| 单词 | metre-gauge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmetre-gauge metre-gauge n. a gauge of railway line in which the rails are one metre apart; usually attributive. ΚΠ 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Mar. 6/1 The Government of India has adopted the metre gauge for all the new branches of the various State railways. 1891 R. Kipling City Dreadful Night 78 The trucks were unloaded into the waggons of the metre-gauge colliery line in this wise. 1956 Railway Mag. Nov. 762 (caption) Special train..about to leave St. Brieuc for Paimpol, on the metre-gauge Chemin de Fer des Cotes du Nord. 1984 C. Garratt Brit. Steam Lives! iii. 41 In common with her 0-4-0 relatives, she works the factory connection with the metre-gauge main line of Indian Railways—the plantations proper being built to a gauge of 2ft 6in. < as lemmas |
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