Shinkansenn.

/ˈʃɪnkɑːnsɛn/

Forms: Plural unchanged.

Etymology: Japanese, < shin new + kansen ( < kan trunk + sen line).

In Japan, a railway system carrying high-speed passenger trains, originally between Tokyo and Osaka; a train which travels on this. Also transferred (usually with lower-case initial) a similar train or system elsewhere (cf. bullet train n. at bullet n.¹ Additions).

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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > high-speed

bullet train1966

advanced passenger train1967

APT1967

Shinkansen1968

Metroliner1969

TGV1980

sprinter1984

1968 Japanese Nat. Railways News Lett. May 5 A plan is in progress to improve the design of the Shin Kansen type electric railcars to be used on the New San-yo Line which is an extension of the New Tokaido Line.

1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Apr. 410/1 Its seclusion is invaded only by noise-pollution, the clatter of the neighbouring Shinkansen bullet trains.

1978 C. James Flying Visits (1984) 53 Nowadays you travel up and down the Tokaido on the Shinkansen, known to the world as the Bullet Train. (Shinkansen really just means New Line, but the world wants romance.)

1983 Hamlyn Encycl. Transport 94/2 No other train is allowed to use the Shinkansen line and the entire line is controlled from one central control-point in Tokyo.

1984 Railway Gaz. Internat. Feb. 104/2 With the [Seoul–Pusan] shinkansen postponed, Mr Choi's attention is now focused on developing a diesel train which can run on the existing track.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	shinkansen
释义	Shinkansenn. /ˈʃɪnkɑːnsɛn/ Forms: Plural unchanged. Etymology: Japanese, < shin new + kansen ( < kan trunk + sen line). In Japan, a railway system carrying high-speed passenger trains, originally between Tokyo and Osaka; a train which travels on this. Also transferred (usually with lower-case initial) a similar train or system elsewhere (cf. bullet train n. at bullet n.¹ Additions). ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > high-speed bullet train1966 advanced passenger train1967 APT1967 Shinkansen1968 Metroliner1969 TGV1980 sprinter1984 1968 Japanese Nat. Railways News Lett. May 5 A plan is in progress to improve the design of the Shin Kansen type electric railcars to be used on the New San-yo Line which is an extension of the New Tokaido Line. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Apr. 410/1 Its seclusion is invaded only by noise-pollution, the clatter of the neighbouring Shinkansen bullet trains. 1978 C. James Flying Visits (1984) 53 Nowadays you travel up and down the Tokaido on the Shinkansen, known to the world as the Bullet Train. (Shinkansen really just means New Line, but the world wants romance.) 1983 Hamlyn Encycl. Transport 94/2 No other train is allowed to use the Shinkansen line and the entire line is controlled from one central control-point in Tokyo. 1984 Railway Gaz. Internat. Feb. 104/2 With the [Seoul–Pusan] shinkansen postponed, Mr Choi's attention is now focused on developing a diesel train which can run on the existing track. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1968
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