| 单词 | rack railway |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrack railway rack railway n. a railway track having a rack rail as well as running rails; a railway which uses a rack and pinion locomotive system. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > of specific construction rackway1825 surface road1835 light railway1842 switchback1863 rack railway1879 monorail1884 chair road1895 cog-railway1896 mono-railway1902 cog-wheel system1904 monoline1992 1879 Globe Encycl. V. 297/2 Elevated rack railways, such as that from the Battery to 30th Street, New York, are features in the streets of some American cities. 1913 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 128/2 This railway introduces a cheaper means of ascending rugged mountains than the rack-railway laid upon the ground. 2002 F. Close et al. Particle Odyssey iv. 51 (caption) With a summit of 4300 m served by a rack-railway, Pikes Peak was an ideal high-altitude site for investigating cosmic rays. < as lemmas |
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