monorailn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɒnəreɪl/, U.S.

/ˈmɑnəˌreɪl/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French monorail.

Etymology: < French monorail (1884 as adjective in chemin monorail , chemin de fer monorail , and also as noun) < mono- mono- comb. form + rail rail n.²

A. n.

A single-rail track on which or suspended from which vehicles, machinery, etc., travel; a vehicle, camera, or other object that travels in this way.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > of specific construction

rackway1825

surface road1835

light railway1842

switchback1863

rack railway1879

monorail1884

chair road1895

cog-railway1896

mono-railway1902

cog-wheel system1904

monoline1992

society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > monorail car

monorail1884

gyro-car1909

monorailer1963

1884 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 77 408 (heading) The Lartigue elevated mono-rail.

1901 Daily News 14 Mar. 3/2 The Proposed Monorail between Liverpool and Manchester.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 143/2 In the Langen mono-rail the car is hung from a single overhead rail; a line on this system is worked between Barmen and Elberfeld, a distance of about 9 miles.

1949 Sun (Baltimore) 3 Oct. 2/7 These chutes will pull the guns out of the rear clam shell doors of the C-82 along monorails attached to the roof of the fuselage.

1958 Daily Mail 17 Jan. 9/4 A trip on the world's first monorail.

1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 16 Feb. (Suppl.) 35/1 One is an overhead monorail down the centre feeding passage to carry a food container from which the rations may be semi-automatically fed into the troughs.

1971 P. D. James Shroud for Nightingale iii. 52 The Yard photographer manœuvred his tripod and camera—a new Cambo monorail.

1979 Amateur Photographer Feb. 55/2 The monorail has separate ‘V’ groove channel drive/supports for focusing and the tripod block.

1991 M. Weiss King's Test ii. vii. 159 A tram on a monorail glided forward.

B. adj. (attributive).

Having or using a single rail; spec. designating or relating to a transportation system where the track is a single rail.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [adjective] > types of track or rail

slow1799

fast1814

fish-jointed1855

prismoidal1874

broad-gauged1881

monorail1885

unballasted1887

sleepered1894

monoline1902

wide gauge1982

1885 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 80 378 (heading) Lartigues' Monorail System of Way.

1891 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 21 Apr. 4/4 The writer advises the construction of a monorail Railway across the island.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 9 Apr. 4/2 Patent electric express railway..built on the mono-rail system.

1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §449 Box hand, box man,..fills monorail bogies with masse cuite.

1964 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 15/1 A free monorail system may be built in North Buckinghamshire.

1993 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 18 July i. 1/1 This is the first monorail technology application at an airport. We don't know of any other automated people-mover that's been applied in the way we're applying it here.

Compounds

monorail camera n. a camera mounted on a single rail which allows positional adjustment and may also support additional components.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > [noun] > scientific and technical

heliograph1848

revolver1876

spectrograph1884

photochronograph1891

photogrammeter1891

process camera1895

gun-camera1921

microcamera1928

phototimer1942

ballistic camera1945

monorail camera1958

1958 D. Charles Commercial & Industr. Photogr. i. 10 Monorail camera..a recent, mainly metal, engineer-built construction, with a full array of ‘movements’.

1979 P. D. James Expert Witness (BNC) 60 The Document Examination Laboratory with its cabinets and range of monorail cameras took up what some of his colleagues..regarded as more than its fair share of room.

1990 Photopro Spring 45/1 When using a monorail or technical camera, it is normally possible to use a millimetre scale on the focusing rack.

Derivatives

ˈmonorailer n. rare (a) a monorail train; (b) a traveller on a monorail train.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > monorail car

monorail1884

gyro-car1909

monorailer1963

1963 Punch 7 Aug. 194/2 The monorailer slid to a halt.

1989 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 15 Mar. 35/1 (heading) Mono-railers find an Oasis.

