| 单词 | motor coach |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmotor coach motor coach n. (a) a single-decker bus; (b) a railway coach equipped with its own motor. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > railway carriage incorporating engine unit1902 motor coach1923 power car1936 multiple-unit1963 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > omnibus > motor-driven > single-decker service car1916 coach1923 motor coach1923 1906 Westm. Gaz. 5 June 5/3 An excursion train on the Great Western line colliding..with an empty rail-motor coach.] 1923 Michelin Guide to Great Brit. (ed. 7) p. ii Some owners of motor coaches. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 559/2 Motor-coach, a passenger coach, equipped with its own motors, for use on electrified railways; it is commonly used in conjunction with trailer coaches to make up a multiple-unit train. 1957 Railway Mag. Mar. 159/2 A cubicle containing the majority of the low-tension control equipment is housed in a van compartment in the motor coach. 1981 J. Gardam Hollow Land viii. 115 Now there's fleets of motor coaches and caravans. < as lemmas |
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