| 单词 | rail-laying |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrail-laying rail-laying n. and adj. ΚΠ 1838 R. Stephenson in Civil Engineer & Archit. Jrnl. 1 166/1 In all present systems of rail-laying the supports..simply rest upon the ground. 1910 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 42 667 Rail-laying had been completed for 171 miles on the second section of the railroad. 1960 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 1 Nov. 11/1 There are rail-laying engines now that can put down mile after mile of track in short time. 2002 J. E. Haynes City as Subj. vi. 215 Most urban planners remained myopically committed to the Meiji ideal of urban modernization through road building and rail laying. < as lemmas |
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