| 单词 | construction car |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconstruction car attributive and in other combinations in sense 1, as construction camp, construction car, construction material, construction timber, etc.; construction railway n. = construction-way n., construction train n. a train conveying materials for the construction or repair of railways. construction-way n. a temporary railway laid down for use in the construction of a permanent railway, canal, or similar undertaking. ΚΠ 1796 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. civ A Vessel..loaded with construction-timber. 1869 C. L. Brace New West xiv. 184 Every stick of fuel, every railroad tie, and beam for trestle-work, must be carried on construction trains from these mountains. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxi. 397 Hitherto construction cars had been shoved across singly by hand. 1881 Chicago Times 18 June A construction train backing down to Elwood. 1884 Cent. Mag. Oct. 843 Adventurers who had followed the construction camps on the Northern Pacific Railroad. 1891 Harper's Mag. Nov. 887/1 It was Dunn's headquarters—the construction camp. 1900 Daily News 8 Mar. 3/2 The armoured train and construction trains can now go beyond Crocodile Pools almost to Ramutsa. 1943 J. S. Huxley TVA 55 (caption) The construction camp lies between the Freeway and the town. 1947 L. M. Beebe Mixed Train Daily 298 The club car ‘Julia Bullette’ of the romantic Virginia and Truckee—was originally built as a construction car. < as lemmas |
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