| 单词 | railroad |
| 释义 | railroad (once / 166 pages) 1nv 2v The system of tracks that trains run on can be called a railroad. A railroad is made up of the actual tracks, crossings, and stations, as well as the people who keep the trains running and scream, "All aboard!" If you prefer traveling by railroad, you like to ride trains, whether to the next town over or all the way across the country. Many railroad tracks in the US are used for freight trains that deliver goods around the country. When railroad is a verb, it can mean "move by train," but it's more likely to mean "force or coerce someone to do something," like when you railroad your brother into taking out the trash for you. WORD FAMILYrailroad: railroaded, railroader, railroading, railroads+/railroader: railroaders USAGE EXAMPLESSome, like General Motors Co. and railroad CSX Corp., borrowed to prop up pension plans. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Charles Stephenson, who cuts hair at the barbershop and beauty salon across the railroad tracks from the college, worries about his town. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Great vintage advertisement: The Union Pacific railroad touts its access to “America’s vital potato markets.” Time(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a line of track providing a runway for wheels he walked along the railroad track Syn|Hypo|Hyper railroad track, railway broad gauge a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches gantletthe convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times narrow gaugea railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches railroad siding, sidetrack, siding, turnouta short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass standard gaugerailroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches switchrailroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock track a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels 2n line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight Syn|Hypo|Hyper railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system cable railway, funicular, funicular railway a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars cog railway, rack railwayrailway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction el, elevated, elevated railroad, elevated railway, overhead railwaya railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level metro, subway, subway system, tube, undergroundan electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) monoraila railway having a single track railshort for railway scenic railwaysmall railway in an amusement park big dipper, chute-the-chute, roller coasterelevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines) line a commercial organization serving as a common carrier 3v transport by railroad Hyper send, ship, transport transport commercially 4v supply with railroad lines 2railroad the West Hyper furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to v compel by coercion, threats, or crude means Syn|Hyper dragoon, sandbag coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city" |
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