| 单词 | railway |
| 释义 | railway (once / 163 pages) n WORD FAMILY railway: railways USAGE EXAMPLESMost of the attacks happened in and around Cologne's main railway station, near the cathedral. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Her breakthrough video, Station, was shot, without permission, at a local railway station, with Nadia dancing nonchalantly on the tracks as a train pulled in. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) We may see a return to the Thatcherite proposal for railway lines to be turned into roads, this time for driverless cars. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1n line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight Syn|Hypo|Hyper railroad, railroad line, 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 2n a line of track providing a runway for wheels Syn|Hypo|Hyper railroad, railroad track 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 |
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