ˈmonorailing n. rare

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > by monorail

monorailing1962

1962 R. B. Fuller Epic Poem on Industrialization 44 Their 1929 failure With world monopoly ‘Mono-railing’ Was only caused by the fact that Their first trial section of single rail Was not long enough.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monorail
释义	monorailn.adj. Brit. /ˈmɒnəreɪl/, U.S. /ˈmɑnəˌreɪl/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French monorail. Etymology: < French monorail (1884 as adjective in chemin monorail , chemin de fer monorail , and also as noun) < mono- mono- comb. form + rail rail n.² A. n. A single-rail track on which or suspended from which vehicles, machinery, etc., travel; a vehicle, camera, or other object that travels in this way. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > of specific construction rackway1825 surface road1835 light railway1842 switchback1863 rack railway1879 monorail1884 chair road1895 cog-railway1896 mono-railway1902 cog-wheel system1904 monoline1992 society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > monorail car monorail1884 gyro-car1909 monorailer1963 1884 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 77 408 (heading) The Lartigue elevated mono-rail. 1901 Daily News 14 Mar. 3/2 The Proposed Monorail between Liverpool and Manchester. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 143/2 In the Langen mono-rail the car is hung from a single overhead rail; a line on this system is worked between Barmen and Elberfeld, a distance of about 9 miles. 1949 Sun (Baltimore) 3 Oct. 2/7 These chutes will pull the guns out of the rear clam shell doors of the C-82 along monorails attached to the roof of the fuselage. 1958 Daily Mail 17 Jan. 9/4 A trip on the world's first monorail. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 16 Feb. (Suppl.) 35/1 One is an overhead monorail down the centre feeding passage to carry a food container from which the rations may be semi-automatically fed into the troughs. 1971 P. D. James Shroud for Nightingale iii. 52 The Yard photographer manœuvred his tripod and camera—a new Cambo monorail. 1979 Amateur Photographer Feb. 55/2 The monorail has separate ‘V’ groove channel drive/supports for focusing and the tripod block. 1991 M. Weiss King's Test ii. vii. 159 A tram on a monorail glided forward. B. adj. (attributive). Having or using a single rail; spec. designating or relating to a transportation system where the track is a single rail. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [adjective] > types of track or rail slow1799 fast1814 fish-jointed1855 prismoidal1874 broad-gauged1881 monorail1885 unballasted1887 sleepered1894 monoline1902 wide gauge1982 1885 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 80 378 (heading) Lartigues' Monorail System of Way. 1891 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 21 Apr. 4/4 The writer advises the construction of a monorail Railway across the island. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 9 Apr. 4/2 Patent electric express railway..built on the mono-rail system. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §449 Box hand, box man,..fills monorail bogies with masse cuite. 1964 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 15/1 A free monorail system may be built in North Buckinghamshire. 1993 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 18 July i. 1/1 This is the first monorail technology application at an airport. We don't know of any other automated people-mover that's been applied in the way we're applying it here. Compounds monorail camera n. a camera mounted on a single rail which allows positional adjustment and may also support additional components. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > [noun] > scientific and technical heliograph1848 revolver1876 spectrograph1884 photochronograph1891 photogrammeter1891 process camera1895 gun-camera1921 microcamera1928 phototimer1942 ballistic camera1945 monorail camera1958 1958 D. Charles Commercial & Industr. Photogr. i. 10 Monorail camera..a recent, mainly metal, engineer-built construction, with a full array of ‘movements’. 1979 P. D. James Expert Witness (BNC) 60 The Document Examination Laboratory with its cabinets and range of monorail cameras took up what some of his colleagues..regarded as more than its fair share of room. 1990 Photopro Spring 45/1 When using a monorail or technical camera, it is normally possible to use a millimetre scale on the focusing rack. Derivatives ˈmonorailer n. rare (a) a monorail train; (b) a traveller on a monorail train. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > monorail car monorail1884 gyro-car1909 monorailer1963 1963 Punch 7 Aug. 194/2 The monorailer slid to a halt. 1989 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 15 Mar. 35/1 (heading) Mono-railers find an Oasis. ˈmonorailing n. rare ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > by monorail monorailing1962 1962 R. B. Fuller Epic Poem on Industrialization 44 Their 1929 failure With world monopoly ‘Mono-railing’ Was only caused by the fact that Their first trial section of single rail Was not long enough. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1884
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