auto-trainn.

Brit.

/ˈɔːtəʊtreɪn/, U.S.

/ˈɔdoʊˌtreɪn/,

/ˈɔdəˌtreɪn/,

/ˈɑdoʊˌtreɪn/,

/ˈɑdəˌtreɪn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: auto n.⁵, train n.²

Etymology: < auto n.⁵ + train n.²

Chiefly U.S.

1. Railways.

a. A train pulled by an adapted motor vehicle. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > [noun] > a train of

train1825

train1857

auto-train1902

1902 Boston Sunday Globe 21 Dec. 13/5 (heading) To run auto trains... Replacing railway locomotives by powerful automobiles.

1936 Pop. Mech. Oct. 485/1 The auto-train was devised when operation of a steam train on the 162-mile line became too expensive.

b. Also with capital initials. A train which transports motor cars together with their drivers and passengers; a rail service of this type. Cf. Motorail n.A proprietary name in the United States.

ΚΠ

1967 Economist 4 Nov. 518/1 Another experiment, the ‘auto-train’, trying out new loading and interior arrangements for motorists going by rail, is being prepared to run south from Washington to Jacksonville, Florida.

1976 J. Lukasiewicz Railway Game 198 In the 3rd quarter of 1972 the Auto Train logged a gross profit of $750,263.

1989 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 31 Mar. 4 The Wilkenings often take the autotrain north and visit their daughter.

2005 New Yorker 10 Oct. 64/1 Direct-current-diesel-electric locomotives are fine for hauling autotrains, intermodal containers, and sugar beets.

2. A road vehicle consisting of a series of linked trailers or passenger cars pulled by a lorry or other motor vehicle. Cf. road train n. (b) at road n. Compounds 6. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > pulling one or more trailers

road train1848

auto-train1904

1904 Chicago Sunday Tribune 3 Jan. 13/6 (heading) Auto train is a success... The successful trial of the Renard automobile railless train was the sensation of the week in Paris.

1931 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 31/2 A giant auto train occupying seventy feet of roadway.

1956 Times 18 July 11/6 Many a driver, following a seemingly endless line of ‘auto-trains’,..has awaited almost despairingly a safe moment to pass on the hopelessly over-crowded Milan-Genoa road.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	auto-train
释义	auto-trainn. Brit. /ˈɔːtəʊtreɪn/, U.S. /ˈɔdoʊˌtreɪn/, /ˈɔdəˌtreɪn/, /ˈɑdoʊˌtreɪn/, /ˈɑdəˌtreɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: auto n.⁵, train n.² Etymology: < auto n.⁵ + train n.² Chiefly U.S. 1. Railways. a. A train pulled by an adapted motor vehicle. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > [noun] > a train of train1825 train1857 auto-train1902 1902 Boston Sunday Globe 21 Dec. 13/5 (heading) To run auto trains... Replacing railway locomotives by powerful automobiles. 1936 Pop. Mech. Oct. 485/1 The auto-train was devised when operation of a steam train on the 162-mile line became too expensive. b. Also with capital initials. A train which transports motor cars together with their drivers and passengers; a rail service of this type. Cf. Motorail n.A proprietary name in the United States. ΚΠ 1967 Economist 4 Nov. 518/1 Another experiment, the ‘auto-train’, trying out new loading and interior arrangements for motorists going by rail, is being prepared to run south from Washington to Jacksonville, Florida. 1976 J. Lukasiewicz Railway Game 198 In the 3rd quarter of 1972 the Auto Train logged a gross profit of $750,263. 1989 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 31 Mar. 4 The Wilkenings often take the autotrain north and visit their daughter. 2005 New Yorker 10 Oct. 64/1 Direct-current-diesel-electric locomotives are fine for hauling autotrains, intermodal containers, and sugar beets. 2. A road vehicle consisting of a series of linked trailers or passenger cars pulled by a lorry or other motor vehicle. Cf. road train n. (b) at road n. Compounds 6. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > pulling one or more trailers road train1848 auto-train1904 1904 Chicago Sunday Tribune 3 Jan. 13/6 (heading) Auto train is a success... The successful trial of the Renard automobile railless train was the sensation of the week in Paris. 1931 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 31/2 A giant auto train occupying seventy feet of roadway. 1956 Times 18 July 11/6 Many a driver, following a seemingly endless line of ‘auto-trains’,..has awaited almost despairingly a safe moment to pass on the hopelessly over-crowded Milan-Genoa road. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1902
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