| 单词 | rail end |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrail end rail end n. (a) the end of a rail; (b) the furthest point of a railway line, a railhead or terminus. ΚΠ 1838 J. Reynolds in Trans. Inst. Civil Engineers 2 viii. 82 Pieces of bar iron..are held down by the clamps..so that the rail-ends cannot rise or shake. 1869 W. Barnes Early England 106 When the railway was taken into the hands of more learned men, we had..the terminus instead of the rail-end. 1955 R. W. Settle & M. L. Settle Saddles & Spurs xii. 205 The first rail was laid in Sacramento October 26, 1863. Two years later rail-end had reached Colfax, fifty-five miles away. 1996 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune (Nexis) 31 Mar. Bismarck was the rail end when Kellogg arrived in 1873. 2007 Welding Design & Fabrication (Nexis) 1 Jan. 37 The high temperatures required to weld rail ends for railroads. < as lemmas |
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