railway

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹeɪlˌweɪ/    美 /ˈɹeɪlˌweɪ/|/ˈɹæɪlˌweɪ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK
    — That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.
  2. A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel. Commonwealth,Ireland,Philippines,UK
    — His interest in railways is not the quality that marks Pearson out. Everyone was interested in railways. Over a thousand miles of them opened between 1837 and 1845, most of what would become the national network. [...] You needed an Act of Parliament to build a railway; but that wasn't very hard to obtain if you could give the appearance of adequately funded competence.

词形变化

railways plural

词汇关系

近义词
rwy Ry
衍生词
aerial railway antirailway atmospheric railway cash railway cliff railway cog railway elevated railway funicular railway heritage railway interrailway light railway mineral railway model railway nonrailway non-railway parkway prerailway rack-and-pinion railway rack railway railwayac railwayana railway beetle railway bridge railway buff railway carriage railway company railway crossing railwaydom railway gun railwayish railwayist railway key railwayless railwaylike railway line railwayman railway signal railway sleeper railway spine railway stamp railway station railway tie railway time railway track railway train railway truck railway vehicle railway wagon railwaywoman railway wrapper rope railway ship railway street railway Trans-Siberian Railway underground railway zigzag railway
相关词
railbuff railfan monorail permanent way right of way streetcar subway trackway train tramway

词源

From rail + way.
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