| 单词 | underground railroad |
| 释义 | underground railroadSEE SYNONYMS FOR underground railroad ON THESAURUS.COM nounAlso called underground railway. a railroad running through a continuous tunnel, as under city streets; subway. (often initial capital letters)U.S. History. (before the abolition of slavery) a system for helping African Americans fleeing slavery to escape into Canada or other places of safety. Origin of underground railroadFirst recorded in1825–35 Words nearby underground railroadundergo, undergrad, undergraduate, underground, underground movie, underground railroad, underground trolley, undergrown, undergrowth, underhair, underhand Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for underground railroadunderground railroad noun(often capitals) (in the pre-Civil War US) the system established by abolitionists to aid escaping slaves Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with underground railroadunderground railroad A secret network for moving and housing fugitives, as in There's definitely an underground railroad helping women escape abusive husbands. This term, dating from the first half of the 1800s, alludes to the network that secretly transported runaway slaves through the northern states to Canada. It was revived more than a century later for similar escape routes. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Cultural definitions for underground railroadUnderground Railroad A network of houses and other places that abolitionists used to help slaves escape to freedom in the northern states or in Canada before the Civil War. The escaped slaves traveled from one “station” of the railroad to the next under cover of night. Harriet Tubman was the most prominent “conductor” on the Underground Railroad. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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