单词 | metroliner |
释义 | Metrolinern. Originally and chiefly U.S. A high-speed intercity train. Also (in extended use): an intercity airliner.A proprietary name in the United States. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > high-speed bullet train1966 advanced passenger train1967 APT1967 Shinkansen1968 Metroliner1969 TGV1980 sprinter1984 1969 ‘O. Bleeck’ Brass Go-between xiv. 156 Between Washington and New York they finally got one new high-speed Metroliner running. 1970 Guardian 19 Jan. 4/1 The metroliner, a Government-supported experiment in fast inter-city transport..has cut the travelling time from Washington to New York..by nearly ninety minutes. 1978 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 13 Sept. 8/2 (caption) Hostess for a day, model Gloria McQuilty, adjusting her..cap..before a special flight in the BPA Metroliner from Brisbane Airport yesterday. 1989 T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger xiii. 259 He left a wakeup call for ten and asked the concierge to have him a first-class ticket for the eleven o'clock Metro-liner into Union Station, Washington, D.C. 2001 J. Weiner Good in Bed ii. viii. 125 I sat on an Amtrak Metroliner bound for New York. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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