英语词汇“off the track”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. A continuous line of a pair of rails and the space between them, on which railway vehicles travel (commonly called in Great Britain a or the line, and in some connections the rails). Also used of a single pair of rails, in contrast to a line (which may denote the route and comprise one or more tracks: cf. line n.² 26b). Hence (U.S.) with following number, denoting the line served by a particular platform or gate. (Cf. trackage n.²) Also, an iron path or pair of rails which a carriage in a machine or a gun-chassis traverses. off the track, off the line or rails, derailed; also figurative.

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way1700

track1806

rail track1824

railway track1824

line1825

main track1830

railroad track1830

single track1832

railway line1836

electric line1850

1806 A. Rees Cycl. (1819) VI. at Canal Surrey Iron Rail-Way... The width of each track is about 5¹/ ₂ feet, the waggons carry about 3¹/ ₄ tons each... Crossing rails are used at every passing-place or point where waggons are to pass out of one track of rails into another.

1824 A. Scott in Prize-ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 6 43 All public lines of railway will require two distinct sets of railway-tracks.

1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Track, the line of a railroad, or rather between the rails. ‘A man walking on the track was run over and killed’.

1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 390 The length of this line is 94 miles... Of the whole only 33 are ‘double track’.

1875 J. R. Lowell Spenser in Prose Wks. (1890) IV. 277 A series of jolts and jars, proving that the language had run off the track.

1894 Times 14 July 7/1 The switch~men [in U.S.]..control the yards, the making up of the trains, and the freedom of the tracks.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 820/2 The Stockton & Darlington railway... This line..was in the first instance laid with a single track.

1962 J. L. Austin et al. How to do Things with Words v. 57 Passengers are warned to cross the track by the bridge only.

1967 Times 23 Oct. 9/4 The management should..stop spending precious capital on converting double tracked lines to a single track.

1978 R. Ludlum Holcroft Covenant i. 12 He had learned before the announcement that the train for Zurich would leave from track twelve.

1984 Financial Times 27 Jan. 2/8 Yesterday, Breton farmers suspended their disruption of rail traffic and removed the barriers they had placed across the tracks in Brittany.

单词	off the track
释义	> as lemmas off the track a. A continuous line of a pair of rails and the space between them, on which railway vehicles travel (commonly called in Great Britain a or the line, and in some connections the rails). Also used of a single pair of rails, in contrast to a line (which may denote the route and comprise one or more tracks: cf. line n.² 26b). Hence (U.S.) with following number, denoting the line served by a particular platform or gate. (Cf. trackage n.²) Also, an iron path or pair of rails which a carriage in a machine or a gun-chassis traverses. off the track, off the line or rails, derailed; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track way1700 track1806 rail track1824 railway track1824 line1825 main track1830 railroad track1830 single track1832 railway line1836 electric line1850 1806 A. Rees Cycl. (1819) VI. at Canal Surrey Iron Rail-Way... The width of each track is about 5¹/ ₂ feet, the waggons carry about 3¹/ ₄ tons each... Crossing rails are used at every passing-place or point where waggons are to pass out of one track of rails into another. 1824 A. Scott in Prize-ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 6 43 All public lines of railway will require two distinct sets of railway-tracks. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Track, the line of a railroad, or rather between the rails. ‘A man walking on the track was run over and killed’. 1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 390 The length of this line is 94 miles... Of the whole only 33 are ‘double track’. 1875 J. R. Lowell Spenser in Prose Wks. (1890) IV. 277 A series of jolts and jars, proving that the language had run off the track. 1894 Times 14 July 7/1 The switch~men [in U.S.]..control the yards, the making up of the trains, and the freedom of the tracks. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 820/2 The Stockton & Darlington railway... This line..was in the first instance laid with a single track. 1962 J. L. Austin et al. How to do Things with Words v. 57 Passengers are warned to cross the track by the bridge only. 1967 Times 23 Oct. 9/4 The management should..stop spending precious capital on converting double tracked lines to a single track. 1978 R. Ludlum Holcroft Covenant i. 12 He had learned before the announcement that the train for Zurich would leave from track twelve. 1984 Financial Times 27 Jan. 2/8 Yesterday, Breton farmers suspended their disruption of rail traffic and removed the barriers they had placed across the tracks in Brittany. extracted from trackn. < as lemmas
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