| 单词 | short-stage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshort-stage short-stage adj. with short distances between stopping places; also elliptical as n., a coach travelling in this way (obsolete exc. Historical). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > stagecoach or mail coach > with short distance between stages short-stage1837 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [adjective] > with short distance between stages short-stage1963 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [adjective] > with short distance between stops short-stage1963 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxii. 340 Numerous cads and drivers of short stages. 1903 W. Gilbey Early Carriages & Roads 56 It seems..certain that the year 1662 saw a great increase in the number of ‘short stages’—that is to say, coaches running between London and towns twenty, thirty, forty miles distant. 1963 Times 24 May (London Underground Suppl.) p. vi/4 Local transport in and around the Metropolis was by short-stage carriages, which ran from point to point (usually an inn). 1969 J. E. Tuffs Essex Coaching Days vii. 63 Spreading out from London in all directions was the net-work of short-stage coach routes. < as lemmas |
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