| 释义 |
Shinkansen, n.|ˈʃinkɑnsen|
Pl. unchanged.
[Jap., f. shin new + kansen (f. kan trunk + sen line).]
In Japan, a railway system carrying high-speed passenger trains, orig. between Tokyo and Osaka; a train which travels on this. Also transf. (usu. with lower-case initial) a similar train or system elsewhere (cf. bullet train s.v. *bullet n.1 8).
1968Japanese Nat. Railways News Lett. May 5 A plan is in progress to improve the design of the Shin Kansen type electric railcars to be used on the New San-yo Line which is an extension of the New Tokaido Line. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Apr. 410/1 Its seclusion is invaded only by noise-pollution, the clatter of the neighbouring Shinkansen bullet trains. 1978C. James Flying Visits (1984) 53 Nowadays you travel up and down the Tokaido on the Shinkansen, known to the world as the Bullet Train. (Shinkansen really just means New Line, but the world wants romance.) 1983Hamlyn Encycl. Transport 94/2 No other train is allowed to use the Shinkansen line and the entire line is controlled from one central control-point in Tokyo. 1984Railway Gaz. Internat. Feb. 104/2 With the [Seoul–Pusan] shinkansen postponed, Mr Choi's attention is now focused on developing a diesel train which can run on the existing track. |