| 单词 | railway mania |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrailway mania railway mania n. now chiefly historical (an instance of) excessive or irrational enthusiasm for railways.Used esp. to denote a period of widespread speculation in railways in Britain in the mid 19th cent. ΚΠ 1825 I. Gascoyne Let. 11 Feb. in T. C. Barker & J. R. Harris Merseyside Town in Industr. Revol. (1954) xiv. 183 We are all possessed of a Railway Mania. 1837 Times 24 Feb. 5 The railway mania required a wholesome check, there being no less than 77 petitions to parliament presented for bills for railways this session. 1903 Daily Chron. 13 Oct. 5/1 In the last decade of that century a canal mania raged, in many ways resembling the railway mania of some sixty years ago. 2001 Daily Tel. 29 Aug. 14/1 By the time Queen Victoria appeared, there were 500 miles of lines, but in the next decade railway mania took over, and thousands of miles of track snaked all over the country. < as lemmas |
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