单词 | fast freight |
释义 | > as lemmasfast freight fast freight adj. Railways (originally U.S.) designating a train, railway line, etc., that transports goods rapidly, as in fast freight line, fast freight train, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > conveyance by rail or train > type of freight way freight1819 fast freight1838 red ball1906 1838 Pennsylvania Inquirer & Daily Courier 13 Nov. (advt.) Fast freight line to Pittsburg. 1881 Chicago Times 12 Mar. The Commercial Express Fast-Freight line. 2020 India Today (Nexis) 18 May The Railways has also ramped up its parcel-train operations, as well as running long-distance, super-heavy fast freight trains. fast freight a. The cargo or lading (of a ship); a shipload. Hence, anything carried by sea or land; ‘goods’ in transit or being transported by rail, road, or sea. Chiefly North American with reference to the carriage of goods by railway. fast freight (U.S.): see fast adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [noun] > of loads > a load ladec897 seamc950 lastOE burdena1000 charge?c1225 load?c1225 burnc1375 draughta1400 summerc1400 portage1445 pauchlea1450 fraughtc1450 freightc1503 loadinga1513 carriage1597 ballast1620 cargo1657 porterage1666 freightage1823 smalls1846 journey1859 send-off1909 payload1914 society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > cargo fraughta1400 freightc1503 lading1526 furing1535 cargason1583 fraughting1598 fraughtagea1616 stowagea1640 cargo1657 package1669 fare1707 freightage1803 deck-cargo1861 shipment1861 c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxxvijv/2 We..charge you precisely that the for sayd [merchants]..wyth their shypes freight..ye suffer and let go passe. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 14 Beyng mynded..to take any freight or ladynge..into any of the saide shyppes. 1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 3 When they have their full Fraight of Whales, they put up their great Flag. 1789 J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle II. 255 [A vessel] trading to Newcastle upon Tyne with corn, and returning with a freight of sea coals. 1832 H. Martineau Ireland 131 Do you know that Vessel? You cannot be aware what freight it bears? 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xix. 196 They offered to exclude both clothes and food in favor of a full freight of these treasures. < as lemmas |
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