单词 | accommodation train |
释义 | > as lemmasaccommodation train accommodation train n. U.S. (now historical) a train which stops at all (or nearly all) the stations on its route. ΚΠ 1838 Boston Almanac 49 Depots on the Providence Rail Road. Accommodation Train. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table iii. 80 Accomodation train. A good many stops, but will get to the station by and by. 1915 Southern Reporter 801 I was at the depot when the accommodation train came in. 1999 R. B. Heilman Professor & Profession i. iv. 65 We might have to change or choose to change trains... If one chose, it was to leave a ‘local’ or ‘accommodation’ train and take instead and ‘express’ or ‘limited’. < as lemmas |
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