单词 | railway cutting |
释义 | > as lemmasrailway cutting railway cutting n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > cutting cutting1836 railway cutting1839 rock cut1841 cut1881 1839 Railway Mag. Mar. 12 What is obtained from the railway cuttings..may..be disposed of more cheaply..than by being laid in a spoil-bank. 1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxxiv. 664 Clay is..frequently burnt to prevent its slipping down into railway cuttings. 1999 C. Thubron In Siberia (2000) i. 2 In the dark the railway cuttings seem to plunge deeper, and the trees to rush up more vertiginously above them. < as lemmas |
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