| 单词 | junction canal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjunction canal junction canal n. junction canal 3. (In full, junction canal, junction line, junction railway.) A canal or railway forming a connection between two other lines or with a centre of commerce.Chiefly in proper names of canals and railways (now rare), as Lancaster and Preston Junction, Grand Junction, Midland and South Western Junction Railway, etc., Grand Junction Canal, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > navigable waterway > canal > types of canal sidecut1722 junction1796 rio1819 water plane1847 society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > with specific situation or route chemin de fer1835 junction1839 mountain railway1851 beltline1863 trans-Siberian1896 trans-continental1907 interurban1912 S-bahn1962 1796 G. M. Woodward Eccentric Excurs. (1807) 161 Leicester has been much afflicted with the Junction Mania or Canal Madness. 1839 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 17/1 On the Grand Junction railway, for 6 months, it [the ratio of revenue to profit] is 1:·48. 1841 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 782/2 These canals are the Birmingham Old Canal..and, above all, the Grand Junction. 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 257/1 The station of the Brandling Junction railway at Gateshead. < as lemmas |
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