| 单词 | toy railway |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoy railway toy railway n. (a) a model of a railway, with a train, station, etc., used as an entertainment or plaything; cf. model railway; (b) a small narrow-gauge railway, often originally constructed for industrial purposes, but subsequently usually carrying tourists or other passengers. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > of specific construction > narrow gauge toy railway1852 toy line1865 Decauville1899 1852 N.-Y. Daily Times 27 Nov. 4/5 (advt.) The children petitioned for Railroads, and Tuttle, No. 345 Broadway, heard them, and has just imported a beautiful assortment of Toy Railways. 1873 C. D. Warner in Scribner's Monthly Jan. 370/2 The southern terrace overlooking the Seine was closed, or I might have amused myself with the toy-railway of the Prince Imperial that ran nearly the whole length of it. 1892 M. J. B. Baddeley N. Wales (ed. 4) 165 No orthodox tourist visits Wales without taking a turn..on the ‘Toy’ railway. 2009 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 18 Apr. The tiny township of Jorhat in those days boasted of a 2 feet gauge toy-railway from the town to Kokilamukh ghat. 2017 National (Scotl.) (Nexis) 14 Dec. Their children..remain enchanted by simple things like toy railways. < as lemmas |
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