An underground railway. Cf. subway, n. 2. Now rare.
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释义 | society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > with specific situation or route > underground (11) sub-railway1835 An underground railway. Cf. subway, n. 2. Now rare. underground railway1845 underground railroad, underground railway, (a) a railway running under the surface of the ground, esp. beneath the streets and buildings of a city… subway1864 An underground railway. Cf. earlier sub-railway, n. 2. underground1866 An underground railway, esp. the one in London. Usually with capital initial. tube1900 The cylindrical tunnel in which an underground electric railway runs; also short for tube railway n. at compounds 1e. colloquial. Also, any tunnel or… tube railway1900 metro1904 Originally: the Metropolitan Underground Railway of Paris (usually in form métro). Subsequently also: any urban railway system or network, esp.… Met1909 Usually with the. Originally: the Metropolitan Railway. Later: the Metropolitan line of the London underground system. See metropolitan, adj. 2c… the Tube1924 the underground railway network in London. U-bahn1938 The underground railway in any of several of the major cities of Germany and Austria. clockwork orange1978 (A humorous name for) a carriage or train on the Glasgow Subway; (hence also) the underground railway system of Glasgow. |
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