单词 | surface line |
释义 | > as lemmassurface line (d) Designating (esp. public) transportation at ground or sea level, as opposed to underground or air travel, as surface carriage, surface line, surface railway, surface transport, surface travel, etc.See also surface car n. ΚΠ 1836 L. Herbert Engineer's & Mechanic's Encycl. II. 378 In the construction of all surface railways, the first object considered is the direction of the road. 1855 W. M. Gillespie Man. Princ. & Pract. Road-making (ed. 8) 316 A surface railroad being thus out of the question, two alternatives remain. 1899 Street Railway Jrnl. Feb. 94/1 The new electric surface lines are proving so immediately and unexpectedly popular that..the traffic..is dangerously near the topmost limit of capacity. 1909 N.Y. Evening Post (Semi-weekly ed.) 4 Mar. 1 On streets leading to these ferries surface travel was blocked by heavily laden vehicles stalled. 1927 New Republic 12 Oct. 208/2 Chicago, alas! despite the fact that it could undoubtedly solve its transportation difficulties by surface carriage,..has decided to go in for subways. 1977 National Observer (U.S.) 1 Jan. 2 Adams is also a critic of several leading schemes for deregulation of airlines and surface carriers. 2010 Irish Times (Nexis) 19 June 12 He and two companions set out to travel around the world on its polar axis, using only surface transport. < as lemmas |
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