| 单词 | club car |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclub car club car n. U.S. (a) originally a railroad coach provided with special facilities, and reserved for the use of the members of a club operated by the railroad company; (b) now, any passenger coach furnished with chairs rather than coach seats, and sometimes with other special facilities such as a buffet. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers > other types of passenger carriage caravan1821 private car1826 Jim Crow car1835 ladies' car1841 saloon car or carriage1842 palace car1844 ladies' carriage1847 parliamentary carriage1849 parlour car1859 composite carriage1868 Pullman1869 observation car1872 first1873 compo1878 bogie carriage1880 chair-car1880 club car1893 corridor carriage1893 tourist-car1895 birdcage1900 dog box1905 corridor coach1911 vista-dome1945 Stolypin1970 1893 Engineering News II. 298/2 The Harlan & Hollingsworth Co...shows a ‘club’ car..on the Central R.R. of New Jersey. One side of the interior is fitted with chair seats. 1895 J. C. Wait Car-builder's Dict. (ed. 3) 31 Club car,..a buffet-parlor car built and owned by railroad companies but kept expressly as a private car for members of a club. 1926 T. W. Van Metre Trains, Tracks & Trav. v. 143 A combination baggage and passenger car is usually called a club car. The passenger compartment of a club car is often fitted with chairs instead of ordinary coach seats, and some of them are equipped with a buffet-broiler. 1948 New Yorker 25 Sept. 27/1 The new Twentieth Century club car has a shower, a barber, a valet, a service bar, [etc.]. 1979 P. Theroux Old Patagonian Express i. 20 I went to the Club Car and had a morning pick-me-up. < as lemmas |
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