单词 | trainload |
释义 | > as lemmastrainload trainload n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > conveyance by rail or train > quantity or number carried by train trainload1819 traffic1832 trainful1850 carloading1947 1819 Trial J. Siveright 97 in Rep. Proc. Disputes Earl of Selkirk & North-west Company Oct. 1818 I know of two train-loads being seized by our people from some of the North-West Company's servants. 1873 Law Times 24 May 64/2 The brilliant idea of avenging his wrongs by the wholesale destruction of a trainload of Queen's Counsel, barristers, special pleaders, and law students. 1913 in E. J. Ward Social Center xviii. 303 Buyers come by the trainload, and a town is started in a day. 1998 S. Orlean Orchid Thief 79 In one shipment in 1890 two thousand butterfly orchids went by train from the Fakahatchee to New York City, followed by trainloads of dollar orchids. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。