| 单词 | milk train |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmilk train milk train n. a train that runs very early in the morning, chiefly to transport milk, but also carrying some passengers; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > [noun] > a flight through air or space > for reconnaissance milk train1853 patrol1917 rover1942 society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > goods train > carrying other specific things provision train1778 luggage train1846 newspaper train1847 milk train1853 1853 Knickerbocker 42 532 The ‘milk-train’ still had the right of way. 1897 Chicago Record 1 Mar. 6/1 ‘Milk trains’..have ‘rights’ over the rails and get nothing but ‘high balls’. 1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves ix. 251 Her intention was..to..leave by the next train, even if that train was a milk-train, stopping at every station. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 46 The Milk Train, appropriate name for the modern ‘Dawn Patrol’ on early morning reconnaissance flights. 1990 D. McIntosh Visits 14 The first train out in the morning going my way was a milk train with one passenger car. < as lemmas |
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