单词 | skybus |
释义 | Skybusn. Chiefly U.S. 1. An aircraft, esp. one which transports a large numbers of passengers on a frequently travelled route. Cf. airbus n. at air n.1 Compounds 2.In quot. 1919 perhaps: a space rocket. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [noun] > public service airline > specific Skybus1919 K.L.M.1933 TWA1933 skytrain1971 1919 Sat. Evening Post 15 Mar. 140 (advt.) And talk about hitting the highjoy spot in a skybus! 1931 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 1 Sept. 12/2 American Engineers built the engines that drove that big sky-bus across the ocean. 1972 Times 28 Sept. 1/1 Trans International Airlines today proposed to the Civil Aeronautics Board a daily New York to London ‘sky bus’ service at a fare of $75. 1999 Chicago Tribune 14 Jan. i. 7/4 A third airport in the Chicago area..should be capable of landing ‘skybuses’ carrying more than 500 people. 2. (The name of) a proposed public transit system in Pittsburgh designed in the 1960s, which used electric driverless trains on an elevated concrete track. Now historical.Known officially as the Transit Expressway Revenue Line (TERL). A demonstration track was unveiled in 1965 but the project met with political opposition and was cancelled in 1976. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > types of parliamentary train1845 excursion-train1849 parliamentary1854 parly1855 corridor train1892 trip-train1894 railmotor1903 railbus1932 mystery train1933 pool passenger train1934 Skybus1963 pay-train1968 1963 Lima (Ohio) News 11 June 6/4 The Westinghouse conceived and developed ‘Skybus’—a 20 passenger limousine designed to roll on rubber tires along a grooved elevated roadbed. 1967 Guardian 2 Feb. 3/3 Westinghouse Electric Corporation, of Pittsburgh..have developed a driverless ‘skybus’ for the US Government... The skybus is a cross between a bus and a train and can run in tunnels, on the ground, or elevated. 1981 N.Y. Times 21 Dec. b 24/3 A 10-year stretch beginning in the mid-1960's when the subway concept was displaced by the idea of running futuristic, rubber-tired vehicles on elevated concrete rails. It was called the Skybus. 2016 R. Liu Automated Transit ii. 25 The South Park Demonstration project, ‘Skybus’, in Pittsburgh, PA, was the first attempt in the United States to bring automated transit concept into reality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1919 |
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