| 单词 | advanced passenger train |
| 释义 | > as lemmasadvanced passenger train advanced passenger train n. now historical a prototype high-speed passenger train developed by British Rail, having a mechanism designed to tilt the coach bodies as the train rounds a bend; abbreviated APT n. at A n. Initialisms. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > high-speed bullet train1966 advanced passenger train1967 APT1967 Shinkansen1968 Metroliner1969 TGV1980 sprinter1984 1967 Times 12 Sept. 9/6 They unveiled designs for an advanced passenger train which..should be capable of speeds of 150-200 m.p.h. in comfort on existing track. 1982 Railway Mag. Jan. 53 We are desperately anxious to see the Advanced Passenger Train succeed. 1996 Independent 7 Sept. 5/1 Tilting trains were to have been introduced in Britain a decade ago but the prototype Advanced Passenger Train was consigned to York Railway Museum after a disastrous few weeks in service when it suffered continual breakdown. < as lemmas |
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