S.1923 L.N.E.R.1923 S.R.1923 British Railways1947 B.R.1949 S.N.C.F.1949 British Rail1964 Amtrak1973 1973 Amer. Speech 1969 44 243 With the recent creation of Railpax, commonly know as Amtrak, a vital and picturesque aspect of American English will inevitably become a part of the past. 1976 New Yorker 5 Jan. 20/3 The winner of a Hudson Valley Railroad society fund-raising raffle..won an all-expense-paid Amtrak trip to Montreal. 1989 T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger vii. 115 Often in the evening they'd catch the distant sight of the double-deck cars of an Amtrak train heading east to Denver. 2006 Kalamazoo (Mich.) Gaz. (Nexis) 4 Dec. He worked as an Engineer and Road Foreman for the railroad for 47 years until his retirement from Amtrak in 1988. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1973
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