英语词汇“lightning train”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

lightning train n. U.S. now rare a type of train which travels at very high speeds; cf. lightning express n.

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1834 J. P. in Albion (N.Y.) 2 Aug. 241/1 With wild sweep It rolls across the plain, As the loud blast, that o'er the deep Drives on the lightning train.

1874 B. F. Taylor World on Wheels i. viii. 66 In lightning trains he [sc. the brakeman] is not given to much humor, but the article is in him.

1910 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 326 All the resources of civilization are drawn upon to bring the champion to the goal—the telegraph, the telephone, lightning trains, newspapers, and so forth.

2004 D. Cadbury Dreams of Iron & Steel (U.S. ed.) p. xiv In 1876, tracks were cleared for the Lightning Train, which raced from coast to coast in just 83 hours.

单词	lightning train
释义	> as lemmas lightning train lightning train n. U.S. now rare a type of train which travels at very high speeds; cf. lightning express n. ΚΠ 1834 J. P. in Albion (N.Y.) 2 Aug. 241/1 With wild sweep It rolls across the plain, As the loud blast, that o'er the deep Drives on the lightning train. 1874 B. F. Taylor World on Wheels i. viii. 66 In lightning trains he [sc. the brakeman] is not given to much humor, but the article is in him. 1910 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 326 All the resources of civilization are drawn upon to bring the champion to the goal—the telegraph, the telephone, lightning trains, newspapers, and so forth. 2004 D. Cadbury Dreams of Iron & Steel (U.S. ed.) p. xiv In 1876, tracks were cleared for the Lightning Train, which raced from coast to coast in just 83 hours. extracted from lightningn.adj. < as lemmas
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