单词 | train mile |
释义 | > as lemmastrain mile train mile n. each mile of the aggregate distance run by all the trains on a railway in a given period, as a unit in estimating amount of traffic, working expenses, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > operation of railways > aggregate distance run by all trains > each mile of train mile1846 the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > mile > distance in miles > run by trains train mile1846 the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > mile > distance in miles > unit of distance travelled train mile1846 vehicle mile1871 passenger-mile1888 seat-mile1953 1846 Standard (London) 24 Mar. 2/5 The number of train miles worked during the period was..by the broad gauge but 3,101,763. 1868 Q. Rev. Oct. 300 The working expense per train-mile is 2s. 6d. 1905 Publ. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 9 166 The ratio of freight train-miles to passenger train-miles is approximately 5 to 4 in the United States. 1963 Jrnl. Industr. Econ. 11 173 Diesel multiple units cost 4s. to 6s. per train mile. 2010 J. J. Hess & J. A. Razzak in H. Frumkin Environmental Health (ed. 2) iv. xxii. 832 In 2003, according to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), there were over 750 million train miles traveled, and there were 368 fatalities involving highway-rail crossings. < as lemmas |
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