| 单词 | cab car |
| 释义 | > as lemmascab car cab car n. †(a) a large type of horse-drawn cab (obsolete) (b) (North American) a passenger train carriage having a driver's compartment at one or both ends. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hackney carriage > specific types of hackney carriage noddy?1764 hack1769 Patent Safety1835 Patent Safety Cab1836 hansom cab1847 cab car1853 shoful1853 growler1865 midge1865 1853 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 16 Dec. At about half-past one o'clock on yesterday a cab car took head in the neighbourhood of the Provost's house in Grafton-street. 1875 Railroad Gaz. 24 July 311/2 During the year one baggage, 15 box, 40 coal, and 2 cab cars were built. 1882 Daily News 14 Jan. 31/4 The cab..is termed a ‘cab-car’..the weight..is balanced upon the two hind wheels. The cab, which will contain five or six persons, is entered from the front. 1974 Times 8 Apr. (Quebec special report) p. iii/5 You can fly or drive, but the train, with its magnificent cab car and legion of attendants, is the best way. 2002 Intercity Passenger Rail Transportation (Amer. Assoc. State Highway & Transportation Officials) 70 Rebuilt AEM7 electric locomotives will replace the diesels currently operating on the route, and new cab cars will be purchased to allow push-pull operation. < as lemmas |
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