telpher

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An electric-run cable car used for transportation, along overhead wires.
  2. A system of transportation using telphers.
    — In 1898, the ever-innovative Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway installed an overhead delivery system known as a 'telpher'. […] But the telpher at Manchester Victoria wasn't part of a crane. It was part of an extraordinary dual-railed overhead line, a little like a suspended monorail, with individually manned units that trundled high above the heads of passengers and staff, carrying goods from the Parcels Office to each platform.
动词 v.
  1. To transport with a telpher. transitive

词形变化

telphers plural telphers present,singular,third-person telphering participle,present telphered participle,past telphered past

词汇关系

衍生词
telpherage telpheric telpher line telpherman telpher road telpherway

词源

词源 1
From tele- + Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō).
词源 2
From tele- + Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō).
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