单词 | dining carriage |
释义 | > as lemmasdining carriage d. Designating a railway carriage equipped as a restaurant in which meals are served and eaten during the journey, as in dining carriage, dining coach. See also dining car n.Dining car is the usual term. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers > dining car dining car1838 refreshment car1851 restaurant car1870 dining carriage1879 dining coach1879 buffet-car1887 diner1889 luncheon-car1903 1879 Aberdeen Jrnl. 16 Oct. 5/1 (headline) Railway dining carriages. 1889 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 18 Jan. 3/1 The cars were better lighted than they usually are by other means, and in the dining coach especially the effect was brilliant. 1935 Times 31 July 11/5 As the locomotive, luggage van, and dining carriage were derailed, the bandits..poured repeated volleys on the train. 2012 J. C. Rogers I Remember Them 39 She decided to go to the dining coach for a bite to eat. 2020 J. Pryce in A. J. Kenyon et al. Managing Hospitality Experiences 53 This was Jessica's second year of working on the train and in the dining carriage. < as lemmas |
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