单词 | train-side |
释义 | > as lemmastrain-side train-side n. and adj. (a) n. the area beside a train; (b) adj. U.S. situated or operating at the side of or near a train, taking place next to a train. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [adjective] > at side of or near a train train-side1918 1840 Hull Packet 20 Nov. 6/5 Last Wednesday night I was close to the train-side near the ‘point-man’, at Taylor's junction. 1907 Scribner's Mag. Aug. 177/1 He is prone to people it with phantom guidons and dusty troops that trot strangely by the train-side and look in at him. 1918 R. H. Knyvett ‘Over There’ with Australians ii. vii. 78 We had to pay liberal exchange to these train-side merchants. 1932 Sun (Baltimore) 21 Sept. 1/6 He [sc. F. D. Roosevelt]..jollying trainside crowds with localized pleasantries. 1996 Independent 28 Aug. i. 8/1 And when the train halts and we disembark for one more train-side rally, the President gives the impression at least, of being stirred himself. 2003 J. Clayton Charles Dickens in Cyberspace vi. 147 That it should take place at trainside, a principal symbol of nineteenth-century technological progress, adds the finishing touch. < as lemmas |
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