| 单词 | gw |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGW GW n. gigawatt(s). Π 1958 E. O. Taylor Nucl. Reactors for Power Generation ii. 18 (in figure) 1000 MW..Gigawatt (GW). 1976 New Scientist 22 July 181/1 Installed nuclear capacity in the OECD could be 180 gigawatts by 1980, and 375 GW by 1985. 2010 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard 9 Aug. 1/5 As a frame of reference..1 GW of generated power can power about 400,000 homes. GW GW n. British Great Western, (a) (originally) the Great Western main line railway connecting London and Bristol, first opened in 1841; (also) the company founded in 1833 to establish and operate that line (now historical); (b) (in later use) the private company which in 1996 took over responsibility for operating trains and services along this line as part of the privatization of British Rail (rare). 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 1839 S. C. Brees App. to Railway Pract. 97 Capabilities of extending the G. W. to Oxford, also to Exeter. 1998 Private Eye 9 Jan. 12/2 GW may have learnt its spin technique from the office of rail passenger franchising (Opraf). 2016 D. Maidment Great Western Moguls & Prairies v. 180/3 Its mileage since acquisition by the GW was only 83,144. < as lemmas |
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